Writing the Future, Writing the Past
It’s already mid-June. Beijing has been awash these past few weeks and months with myriad tastings - before the summer heat puts paid to most events - and our blogging backlog is already looking hefty…
In the meantime Edward has just written a new article for Catavino (DBR Lafite, Bodegas Torres and The Future of Wine in China) and is due to write about American wines in the Chinese market(s) on Enobytes. He also has his head in the manuscript of a book due for Cambridge University Press in mid-August.
But as we rack up hours of WSET teaching, we thought a note at least informing readers of what’s to come on the Dragon Phoenix blog was more than a little overdue.
Thus, once we’ve completed our next ‘Sinophile’ column for The World of Fine Wine, here’s a taste of what we plan for future posts (click on links to find your way to these posts):
Featured Tasting: Highlights from Richards Walfords trade tasting (UK)
Featured Tasting: Heitz Cellars, Napa
Featured Tasting: Clos du Val, Napa
Featured Tasting: Silverado, Napa
Featured Tasting: Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars, Napa
Featured Tasting: Cakebread Cellars, Napa
Bollinger NV Rose: Beijing Launch
Featured Tasting: Springfield Estate, Robertson
Bordeaux 2005: Wines of Bernard Magrez
China Agricultural University: Fongyee introduces Chinese students to the wines of Robert Mondavi
Raffles Beijing: Paul Jaboulet Aine dinner
China World: Chateau Palmer Seminar
… plus plenty of other features including two on Champagne (Roederer and growers Tarlant & R. Geoffroy), tastings with Angove’s, Burklin-Wolf, Vignobles Brunier, Portugal’s Plansel, Hewitson and the wines of Jean-Claude Boisset and Bouchard Aine.
There might even be the odd surprise feature too.
Finally, we will also publish a wider review of the Black Sesame cooking school food-and-wine matching exercise in which we took part (pictured below), with wines from The Wine Republic, as publicized in The New York Times (click here for full article) under the pen of Black Sesame owner Jen Lin-Liu.
