A panel of Chinese and French wine judges has ruled a Chinese wine superior to Bordeaux in a blind taste test held in Beijing! Four vintages from the up until now, virtually anonymous Ningxia wine-lands were awarded the top four spots in a sampling that featured ten wines-half from the renowned Bordeaux vineyards and half from the Ningxia region. more ›

An industry report has shown that Chinese wine output could outpace Australia by 2014, producing as many as 218 million cases of wine! Various media have picked up the story this week, and talk about things like how China's got its own Dragon's Eye grape, how the Chinese prefer red over white, and how the biggest domestic producers are Great Wall, Dynasty and Changyu. Dynasty?!? DEAR FOREIGN MEDIA: PLEASE TASTE CHINESE WINE BEFORE YOU WRITE ABOUT IT. more ›

On the festival circuit: There's a week-long Indian Food Festival going on this week, which was kicked off at the Renaissance Yangtze Hotel two days ago. Twenty different dishes from across the country will be served throughout the week, and since there is no other information in the press release regarding where those dishes will be served, we can only assume that they'll be found at the Renaissance Hotel: more ›