Comments on: (Nearly) free pour: 100 wines for 150 kuai http://www.beijingboyce.com/2008/05/29/nearly-free-pour-100-wines-for-150-kuai/ A Somewhat Young China Hand on the Local Drinking Scene Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:20:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: boyce http://www.beijingboyce.com/2008/05/29/nearly-free-pour-100-wines-for-150-kuai/#comment-57009 boyce Thu, 29 May 2008 10:30:08 +0000 http://www.beijingboyce.com/?p=1186#comment-57009 Appetite, I think the worries of an onslaught of customers is a big concern when it comes to free tastings, those Top Cellar regularly holds them and Carrefour does it twice annually (thought those tend to be lower-range wines). Meantime, I can live with paying USD10-15 to try 100+ wines... Thanks for the comment! Cheers, Boyce Appetite,

I think the worries of an onslaught of customers is a big concern when it comes to free tastings, those Top Cellar regularly holds them and Carrefour does it twice annually (thought those tend to be lower-range wines). Meantime, I can live with paying USD10-15 to try 100+ wines…

Thanks for the comment!

Cheers, Boyce

]]> By: AppetiteforChina http://www.beijingboyce.com/2008/05/29/nearly-free-pour-100-wines-for-150-kuai/#comment-57007 AppetiteforChina Thu, 29 May 2008 09:46:23 +0000 http://www.beijingboyce.com/?p=1186#comment-57007 What Beijing does seem to lack, and what I miss about cities like NYC and San Francisco, is free tastings. In New York it seems that almost every day of the week you can find a shop that holds free tastings, and the wines tend to be good middle-range selections. Though I understand it is to prevent hoards from just getting free samples without any inclination to buy, which seems to be more of a problem here than in the West. What Beijing does seem to lack, and what I miss about cities like NYC and San Francisco, is free tastings. In New York it seems that almost every day of the week you can find a shop that holds free tastings, and the wines tend to be good middle-range selections. Though I understand it is to prevent hoards from just getting free samples without any inclination to buy, which seems to be more of a problem here than in the West.

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