Another wine and Sprite joke? Put a cork in it
Question: Is it true that people in China mix wine with Sprite? Answer: Yes. I have witnessed hundreds of people indulge in this practice that raises the wrath of the…
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Warning 2: Watch your bag
This is warning 2 of 3 to be issued this week. Also see Warning 1: Watch your nuts. Someone stole my mobile phone last weekend. Sometime between me being bumped…
Warning 1: Watch your nuts
This is warning 1 of 3 to be issued this week. If my observations are any indication, the personal hygiene habits of one-third to one-half of male bar-goers in Beijing are…
Re-Pete: Shanghai’s pub guru returns
Shanghai’s antipodean paragon of pub proclamations, Winopete, is up and writing again after a multi-month absence. Denizens of our sister city to the south are well-advised to subscribe to said…
Beijing Boyce: A year of booze news…
Time flies faster than a bottle of free Johnnie Walker Blue empties: October marks year one of this blog and year two of my e-newsletter. Both have steadily grown in…
The Beijing Blend’r III
On those nights I am not traversing the town in my burgundy cashmere smoking jacket to attend events in support of charitable causes, I am occasionally found roughing it in…
School rules: Dewar’s Academy of Whisky I
I went to the Dewar’s Academy of Whisky launch last night. It marks the start of 60 Whisky-related events – master classes, parties, etc – to be held during the…
Beijing taxis: how do they fare?
A recent China Law Blog post provoked commentators to contrast Beijing and Shanghai taxi drivers. In my humble opinion, it comes down to one word – consistency. Most Shanghai cabbies…
Voss have vee here…
Still water still life It’s not exactly turning water into wine, more like adding it to the product mix, as ASC Fine Wines introduces Voss to China and Macau. Summergate…
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