What Does the Future of the Wine Trade Look Like? Trump remains optimistic about the future of US-Chinese relations and says that there are only a few things missing that would lead to the kind of deal that would end the trade war. In the past couple of weeks, he said, “China wants to make […]
In the third part of this four-part series, we will focus on how the trade war affects the US wine industry in the short term and then begin to explore what the future holds for the industry if the trade war continues. Trump’s Personal Connection Donald Trump is no stranger to the wine industry. Since […]
How Trump’s Trade War Affects the Chinese Wine Industry The 11th Annual Hong Kong International Wine and Spirits Fair was held from November 8th-11th. Many parties interested in the future of Chinese wine gathered at the fair to discuss the industry. There were 1,075 exhibits with representatives from 33 countries. However, much of the buzz […]
Part 1: Introduction to the Trade War President Trump’s unorthodox geopolitical strategy has been vastly transforming how people live and do business in the world. There are numerous industries where Trump has already left his fingerprint, and the wine industry is an important one and provides an interesting prism through which to view the trade […]
While working as a freelance writer, I started writing for an online Chinese travel blog and learning about the Chinese wine industry. I became completely fascinated with the subject. It was amazing to see Chinese history and culture through the prism of wine, and from that viewpoint, something emerged that became a life-changing obsession. I […]
Jay McInerney has had a successful writing career in both fiction and non-fiction. It is particularly fascinating how this celebrated novelist decided to turn to wine writing later in life. He has an interesting perspective on how wine has influenced his writing and the development of his fictions. He states that wine and writing have […]
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Wine has been a passion and great pleasure in my life for many years. However, I felt that most wine connoisseurs were pretentious, and this can turn many people off. I chose to spend my time drinking wine rather than getting knee deep in the jargon and worrying about describing my experience. For me, having […]
Some might say that Scandinavians have the potential to be a “happy” place where people are productive even though they are not trying to get rich quick with a laid-back attitude because they are insular and homogenous. In fact, proportionately, they have been very generous about letting people in from other countries. In a statistic […]
There are many reasons for the unbridled happiness in Scandinavia that I mentioned in Part 1. It is trendy to point to hygge (Hoo-gah) as an easy answer to why Danes, for example, are all so damn happy. Although there is truth to this (from one who has experienced it first-hand, hygge is great and […]
