FAQ

All the tasting notes will be produced in both English and Chinese. There may be a short time lag between the availability of the two language notes due to translation logistics and technical issues.

All regional reports and other articles will be available in Chinese, and some of them will be translated to English. In the future, we will likely translate most of the contents into English.

To avoid the risk of “lost in translation”, the English version is NOT necessarily translated word by word.

Wine Maniacs has sister companies established, both in China and France. CEO of WM companies, Lin Liu is based in France and travels to China and other wine producing countries quite regularly.

Content contributors of WM are from different countries / regions, being native speakers of Mandarin and speaking at least one foreign language (usually English, French, Italian, or Spanish).

It is the biggest Wine content provider available in both Chinese and English languages, contributed by a group of highly trained wine professionals with their roots in China.

All translators (Chinese to English) or English editors are also highly experienced wine professionals.

All tasting notes posted on WM will be available to consumers free of charge. Most wine critic platforms charge a fee for their detailed tasting notes.

Note: professional usage by any trade party will have to pay for the intellectual property.

WM Tasting notes will provide context about a wine’s drinkability, drinking window and sometimes when to consume the wine and food pairing ideas, aiming for a more interactive way to communicate about wine, rather than one directional, didactic approach.

WM will produce videos (mainly B2B, e.g. tips for those who wish to develop Chinese markets) Also wine themed products, such as t-shirts, bags, aprons etc., produced with passion and fun will be available for purchase.

Fascinating wine based trips and events will also be organised when normal travel has resumed.

Wine professionals (B2B users) will be permitted to use the tasting notes to promote their wines.

For subscribers who are interested in understanding and developing Chinese markets, they can also purchase WM videos produced for B2B purpose at a reduced cost.

In alphabetical order, we deliver to these countries at the moment.

• Austria
• Belgium
• Czech Replublic
• Denmark
• Estonia
• Germany
• Greece
• Hungary
• Italy
• Luxembourg
• Lithuania
• Latvia
• Netherlands
• Poland
• Portugal
• Spain
• Slovakia
• United Kingdom
• Ireland

Purchase from mainland China can be addressed via our WeChat account (ID: ludingji).

We will do our best to meet the demands of all of our supporters / clients. Any new territories where merchandise will be available in the future will be announced through our newsletter

No. For now, we will structure and organize so that they are relevant for our market coverage.

Any changes made to our policies and practices will announced this through our newsletter