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Chinese Wine Coming to a Restaurant Near You?
Berry Bros. is hardly going out on a limb by saying China will be a leading producer, given the country has a billion-plus people and an increasing amount of money.
Since I probably won't be around in 50 years, I can say at present that the wines are, as noted above, generally "thin and insipid" but there are some decent drops out there. Grace has the only decent portfolio, but I have had decent wines from Catai, Huadong, Dragon Seal, Suntime, and others. It is the consistency that is such a problem.
Cheers, boyce
Chinese Wine Coming to a Restaurant Near You?
@ fatbuddy,
I don't think blending imported wine in China is an "inside secret." There are statistics provided each year on the amount of bulk wine coming into the country. And in some cases, that bulk wine is better than the local wine, so the result is a better product. A bigger problem, at least to me, is that the labels of the bottle don't usually reflect the content of imported wine.
Cheers, boyce
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Website: http://www.grapewallofchina.com
Location: Beijing
About: I write a blog about Beijing nightlife (beijingboyce.com) and administer a blog about China wine (grapewallofchina.com) that counts local wine makers, professors, distributors, and consultants among its contributors.
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None of my Chinese friends in Beijing have tried fortune cookies. And when one of my Chinese-American friends was married her, she had to contact friends stateside about getting them to hand-carry in fortune cookies for the ceremony.
Cheers, boyce