Wine in China – far from a rarity

Japan may have been famous for buying wine but China is rapidly becoming famous for producing it. Here's an up-to-the-minute report from Glen Wheatley, who is a wine educator and wine consultant based in Beijing. He can be contacted at glen.wheatley@bestsolutionsintl.com.

Anyone who has seen more of China than Beijing or Shanghai in the last two years will tell stories of tables of drinkers downing their local Maotai – white spirit. How, then, can it already be among the top 20 wine-consuming countries in the world?

Everyone has their favorite horror stories about wine in China: expensive imported wine...