MW Symposium Bordeaux – part 4

The second day of last week's Master of Wine Symposium in Bordeaux kicked off with a session on the emerging markets of China, Russia, Brazil and India, the so-called BRICs markets. This could have been very dull but moderator Tim Atkin MW and the four presenters had clearly worked hard to make it entertaining as well as informative.

Judy Leissner of Grace Vineyards, whom some may remember as star of my series of videos about life in rural China, has many years' experience of trying to build a wine business and a Chinese wine brand in China. Although based...