Its outside temperature is in the region of -15C and one cannot expect to come across any multimillion pound wine industry in such a place but that is what the Chinese have done. In the villages, there are snowy scenery and row upon row of vines and is known as China's "ice wine" country. The Chinese have gone all out to make this a success and it has helped transform the local economy.
The quality of the Chinese have impressed wine merchants six thousand miles away in London – here wine merchants have started to stock a range of Chinese wine. The Master of Wine at a premium outlet has agreed that Chinese wine has transformed in quality in recent years. The really expensive black label version sells at £65 per half bottle and the gold label at £19 - both are excellent and very competitive at that price.
As one of the managers has revealed, seven million bottles were produced this year and, for next year, the target would be nine million.
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