Sorry for the hiatus, but I just got back from researching the wine market on the ground in China. What an immensely populated country of non-wine drinkers. The two most commonly seen wines over there are two domestic labels, aptly called Great Wall and Dynasty respectively, whose quality levels are around that of the Jamaican bobsled team.
What is tremendously exciting, though, is that the Chinese are developing quite a taste for premium wine due to the fact that the growth of their consumer class is nearly audible. Wine lists are growing at high end restaurants and starting to appear in chain restaurants and hotels as well. A couple of wine bars have developed as well as some high end wine shops.
Virtually no quality wine from Argentina exists, however, as the majority of wine found over there in the supermarket and elsewhere comes from the old world followed by lots of imports from Australia and New Zealand.
Can’t wait to show the People some good malbec!
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