SpookyFrank
Don't swallow the cap
I'll buy some if it'll upset some snooty French people.
Anyone tried Chinese wine?
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maomao
普費斯
I had a friend from Anshan, a small city of three and a half million people, the third largest city in its province who was going to study in Scotland. She couldn't get her head round a whole country having less than twice as many people as what she thought of as a large town rather than a city.
the Chinese make everything else, why not wine too?
JimW
支那暗杀团
We got sent a plastic jerry can of rice wine from the relatives down in Fujian
JimW
支那暗杀团
I've read wine is improving vastly here recently, not drunk much for ages but one of the mums at daughter's school makes organic red wine and hers is great! Very small business though.
Once got sent to write a report on an anti-desertification project in Ningxia and was plied with the local red wine ("try our local delicacy!") at a welcome banquet. Absolute filth, fell forward wrecked onto my hotel be bare arsed with trousers at half mast then got roused at six AM for a bumpy ride out into the desert with my head going like a jackhammer and my stomach doing somersaults.
Once got sent to write a report on an anti-desertification project in Ningxia and was plied with the local red wine ("try our local delicacy!") at a welcome banquet. Absolute filth, fell forward wrecked onto my hotel be bare arsed with trousers at half mast then got roused at six AM for a bumpy ride out into the desert with my head going like a jackhammer and my stomach doing somersaults.
seeformiles
Lost in the wood
Tried that Great Wall wine (made with Dragon’s Eye grapes iirc) years ago. I don’t recall it being unpleasant but not that memorable either. I reckon if the Chinese produced wines like Viognier, Gewürztraminer, Riesling, etc. it would perfectly compliment much of their cuisine (well, the Western version anyway)
The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
Local headlines : ' Lynching threats force man to leave top wine producing Portugal after admitting drinking Chinese wine '
ska invita
back on the other side
On a related note
Theres a place near me that sells this
Id like to try it buts its nearly £28 and im betting its too sweet
Theres a place near me that sells this
Id like to try it buts its nearly £28 and im betting its too sweet
AnnO'Neemus
Is so vanilla
When I lived in Beijing, I sometimes drank Great Wall or Dragon Seal, which were a bit rough, but just about drinkable, and moreover a lot cheaper than imported French wines. Needs must.
I even drank Tsingtao beer sometimes, (even though I don't really like beer), because bottles of beer were cheaper than bottles of water in restaurants.
But back to the wine... Chinese people were getting into it in the early 2000s, although they would often treat it like a spirit and add mixer and/or ice. My bf added ice to a glass of red wine.
And colleagues added cola to it. 
They were bringing in expert wine makers from France and New World wine countries even back then, though, so I'm guessing quality has improved greatly since then.
I even drank Tsingtao beer sometimes, (even though I don't really like beer), because bottles of beer were cheaper than bottles of water in restaurants.
But back to the wine... Chinese people were getting into it in the early 2000s, although they would often treat it like a spirit and add mixer and/or ice. My bf added ice to a glass of red wine.
And colleagues added cola to it. They were bringing in expert wine makers from France and New World wine countries even back then, though, so I'm guessing quality has improved greatly since then.
Rosemary Jest
Wrong and Unstable
When I lived in Beijing, I sometimes drank Great Wall or Dragon Seal, which were a bit rough, but just about drinkable, and moreover a lot cheaper than imported French wines. Needs must.
I even drank Tsingtao beer sometimes, (even though I don't really like beer), because bottles of beer were cheaper than bottles of water in restaurants.
But back to the wine... Chinese people were getting into it in the early 2000s, although they would often treat it like a spirit and add mixer and/or ice. My bf added ice to a glass of red wine.
They were bringing in expert wine makers from France and New World wine countries even back then, though, so I'm guessing quality has improved greatly since then.
Red wine and coke is great, I was introduced to it by a Spanish person a a party years ago. Apparently it's popular with a lot of the youth in Spain, and makes ultra cheap wine taste ok.
FridgeMagnet
Administrator
Yes, I was introduced to it as a student, definitely makes bad wine taste better and last longer. If I buy corner shop wine now I'll keep some coke handy in case it's nasty.
I also put ice in red wine in the summer, and keep the bottle in the fridge.
