Posted on 09/23/2013 7:46:51 PM PDT by TexGrill
Ningxia has also become a wine hub in China and, increasingly, wine experts are coming around to the idea of Chinese wine.
In December 2011, a panel of 10 wine experts found, in a blind tasting, that of a total of 10 wines made in Ningxia and Bordeaux in France, four out of the top five were Ningxia reds.
Ningxia is home to some of the country’s top wineries and they are really make an impact, including Helan Qing Xue and Silver Heights, while the Shanxi-based Grace Vineyard has wineries in Ningxia.
“Grape planting is now our main income,” said He Jingzhu, manager at Yu Quan International Chateau. “Thirty years ago this was all wasteland. We have a lot of sunshine here, we irrigate with waters from the Yellow River, and the land makes it very suitable for domestic planting. We can make three times from grapes what we make from corn.
“We imported grapes and now the wine industry makes very large profits, and we want to build a wine industry corridor all along here,” said Mr He.
The big domestic producers are all here -- Changyu, Great Wall, Dynasty and Grand Dragon – and foreign wineries are also finding their way here.
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If you want to take something into your body made by a people with no ethical qualms - go right ahead.
They can’t feed themselves and they think making is a good idea?
All righty.
Would you like some lead with your red?
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