[Cardhu]

"They are even creating chateaux and vineyards that look just like the ones here in France. It is perhaps no accident that Longhai is based in a part of China where the climate is similar to that of Bordeaux.

Much to the astonishment of European experts, a wine made in China recently won a major international award in the Bordeaux category, beating its French rivals in a blind tasting.

That has made some Bordeaux wine growers worried about the future."

[Cardhu]

Chinese investors have bought six estates over the last three years.

[WoofDog123]

I would be testing chinese wine for toxic metal contamination, taste regardless.

That said, I wonder if we will see distilleries bought as well. A big percentage are owned by diageo or other drink companies, but I would imagine getting capacity for owning blend makers would be attractive for chinese groups.

[WoofDog123]

I will add, on the final line of the comment, that everyone, everywhere, should be worried about chinese buying pieces of their livelihood over the coming years and decades. They are rich, we are broke, our government is completely for sale, and it is only going to get worse.

[count-your-change]

Does this mean $2 a bottle Chum-Lee will be on the WalMart shelves?

[SIDENET]

Hey, China is something like 40 million women short for their male popuation.

They could use a drink.