Chinese Vino Winning International Praise

The results of the 2012 Decanter World Wine Awards, sponsored by Decanter, the U.K. wine magazine, suggest real movement in the tectonic plates of the world of wine.  Although French wines carried off six of the International Trophies, it was closely followed by Chile, which won five.

 

Thinking of Chile as a rising quality wine producer isn’t surprising, but consider some other results. China won the trophy in the “Red Bordeaux Varietal under £10” category for a cabernet franc-dominant blend that the judges described as “wonderfully ripe and elegant.” The Chinese wine industry has been coming on strong in the last few years — it’s already the sixth biggest producer in the world and just trailing Argentina — but it’s still young.

 

This is not the first time a Chinese wine won a trophy at the Decanter Awards, and it suggests that we’ll soon regularly be seeing Chinese wine in our market. Production in China is increasing much more rapidly that consumption, and when that happens (as it did in Argentina), watch for producers to make a strong play for export markets. Read more: http://www.ottawacitizen.com/life/Wine+Chile+China+rising/7267442/story.html#ixzz26ygnKBXR