The China Vine
The China Vine is an English-language publication on Chinese wine: its regions, estates, people, and the journeys that make them visible.
Chinese wine is often introduced as a novelty. We write about it as a wine culture.
Across Ningxia’s desert foothills, Shangri-La’s high valleys, Shandong’s coastal vineyards, and the old corridors of the Silk Road, a serious wine story is still being written.
Eight regions. More than thirty winery stories. Five canonical routes, all verified on the ground.
This is for the curious wine reader who knows Bordeaux and Burgundy, but has been waiting for someone to explain China.
From the page to the vineyard
Section titled “From the page to the vineyard”Every region and route here can be travelled. The China Vine is published by Journey X (简兮旅行), the Shanghai-based travel company that has operated wine itineraries through these regions since 2020.
If you want to walk what you have just read, plan a China wine journey →
Reach out
Section titled “Reach out”A region you want me to cover next, an estate I should profile, a wine I should taste, a question. I read every message and reply personally.