Long-form writing on Chinese wine that doesn’t fit into a region or estate profile: history, varieties, cultural transitions, future outlook, and the bottle-by-bottle wines to try lists for each region.
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| The Awakening — How Chinese wine stopped being a question mark. | Read → |
| Roots and Routes — Zhang Qian, the Tang, Tonghua. The longest unbroken stretch of Chinese winemaking since the Tang is happening now. | Read → |
| Land of Extremes — Cold, water, distance. Why Chinese wine costs more than it should, and why it is still worth drinking. | Read → |
| Grapes of China — Marselan, Longyan, Beibinghong, Cabernet Gernischt, Vidal. The varieties that distinguish Chinese wine. | Read → |
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| Tasting China — Signatures of Chinese Cabernet, Marselan, and ice wine. Pairing with Chinese food. The blind-tasting argument. | Read → |
| The Future Vintage — A 2024 snapshot, six trends, and what Chinese wine still needs. | Read → |
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| Greater Shangri-La — A region still writing its identity, across three Chinese provinces and one mountain range. | Read → |
| Cizhong & Rose Honey — A French Catholic church, a missing grape, one hundred and sixty years. | Read → |
| The Silk Road and the Grape — Yanghai, Astana, Niya. 2,300 years of Chinese grape archaeology. | Read → |
| Hebei · History — Guo Qichang and the dry-wine breakthroughs of 1979 and 1983. | Read → |
| Xinjiang · Four Sub-Regions — Why Xinjiang is four entirely different wine regions under one provincial name. | Read → |
| Cabernet Gernischt — Shandong’s varietal mystery, solved. | Read → |
For a consolidated must-try list across all regions, see Fifty Must-Try Chinese Wines.
Published by Journey X (简兮旅行) · Field notes by Tianqi