Visitors sit back, sip in renowned int'l wine city

Set in the northeast of Shandong province, Yantai has been making wines for more than 110 years and is viewed as the traditional birthplace of China's wine industry.

In 1987 the International Office of Vine and Wine (OIV) recognized Yantai as an International Grape and Wine City, making it the only Asian metropolis to have been accorded this honor.

With almost the same latitude as Bordeaux of France and favorable climate conditions, Yantai is considered one of the world's top seven coastal grape planting areas and one of China's top three vineyard centers.