Festival dinner with a grand cru

In 2010, Xavier Planty started a tradition by celebrating the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival at his winery in Bordeaux, France, with 50 dinner guests.

For the eighth year of celebrating the festival, he decided to move the soiree to Beijing, more specifically at Guigongfu, the mansion of a Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) empress.

Bordeaux, however, was not forgotten completely. For the moon festival dinner, he brought a 6-liter bottle of Imperial de Chateau Guiraud 1998 from his winery, which is one of the first Classified Grand Cru producers (of 1855) in Sauternes.