With a good harvest at Changyu's vineyards in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region this year, wine enthusiasts will have the chance to enjoy a vintage that tastes different from the noted winemaker's other products.
Editor's note: The first to introduce European grapes and winemaking techniques in China when it was founded in Yantai, Shandong province in 1892, Changyu Pioneer Wine Co is one of nation's top producers on par with European winemakers.
The world's wine producers have been looking for a bigger share of the Chinese market because of its immense potential among an increasingly aware population, in recent years.
Visitors sit back, sip in renowned int'l wine cityWith 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.
Drinking up the good lifeChristopher Coughlan's job might be one of the best in the world - he travels around the country, tasting different wines and matching them with food.
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