Changyu special

Grape quality vital to Chinese wine's global success Leading foreign winemakers have been coming in droves to China in recent years in an attempt to carve out a piece of one of the world's fastest-growing wine markets. Wine pioneer Changyu has storied history, bright future When Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) Zhang Bishi, an overseas Chinese from Indonesia, founded China's first winery, Changyu Pioneer Wine Co, in 1892, there was no way he could have dreamed that it would grow into one of the world's top vintners 120 years later.: Home grown vines produce top-quality wines
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 city
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.
Drinking up the good life
Christopher 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.