There are two clear stylistic camps for the Bordeaux 2014 vintage in Pessac-Léognan and Graves, writes Jane Anson, who offers her first general impression of the wines before rating them for Decanter.
Bordeaux 2014 coverage on DecanterChina.com
China’s COFCO group has said it will offer ‘big name’ imported wines at lower prices at major trade fair in Chengdu, so as to ‘reach out to the mass consumers’ amid a ‘period of market adjustment’.
Young Chinese winemakers from some of China’s biggest producers have just returned from a two-month trip to Europe to help perfect their skills, as part of a co-operation deal struck between wine trade bodies in both regions.
The slide in the Chinese wine market has bottomed out, said trade leaders at the 92nd China Food and Drinks Fair (CFDF, also known as Tangjiuhui) which opened today.
Despite a ‘positive’ market impression on the Bordeaux 2014 vintage, importers in China are expecting another low-key en primeur campaign this year.
The Macau wine scene is growing, as a large-scale wine and food festival held to promote wine culture shows.
A new rail route connecting Yiwu in southeast China and Madrid in Spain has been promoted as a way of transporting Spanish wine to Mainland China, but not everybody is convinced.
Chinese basketball star-turned-wine producer Yao Ming is using crowdfunding to try to raise US$3m to help build a visitor centre for his wines in California's Napa Valley.
Teams from Sichuan International Studies University and Hong Kong Baptist University have secured the two places for Asian teams in the 2015 Left Bank Bordeaux Cup finals, which will take part in the cellars of Chateau Lafite Rothschild.