The Grape Wall of China
The Grape Wall of China is a documentary about the Chinese wine industry. I filmed, directed and edited the film in the summer of 2010 for CCTV News, China's foremost English language television channel. It is an introduction to the Chinese wine industry presented by Canadian, Kimberly Buchanan. For more information about wine in China then I can recommend a great blog from which I shamelessly stole the name for this film. It is called grapewallofchina.com so check it out
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At 6:07 he states, "...of course we know that a lot of so-called Chinese wine is blended with imported wine". But do they state on the bottle that the wine has been blended with bulk wine purchased from Chile, Argentina, or California? Nope! And the result is a lot of "Chinese wine" (which many people might think is good) is actually produced elsewhere. Then the Chinese winery boasts of earning gold medals, positive critic reviews etc. I just received two bottles of wine from China and will be reviewing them in mid-July 2016 after they recover from their travel to the USA.
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If you ever want to find wineries in Napa or any part of the world the number 1 site to visit is http://www.whichwinery.com/
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LOL, "this rented by ambassador of Italy." "And one from Finland!" Your tax dollars at work!
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and had to laugh when co-op farmers said the wine was too expensive, and didn't taste good...I'm thinking that at best there's two farmers out of work, at worst punitive response from winery/govt.
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Interesting that the 'organic' winery's vineyards are sterile, up to and including the actual vineyards and land - no cover cropping between vines & rows, no evidence of supporting ecosystems re birds/small animals. Interview with co-opted farmers (frame ~ 20 min.?) was enlightening - understanding that that particular winery was not organic, but...'we don't have to do anything except what they tell us - when to use insecticides/pesticides...' (paraphrased). Anyone know what China's certification requirements for 'organic' are, relative to EU/US ?
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sorry, but no. at least for a few decades. it is very hard to trust anything imported from china, especially when that something is produced in a massive scale and is for consumption. also, why do they use a french name for their wine? why the chateau building? it's just ridiculous. they can perfectly show they are proud chinese by building a nice large siheyuan.
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Отлично. Виноград - класс! Посмотрите про виноград у меня на канале.
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Other than the organic Chinese wines, I wouldn't touch any Chinese wines with a 10 m pole. The place is too polluted. I'll give the organic wine a try though.
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雾霾葡萄雾霾酒，天空校色也不怎么专业，应该抠像后重做背景
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you know when she says, "like everything in china, it's on a massive scale." i just don't believe her. gigity gigity
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Chinese wine is like any other product they make all crap, all they want to be is all over the world just for the money
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Did he say wine might over take rice consumption after 9:00? I don't think so... Perhaps an improper translation?
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remember the baby milk scandal.
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Excellent doc what was great to see at the outset was the organic wine movement. As the Chinese wine market expands lets hope more follow the organic path. Education of wine culture is really needed in China in order to properly develop the Chinese palate. Technology in the wine movement will really develop in China. The Chinese people are very interested in wine culture. The quantity of root stock did not surprise me either that they have. If you want to know more check out nutriwine
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i like it.5/5
27m 14sLenght
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