COVID full circle: A bittersweet moment recently as I stood in the finger-number cold and flag-snapping wind at Domaine Franco-Chinois, the first winery I visited after China finally eased its COVID rules in December and the last one I went to before the virus struck three years ago.

Domaine Franco-Chinois / DFC and its sibling and neighboring winery Canaan are just outside Beijing and rank among China's best.

I tagged along with critic Shuai Zekun of jamessuckling.com and tasted 39 wines, ranging from Bordeaux-style reds to crisp fresh whites to a delectable late harvest Petit Manseng to a couple of skin-contact wines featuring grapes rarely seen in China.

A look at those two visits, at the two wineries and at a diverse tasting.

#wine #winetourism #winetasting #winebusiness #winetasting #huailai #beijing #china #chinawine #covid #covid19