Chinese wine story in Finnish newspaper Helsingin Sanomat.

Includes a visit to Lion winery in Beijing: most vines are buried for the winter in northern China, but Lion has hybrids that can withstand the weather. And the wines, while a bit offbeat, are quite enjoyable. And still a work in progress.

Also, a visit to CHEERS, a wine shop chain founded in 2011 in Beijing. In this case, the reporter attended their Wednesday night wine buffet, which features five different wines each week, and talked to consumers.

I tagged along on the visit to Lion, in part because I wanted to see 86-year-young Zou Fulin, the chief consultant, who I first met when he at a fellow Fangshan District winery, Bolongbao.

Zou has endless energy, giving us a tour that lasted several hours and covered the vineyard, winery, cellar and his hundreds of test samples (see photo 2).

Story is here:

https://www.hs.fi/ulkomaat/art-2000009184008.html

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