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It looks as though many of the Shanghai tasters did not vote whereas severeal of the Chengdu ones voted more than once. Of the three Chilean Cabernets, Don Melchor definitively triumphed, while the Mondavi Oakville Cabernet did remarkably well considering the trials and tribulations of the 2011 vintage – a fitting result in the half-century year of the winery. The Craggy Sophia 2013 (a wine of the week here) did very well, but was shown only in Chengdu. Here are the remarkably similar results, a win for New Zealand, or at least for Kumeu River – although Giaconda, shown only in Shanghai, was a very close second among the whites. Vina Quebrada de Macul, Domus Aurea Cabernet Sauvignon, Maipo Valley, Chile 2010Īt the end of each tasting I asked the tasters – far more numerous in Shanghai than in Chengdu – to vote on their favourite white and their favourite red, and I thought you might be interested in what showed well.

Santa Rita, Casa Real Cabernet Sauvignon, Maipo Valley, Chile 2011.Ata Rangi Pinot Noir, Martinborough, New Zealand 2012.Giaconda Estate Chardonnay 2011 Beechworth.Kumeu River, Maté’s Vineyard Chardonnay 2013, Kumeu, New Zealand 2013.Inniskillin, Oak Aged Vidal Icewine, Niagara Peninsula VQA, Canada 2013.Robert Mondavi, Oakville Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley, USA 2011.Cakebread Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley, USA 2012.Concha y Toro, Don Melchor Cabernet Sauvignon, Puente Alto, Chile 2010.Viña Quebrada de Macul, Domus Aurea Cabernet Sauvignon, Maipo Valley, Chile 2010.Craggy Range, Sophia Gimblett Gravels Merlot, Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand 2013.

Penfolds, St Henri Shiraz, South Australia 2012.Mullineux Syrah, Swartland, South Africa 2012.Trinity Hill, Gimblett Gravels Homage Syrah, Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand 2013.Mount Difficulty Pinot Noir, Bannockburn, New Zealand 2013.Stefano Lubiana Estate Pinot Noir, Derwent Valley, Tasmania, Australia 2009.Yeringberg Marsanne Roussanne, Yarra Valley, Australia 2011.Kumeu River, Maté’s Vineyard Chardonnay, Kumeu, New Zealand 2013.

Mullineux, White Blend, Swartland, South Africa 2013.

Pewsey Vale, The Contours Riesling, Eden Valley, Australia 2009.

The wines shown were determined by those currently imported into China and the two tastings were very slightly different, as you can see from the two ordered tasting lists below. In the old days the skyline above the Bund, as seen here from the hotel, would have been bristling with cranes. The second tasting took place in the Kempinski hotel in the bustling coastal city of Shanghai, where the pace of new building seems not to be as frenetic as it has been on my previous visits.

The wines were served very efficiently by an army of young sommeliers seen here behind the scenes at the St Regis hotel. The first tasting was in Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province (famous for peppercorns and pandas). (Her original idea had been to show organic and biodynamic wines but she couldn’t find enough that were available from Chinese importers.) It is certainly true that basic Chilean wine dominates wine lists there currently, no doubt helped by the favourable trade agreement negotiated between the Chileans and Chinese. It was the idea of my Chinese associate and Master of Wine candidate Young Shi, organiser of the China Wine Summit via to try to counter a prejudice she felt is common among Chinese wine lovers, the feeling that New World wines are inherently inferior to European ones. While there I hosted a couple of wine tastings designed to showcase some of the best New World wines currently available in China to local wine enthusiasts (most of them young and many of them female). In fact I hardly saw a bottle of red bordeaux. During my recent stay in China (see Australasia here we come) I saw very strong signs of the diversification of the Chinese wine market.