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	OrientalFood: Culture/Liquor/Chinese Wine
		Grape wine were popular among poests and mandarins in the 11th century, but in the 14th century, an emperor destroyed the local vines and relaced them with cereal crops.
		Some grape wines continued to be made (Marco Polo enjoyed some), but they never commanded the agricultural importance of wine-making as it developed in France and Italy.
		This Chinese invention dates from the 3rd century B.C., and it also contunues to be popular today, under a number of different brand names, such as Chia Fan, Hua Tiao, Yen Hung, and Hsiahg Huseh.
	www.orientalfood.com /culture/liquor/Chinese_Wine.shtml (267 words)

	Chinese Wine, Chinese liquor, Chinese alcohol and Chinese Culture
		Chinese yellow liquors, are fermented wines that are brewed directly from grains such as rice or wheat.
		This wine is made famous to the western world when the Chinese government served this in state banquets entertaining the US presidents.
		This wine is made of sorghum and wheat by fermenting in a unique process for a long period in the cellar.
	www.shanghaifinance.com /food/chinesewine.php (1250 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Chinese wine (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Chinese wines may occasionally be made or flavoured with fruits, but this is rather rare (it is more common in Korean wines).
		Chinese wines are made using a multistep fermentation process similar to the way Japanese sake is produced.
		Chinese wines can be made using a process where saccharification and fermentation of the rice occur in separate phases, similar to the way Japanese sake is produced, or a concurrent process where saccharification and fermentation happens in the same mash.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Chinese-wine (3681 words)

	Chinese wine
		Many Chinese wines are made from grains and herbs and distilled to high concentration.
		Chinese wines from southern China are mostly made of rice, those from northern China are mostly made of wheat and sorghum.
		This wine is made of sorghum and wheat by fermenting in a unique process for a long period in the cellar.
	www.teachersparadise.com /ency/en/wikipedia/c/ch/chinese_wine.html (540 words)

	Wine and Chinese Culture\| Chinese Alcohol of Teaw.com
		Grape wine were popular among poests and mandarins in the 11th century, but in the 14th century, an emperor destroyed the local vines and relaced them with cereal crops.
		There are many Chinese historical accounts of literati, poets, and knights of the medieval Wei, Chin, and Tang dynasties who were hearty drinkersone of the various connections between wine and Chinese culture worthy of note.
		Wine is an important segment of dietary culture, and its significance in Chinese culture should not be overlooked.
	www.teaw.com /en/English/Chinese_Alcohol/WineChinese_Culture.html (1109 words)

	Wine on the Web - News, Wine Tasters from
		Parker's great contributions to the wine world is his creation of the "100 percent system" that evaluates a wine on the basis of both its taste and its development, a great improvement over a previous system that he deemed old and unwise.
		Wine tasters must be able to use correct and accurate vocabulary to describe a wine, expressing intangible physiological feelings in words that can be understood by the general public.
		All wine tasters, whether accustomed to shark's fin or not, were united in their admiration of the matching.
	www.wineontheweb.com /news/Wine_Tasters_from_/wine_tasters_from_.html (1448 words)

	Rice Wine from China
		Chinese ancestors either used wine as a libation to their forefathers to express reverence, or enjoied it by themselves while writing poetry, prose, or toasted their relatives and friends during a feast.
		Rice wines had been the most popular alcoholic drinks for Chinese in ancient times, and are still one of the popular alcoholic beverages, especially in South China.
		Most Americans think of rice wines as cooking wine and they are inexpensive inferior wines that are produced in a short period of time while being just good for cooking.
	www.wine-storage.com /ricewine2.html (810 words)

	Chinese Wine History and Modern Wines - Food Reference Beverage Facts
		Wine is still poorly and assuredly not understood.
		Chinese have been enjoying alcohol for millennia but wine as an alcoholic beverage was and still alien to their palate.
		Chinese serve alcoholic beverages at eh beginning of a meal while listening to music and always with food.
	www.foodreference.com /html/artchinesewine.html (1267 words)

	The Chinese taste for wine Wines & Vines - Find Articles (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Chinese wine drinking habits differ from those of the West in that wine is downed in one fell swoop (like a shot), or mixed with lemon, ice or Sprite to achieve a sweeter taste.
		However, to my audience of Chinese immigrants in California, all of this was completely foreign--in the words of one of my clients, "A grape is a grape is a grape." Northern California Chinese executives most often were introduced to wine in their adult lives through dinner with clients or at friends' homes.
		Their knowledge acquisition about wine was not progressive like mine, but an immediate immersion into a strange world where wine knowledge is prized as a sign of social sophistication.
	findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m3488/is_12_86/ai_n16019522 (868 words)

	WINE BUSINESS MONTHLY
		However, all Chinese wineries, including the three brands, failed to educate consumers on wine knowledge because their only concern was marketing or brand building.
		Wine is consumed mainly because of special occasions or because of health aspects.
		Lack of understanding of Chinese culture, unsuitable tastes, failing to establish close marketing channels and publicize wine awareness such as region, classification and grape varieties used are all more important reasons for imported wines failing in China.
	winebusiness.com /html/MonthlyArticle.cfm?dataId=27898 (1387 words)

	montrealfood.com: Chinese Cooking Wine (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Chinese cooking wine is a basic ingredient for sauces and marinades.
		Chinese cooking wine is made from alcohol, water and salt.
		Mix in a cup of water, a quarter cup each of of soy sauce and Chinese cooking wine (or dry white wine and a pinch of salt) and a tablespoon of sugar.
	www.montrealfood.com /chwine.html (507 words)

	How to enter the Chinese wine market - wines-info
		Although the Chinese domestic wine brands take up more than 95% of Chinese wine market, the foreign wines are superior in the brewing technology, quality and even the cost performance.
		Due to the wine consumers who enjoy the imported wine is few and they distribute in the China, the imported wine are in buyer’s market.
		Most of the imported wine agents who are in the market exploiting phase are cautious to import the new foreign wines.
	www.wines-info.com /html/190/2006124154333973.html (1372 words)

	Wine Business - Sales and Marketing
		With Chinese wine consumption rising faster than domestic production, imports make up the balance and are mounting steadily, from 5,930 tons in 1996 to 400,902 tons in the first nine months of 1999 alone, a 7.62 percent jump over the same period a year earlier.
		The Chinese blend a lot of imported bulk wine with their native-grape wines and, as truth in labeling laws are yet to be written, a varietally labeled bottle might contain only a small percentage of that grape, with domestic varietals providing the balance.
		Chinese homes are small, he says, and because of that the Chinese tend to socialize in restaurants, where a bottle of foreign wine on the table is a mark of prestige.
	www.winebusiness.com /SalesMarketing/webarticle.cfm?AID=58140&ISSUEID=58127 (2087 words)

	China Silk - The Modern Wines Of China
		The term “wine” loses something in translation because the majority of Chinese wine is actually strong spirit that would be better described as vodka.
		Neither wine nor liquor, in the Middle Kingdom it was called chiu, approximately translatable as “strong beer.” Ordinary beer or, to be more precise, its 4-5% strong prototype has been produced around the world over centuries.
		The Chinese have always considered wine mainly as a medicinal drink, and ancient medics used it to make many tinctures with it as remedies to promote vitality.
	www.chinasilkwines.com /news091504.html (966 words)

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		Our Chinese ancestors either used wine as a libation to their forefathers to express reverence, or to enjoy by themselves while writing poetry or prose, or to toast their relatives and friends during a feast.
		There are many Chinese historical accounts of literati, poets, and knights of the medieval Wei, Chin, and Tang dynasties who were hearty drinkers—one of the various connections between wine and Chinese culture worthy of note.
		Wine is an important segment of dietary culture, and its significance in Chinese culture should not be overlooked.
	tsa.uconn.edu /wine.html (1031 words)

	Wine Education Site - Chinese Wine Industry
		China has a 6,000 year history of grape growing, and a 2,000 year history of wine making, and yet until this century the wine that was made in China was not of a style that would be recognized in the West.
		I can not over stress the importance of the fact that in Chinese the word for alcohol "jiu" is used to mean all types of beverages, from beer 'pijiu" to liquor of all sorts (just called "jiu") to grape wine, called "putao jiu", literally, "grape alcohol".
		In summary any venture to export wines to China must be prepared to establish their brand over a long and potentially unproductive period.
	www.wineeducation.com /chinadet.html (1094 words)

	The Chinese taste for wine Wines & Vines - Find Articles (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Chinese wine drinking habits differ from those of the West in that wine is downed in one fell swoop (like a shot), or mixed with lemon, ice or Sprite to achieve a sweeter taste.
		However, to my audience of Chinese immigrants in California, all of this was completely foreign--in the words of one of my clients, "A grape is a grape is a grape." Northern California Chinese executives most often were introduced to wine in their adult lives through dinner with clients or at friends' homes.
		Their knowledge acquisition about wine was not progressive like mine, but an immediate immersion into a strange world where wine knowledge is prized as a sign of social sophistication.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m3488/is_12_86/ai_n16019522 (868 words)

	Chinese Business Site - Business Tips (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Wine is especially popular in the large cities of China (Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou) and has great potential given the increasing disposable income of local people, the health benefits of drinking wine and the government campaign against grain-based alcoholic drinks.
		To successfully sell wine in China, local bottling of bulk-imported wine is considered the most economical and practical way to supply the local market with a competitively priced product.
		For business purposes, it is traditionally acceptable to call a Chinese person by the surname, together with a title, such as "Director Wang" or "Chairman Li." Avoid using someone's given name unless you have known him or her for a long period of time.
	www.china-biz.org /China_Law/tips10.htm (1372 words)

	Welcome to Bon-Wine Consulting
		Chinese wine consumption increases largely with China' s buoyant economy.
		The sharp differences in diet, culture and languages, and the developing Chinese wine market make it necessary and significant to provide the professional consulting service for wine industry.
		Bon-wine Culture Consulting Co., Ltd is a promotional consulting firm who dedicated to promote wine culture and wine popularization as well as assist foreign wineries to enhance their presence in Chinese market.
	www.bon-wine.com /AboutUs_Introduction.aspx (385 words)

	Scripps Howard News Service
		The wine grape growers report says that many Chinese consumers already are sold on red wine's health benefits, thanks to a long-running public relations campaign sponsored by the Chinese government _ which, in part, is aimed at weaning citizens off high-proof rice liquor.
		Wine is tied to wealth in the United States, too, according to John Gillespie, president of the Wine Market Council, a nonprofit trade group.
		While he said the practice of diluting expensive wine with Sprite seems to be less popular than it once was, wine is still seen as a status symbol, rather than as a drink to be appreciated regularly, for its own sake.
	www.shns.com /shns/g_index2.cfm?action=detail&pk=WINE-CHINA-06-09-06 (722 words)

	Cook Chinese...: How To Pair Wine with Chinese Food
		Lychee wine, plum wine, and a honey grape wine made from white wine and honey are all on the market.
		Unfortunately, like rice wine, the selection of Chinese fruit wine in liquor stores and restaurants is not likely to increase anytime soon (although I recently enjoyed a grape wine from Northern China).
		But the difficulty in obtaining Chinese spirits doesn't mean you must forego wine with your meal altogether.
	cook-chinese-food.blogspot.com /2006/07/how-to-pair-wine-with-chinese-food.html (462 words)

	dragon celeste - the best chinese wine
		This wine is vivid, fruity, with exotic style and a long finish reflecting the terroir of a high plateau.
		The vineyards is located on the massifs to the north of Moutain Tian and the river valley of Yili respectively, near the northern part of ancient Silk Road which connected the Orient and the West in the history.
		This wine is blended with 30% wine aged in new oak barrels for 2 years and 70% wine without oak barrels aging.
	www.france-plus.com /english/dragon_celeste.htm (317 words)

	People's Daily Online -- Wine profits beat beer, spirits
		But many small wine makers also use the term Great Wall in their brands, making it hard for consumers to tell the difference, which affects the popularity of the real Great Wall wines.
		Unlike in other food markets such as milk and beer, Chinese wine consumers are loyal to their favoured brands, CMMS data shows.
		Wine is more easily accepted by Chinese youth and middle-aged consumers with higher incomes, CMMS data shows.
	english.people.com.cn /200406/25/eng20040625_147538.html (1176 words)

	Wine profits beat beer, spirits
		But many small wine makers also use the term Great Wall in their brands, making it hard for consumers to tell the difference, which affects the popularity of the real Great Wall wines.
		Unlike in other food markets such as milk and beer, Chinese wine consumers are loyal to their favoured brands, CMMS data shows.
		Wine is more easily accepted by Chinese youth and middle-aged consumers with higher incomes, CMMS data shows.
	www.chinadaily.com.cn /english/doc/2004-06/25/content_342540.htm (1187 words)

	USATODAY.com - China stakes claim in wine's past, future (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Two years ago, archaeologists at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences came up with a new theory, based on the discovery in northern China of evidence of fermented wine made from rice, honey and fruit.
		Wine historians generally regard the Middle East as the region where wine originated.
		The vineyard, a joint venture of the French and Chinese governments, is intended to build interest in wine and serve as a showcase for traditional French winemaking techniques.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2006-10-05-china-wine_x.htm (1107 words)

	Wine Education Site - Is there wine in China?
		Jiu is the Chinese term for all alcohol, and they tend to lump them all together in their minds, whether it is grape wine (putao jiu) or beer (pi jiu) or liquor (jiu), they refer to them interchangeably.
		The wines (and from here out I will refer only to European style wines) tend to be very light although reasonably well made.
		A bottle of wine can sell for no more than $3 a bottle to compete in the market, and the Chinese $3 bottles of wine are not unlike our $3 bottles of wine.
	www.wineeducation.com /ChinaW.html (346 words)

	The Opposite End of China \|\| Xinjiang & Northwest China Blog (中国的另一端 \|\| 新疆 & ...
		It's true that their top-priced wine is overpriced, but they also have good bottles in the Y120 range, which can be had for about Y70 at their company store.
		Posted by: michael at October 30, 2006 09:25 AM Funny thing is that I was not familiar with the wines out in your area because all I had ever seen (in the Qingdao, Dalian, Yantai, Beijing, and Shanghai areas) was wine from Shandong.
		Much of the wine produced in China is still undrinkable by Australian standards, but there is a noticeable increase in the amount of quality wine produced.
	china.notspecial.org /archives/2006/10/chinese_wine.html (1643 words)

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