{"id":39932,"date":"2026-03-28T17:08:35","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T09:08:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=39932"},"modified":"2026-03-28T17:08:35","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T09:08:35","slug":"wine-from-bordeaux-of-china-ningxia-is-on-the-rise-but-can-it-rival-french-bottles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=39932","title":{"rendered":"Wine from \u2018Bordeaux of China\u2019 Ningxia is on the rise but can it rival French bottles?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.i-scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/1280x720\/public\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/03\/28\/9fe25baa-20f5-4131-a33a-19df53353528_9c889dd7.jpg?itok=0AYiwdCm&amp;v=1774670517\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">In 2023, among the picturesque greenery of the Pine Garden reception hall in Guangzhou, Chinese President Xi Jinping and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron met informally to discuss the crisis in Ukraine and trade relations.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">As they discussed the state of the world, the two presidents drank Jade Dove red wine from Xige Estate in Ningxia, China.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Chinese wines have come a long way, and began winning international competitions in the 2010s. More than a decade later, the challenge is to build an identity so distinct that oenophiles, whether international or domestic, seek out bottles from China.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cWhen French President Macron visited China, the Jade Dove single vineyard cabernet loong was served at the official dinner,\u201d says Christelle Chene, Xige Estate\u2019s international affairs director and worldwide brand ambassador. \u201cI know that Macron asked for a few more bottles to bring back to France. So, you know, I think he loved it.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cEspecially for the reception of a French president, that is a guy who drinks a lot of wine. So it\u2019s a really good promotion for that wine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Chene says Macron\u2019s delegation was also gifted Xige Estate\u2019s top wine, a 2017 vintage red.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/lifestyle\/food-drink\/article\/3348068\/wine-bordeaux-china-ningxia-rise-can-it-rival-french-bottles?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2023, among the picturesque greenery of the Pine Garden reception hall in Guangzhou, Chinese President Xi Jinping and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron met&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39933,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[19181,10870,832,7261,19182,1569,6167,7390],"class_list":["post-39932","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bored-interesting","tag-bordeaux","tag-bottles","tag-china","tag-french","tag-ningxia","tag-rise","tag-rival","tag-wine","wpcat-33-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39932","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=39932"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39932\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/39933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=39932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=39932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=39932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}