On the flip side of the coin, China is an open ground for various
vinous experimentation. The loud buzz is there, but mostly within the
industry and hasn't really reached the general consumers' radar.
International consultants -- those from France, Italy, USA -- are being
invited or hired to make wine in China and India. The expansion of
market interest in Asia, made a UK-based Decanter magazine (my favorite
wine publication) to launch a Chinese version last year, much like what
the Puerh Teapot magazine is already doing now.

Which brings to a point that I've been wondering about: I wonder if
the Decanter magazine made similar typos and error [as how the Art of
Tea mag has done] when it translated the English article to Chinese
(80% of the first issue was translated from English to Chinese).

Sorry...this is rec.food.drink.TEA


wrote:
[Hee]
... I think it will surpass wine fairly soon.

[Phyll]
I don't think so

[Michael]
I think the point is academic since, given the
amount of talk and buzz in China alone regarding
tea, it's hard to imagine that tea talk hasn't over-
taken wine talk already. Of course my personal
opinion that tea far surpasses wine in subtlety,
complexity, and pure joy of life is in some quarters
arguable, but not in my house.

(I'm broadcasting through Google Groups until
my damnable service brings back usenet. Damn.
This has happened before.)

Sorry for error, Phyll. I'm new at this.