Ni hao:
Does anyone out there have any recent experince with what types of
wine Chinese business men drink from mainland China? I worked wine
retail and as a sommelier ten years ago in Los Angeles and Taiwanese
were buying 82"s first growths and anything parker gave 95+pts too like
crazy.
Cheers, Robert

Hao, sye sye, women dou hao.

Successful businessmen buy lables, in my experience.. keshih renren dou he
gaoliang (and beer)
By the by, recently returned from China with a couple of bottles - a
Tibetan and ChingTao Red. both drinkable, but I'm not flying back to get
replacements...


"Dances with Grapes" > wrote in message
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> Ni hao:
> Does anyone out there have any recent experince with what types of
> wine Chinese business men drink from mainland China? I worked wine
> retail and as a sommelier ten years ago in Los Angeles and Taiwanese
> were buying 82"s first growths and anything parker gave 95+pts too like
> crazy.
> Cheers, Robert
>
>

Dances with Grapes wrote:
> Ni hao:
> Does anyone out there have any recent experince with what types of
> wine Chinese business men drink from mainland China? I worked wine
> retail and as a sommelier ten years ago in Los Angeles and Taiwanese
> were buying 82"s first growths and anything parker gave 95+pts too like
> crazy.
> Cheers, Robert
>

I would have guess Chinese businessmen don't drink wine at all, or only
when others are drinking it.

Probably they are still drinking VSOP, Congac, etc. Some Chinese wines
started to appear in the market now, which I doubt their quality.

G


"beernuts" > wrote in message
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> Dances with Grapes wrote:
>> Ni hao:
>> Does anyone out there have any recent experince with what types of
>> wine Chinese business men drink from mainland China? I worked wine
>> retail and as a sommelier ten years ago in Los Angeles and Taiwanese
>> were buying 82"s first growths and anything parker gave 95+pts too like
>> crazy.
>> Cheers, Robert
>>
>
> I would have guess Chinese businessmen don't drink wine at all, or only
> when others are drinking it.

I've tasted chinese wine on several occasions as recently as 4 years ago...
They reminded me of East Coast wines circa 1980---not ready for prime time.
However having tasted the chinese wines, I recommend Eastern European
wines(Roumania, Georgia, Transylvania, Bulgaria) as a model for chinese
winemakers.
"Guarnerio" > wrote in message
...
> Probably they are still drinking VSOP, Congac, etc. Some Chinese wines
> started to appear in the market now, which I doubt their quality.
>
> G
>
>
> "beernuts" > wrote in message
> news:r5VZf.767$ee6.628@trndny01...
> > Dances with Grapes wrote:
> >> Ni hao:
> >> Does anyone out there have any recent experince with what types of
> >> wine Chinese business men drink from mainland China? I worked wine
> >> retail and as a sommelier ten years ago in Los Angeles and Taiwanese
> >> were buying 82"s first growths and anything parker gave 95+pts too like
> >> crazy.
> >> Cheers, Robert
> >>
> >
> > I would have guess Chinese businessmen don't drink wine at all, or only
> > when others are drinking it.
>
>