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Yunnan Red, anyone? Chinese wine heads to Europe

For years the Chinese have been buying up wine from Europe, but with domestic wine production predicted to overtake Australia and Chile by next year, Tiana Wu is hoping European drinkers are ready to be tempted by a glass of her "Yunnan Red". "We produce one million cases per year. We're exploring the possibility of exporting," Wu told AFP at Vinexpo in Bordeaux, one of the world's largest wine and spirit fairs.

Six Chinese students in France attacked in 'xenophobic' act

Six Chinese oenology students were attacked in the early hours of Saturday in France's wine-producing region of Bordeaux, the interior ministry said, describing the violence as an act of xenophobia. The students, who had arrived in France only two months ago, were allegedly "violently attacked" by three local men who were visibly drunk and previously known to the police, a ministry statement said. Two of the alleged attackers have been detained and are now in police custody. A female student was seriously hurt in the face by a glass bottle which was thrown at her.

Six Chinese students in France attacked in 'xenophobic' act

Six Chinese oenology students were attacked in the early hours of Saturday in France's wine-producing southwest region of Bordeaux, the interior ministry said, describing the violence as an act of xenophobia. The students, who had arrived in France only two months ago, were "violently attacked" by three locals who were visibly drunk and previously known to the police, a ministry statement said. A female student was seriously hurt in the face by a glass bottle which was thrown at her. Two of the attackers have been detained and are now in police custody.

Canada, EU have no trouble seeing benefits of free trade in wine and spirits

OTTAWA - The Canada-Europe trade talks may be stalled on a number of controversial topics, but in one area — wines and spirits — there's been plenty of cheer going around. Sources close to the trade negotiations in Brussels say the two sides have had a relatively easy time settling on rules governing wines and spirits, although European vintners likely still view wine producers in Ontario and British Columbia as receiving preferential treatment.

In China, fake European wine more worrying than tariffs

By Terril Yue Jones BEIJING (Reuters) - Bruno Paumard, the cellar master at a vineyard in China, can't stop laughing while describing a bottle of supposedly French wine a friend gave him two years ago. It's white wine, with a label proclaiming it is from the vineyards of Romanee-Conti, the bottle bearing the logo that is on bottles of Chateau Lafite-Rothschild, and declares its origin as Montpellier in southern France.

Canadian seeks world record for biggest wine-label collection, at 180,000 and counting

It would take more than four consecutive days to view every item in what just might be the world's largest wine-label collection. Toronto resident Alain Laliberte owns about 180,000 wine labels, carefully stored in 123 shoeboxes. He has contacted the Guinness World Records because he is confident that he has enough to break the current high of 16,349 labels.

China trade dispute worries EU wine exporters

European wine producers working to drum up new business in the promising Chinese market expressed frustration Thursday as an escalating trade dispute put their industry in the crosshairs. Chinese state media added fuel to the row with threatening rhetoric warning the European Union of further action after Beijing announced it had begun an anti-dumping probe into wine imports from the bloc. The move came after the European Commission slapped tariffs on solar import panels from China, putting mounting pressure on the huge trade relationship between them.

France criticized as presidential wines go under hammer

President Francois Hollande has been accused of selling off France's national heritage with an auction of hundreds of bottles of fine wine from the cellars of his Elysee Palace. A total of 1,200 bottles, including some of the world's most prestigious labels, went under the hammer on Thursday evening in a sale that has become symbolic of the cash-strapped government's austerity drive.

China to ban non-French 'champagne' copycats

China has agreed to limit the "champagne" label to only wines produced in the French region bearing that name, with a trade group welcoming the move as a boost for the beverage in a fast-growing market. Sales of the wine are accelerating in the world's second largest economy, from 50,000 bottles in 2001 to one million in 2010 to two million last year, making it the fifth-largest market outside the European Union.

Little-known Slovak wines outsparkle global competitors

Deep shades of red and vermilion catch the light as connoisseurs raise their half-full glasses to examine the colour of the wine before sinking their noses in to inhale enticing aromas. A sip, a swish and a spit is a wine-tasting ritual at prestigious competitions the world over. This May, it was performed on a grand scale in Central Europe for the first time as Slovakia played host to top-ranked wine competition, the Concours Mondial de Bruxelles (CMB). Of late, little-known Slovak wines have been outsparkling even their venerable French cousins.
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