Continuing her travels round the world of wine as part of her OIV MSc course, Victoria Daskal reaches China, as you can see below. After several weeks hopping around China with my wine glass and chop sticks in tow, I am now piecing together my thoughts, and offer this snapshot on the tsunami that is the Chinese wine industry today. My first pestering question is “why is China trying to be a wine-producing country?” While there are many factors circling this development (from speculative business opportunities to a lust for Western luxuries), there is a more straightforward answer. In its efforts to reduce the...