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Wine in China: what the dragon is drinking
Richard Hemming MW
Wednesday 13 October 2021
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Lafite's Chinese wine unveiled at last
A shorter version of this article about a long-awaited launch in China is published by the Financial Times. Château Lafite is the most famous of the Bordeaux first growths, so...
Jancis Robinson
Saturday 6 July 2019
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