In March this year, I joined 26 other judges to taste a total of 900 Chinese wines from 200 wineries as part of the 2025 Wynn Signature Chinese Wine Awards. Three months later, some of the award-winning entries were assembled in Singapore for a tasting, and the 51 tasting notes below give a snapshot of Chinese wine in 2025.
Some of the trends are nothing new, but there are a few intriguing indications of what might happen next, and there is an overall sense...