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Malay Mail
2 days ago
- Business
- Malay Mail
"Wine Olympics" returns to China as international expo opens
The opening ceremony of the Fifth China (Ningxia) International Wine Culture and Tourism Expo in Yinchuan, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Wang Peng) A visitor (1st R) tastes wine at the Global Wineries Exhibition during the Fifth China (Ningxia) International Wine Culture and Tourism Expo in Yinchuan, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, on June 9, 2025.(Xinhua/Yang Zhisen) YINCHUAN, CHINA - Media OutReach Newswire - The Fifth China (Ningxia) International Wine Culture and Tourism Expo opened Monday in Yinchuan, capital of northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, with the Concours Mondial de Bruxelles (CMB) -- dubbed the "Wine Olympics" -- returning to China after seven four-day event has attracted over 1,100 domestic and international guests, featuring 14 activities such as a winery and wine exhibition, an innovation competition, and an art its China debut in 2018 in Beijing, the CMB has this year brought together nearly 400 international judges and over 7,000 wine samples, including a record number of entries from China, according to CMB Chairman Baudouin Havaux."This event opens a new era for the global visibility of the Chinese wine industry," Havaux added that it is no coincidence the 32nd edition of the CMB is being held in Yinchuan, as it clearly reflects the growing strength of Chinese wine, especially that of region boasts a unique terroir for making top-class wine, with its prolonged sunshine and a cool, dry climate aiding the cultivation of grapes. After four decades of development, Ningxia has become China's largest wine-producing region. The eastern foot of Helan Mountain is widely regarded as a "golden zone" for grape growing and high-end wine the end of 2024, Ningxia had more than 600,000 mu (around 40,000 hectares) of wine grape plantations and an annual wine output of 140 million bottles. Its wines are exported to over 40 countries and #AdministrativeCommitteeofWineIndustryZoneofNingxiaHelanMountainsEastFoothill The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
South China Morning Post
03-03-2025
- South China Morning Post
Wine tours are the latest attraction to China's emerging Ningxia region
To the west of Ningxia's capital, Yinchuan, the four-lane Shenyang Highway pierces a sun-parched, rocky expanse. To one side are the city limits, to the other the eastern foothills of the Helan Mountains, a 200km-long divider separating the southern flanks of Inner Mongolia's Gobi Desert and arid – yet still fertile – plains. Advertisement The Helan silhouette hangs over the horizon like a mirage, its crevices hard to make out through the haze that blankets the sky even on this crisp and sunny October morning. Roads flanking the Helan Mountain range lead to award-winning wineries. Photo: Chan Kit Yeng 'It's a pity you can't see the view today, for it makes a very special start to the tour,' says 'Kiki' Chen Shu, my driver and the founder and main English-speaking guide of Ningxia Wine, a small company that organises winery tours in the Ningxia Hui autonomous region's Helan Mountains East. This wine-producing region was born in 1998, when, after nationwide viticulture research led to the improvement of the desert-encircled area's saline-alkaline soils, wine grapes were planted over 3,000 hectares of the barren expanse between the Helan Mountains and the alluvial plain of the Yellow River. Despite its relatively small size, Helan Mountains East – which encompasses subregions including Shizuishan, Yinchuan, Yongning, Qingtongxia and Hongsipu – has drawn comparisons to Argentina's Mendoza wine region, which is geographically similar. Advertisement Having what's considered China's most promising wine-producing area , Ningxia has established a provincial wine bureau and invested heavily in vine planting, and now has more than 200 wineries, three of which Chen will show me today. Helan Mountains East piqued international interest in 2011, when the Jia Bei Lan Grand Reserve 2009, a cabernet sauvignon by producer Helan Qingxue, won the international trophy in the Decanter World Wine Awards Bordeaux blend category.
