A Toast to China's Budding Wine Industry – China Business

online.wsj.com — How about a bottle of Bordeaux with your baozi? While China is known for many things, most would agree that wine isn't one of them. However, between 2002 and 2008, China saw a nearly fifteen fold increase in wine imports from France. China is now the eighth largest importer of Bordeaux globally.

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