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Genie in a Bottle?

I'm still looking for the tasting notes on this one.

China is very high on the wino radar these days, in that they just surpassed the major red wine producing countries of Italy and France.  Now I'm intrigued about their growing regions, and their wine.

Anyone who's studying wine right now has got to be thinking, "Oh, great.  Italy, France, Spain, Portugal, Chile, Argentina, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Mediterranean, Eastern European, Germany and US wine regions are no longer enough. I'm going to have to roger up and add England and China to my pile of flash cards and map collections."

In all seriousness, I did read in Decanter.com recently about Moet & Hennessy getting ready to bottle a Chinese Cabernet Sauvignon to be released later this year.  The region is in the Yunnan province and it is a remote, high-altitude location at about 7000 - 8000 feet above sea level near the border of Tibet.

Curious?  Yes.  Hoping all these new wine regions don't make their way into my mandatory study materials in the next year?  Yes.  Looking for a bottle of Magical Penis Wine at a liquor store nearest me?  Um, no.

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  1. Kalei's Best FriendMay 2, 2015 at 12:24 PM

    just had to google and its on utube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzD4KN5tV5M
    also facebook.... somehow any beverage that's Asian, I would seriously steer clear... I like my Cali wine as well as ones from Spain and France...

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    1. Val May 7, 2015 at 4:02 PM

      Hi Chrissy, Funny, my friend is an importer in Taiwan and she mentioned that of the cabs she's tasted so far, she thinks they need "more time" and are not ready. She has an incredible palate and sees a lot of the stuff, so I'll take her word. But I will steer clear of the "penis wine" for sure! Although, I'm intrigued about wines from everywhere, but love France, Italy, Spain ... OK, and South Africa, Pacific Northwest and, well, a slew of others. Cheers ~

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