Chinese wine makers submitted eight wines in France’s biggest wine competition

MORE than 4000 wines from around the world vied for medals in France’s biggest wine competition this weekend.

More than 700 tasters, a mix of winegrowers, technicians, merchants and trained amateurs, converged on the sleepy village of Bourg, near Bordeaux, where they judged 4435 wines from 33 countries in two days of blind tastings.

Chinese wine makers submitted eight wines. The winners will be decided by the end of April.

“Bordeaux wine is very well- known in China and it’s better to win a medal in Bordeaux than in the other competitions,” said Shuwang Wang, a Chinese Bordeaux exporter since 1985 who took part as a taster this year. — Sapa-AFP