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The Grape Wall of China

The Grape Wall of China is a documentary about the Chinese wine industry. I filmed, directed and edited the film in the summer of 2010 for CCTV News, China’s foremost English language television channel. It is an introduction to the Chinese wine industry presented by Canadian, Kimberly Buchanan. For more information about wine in China then I can recommend a great blog from which I shamelessly stole the name for this film. It is called www.grapewallofchina.com so check it out.

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China Great Wall Wine Co., Ltd. is a producer of wine based in Hebei province, China. By production volume, Great Wall is China’s largest wine enterprise, producing 50,000 tons in 2010.

Overview

Founded in 1983, Great Wall is a subsidiary of state-owned China Foods Limited. Its main office is situated at the foot of the Great Wall of China, next to the Guanting Lake.

The company has 74.8 hectares (1,125 mu) of vineyards, mostly in Shandong province. More than ten different varieties of grapes are grown there. It uses 1,375 twenty-ton storage vessels with a total capacity of approximately 30,000 tons.

Great Wall uses modern wine making equipment that is imported from France, Germany, and Italy. The company produces dry and sweet wines, fortified wines, distilled and sparking wines. In 2010, Great Wall produced 50,000 tons, making it China’s largest wine producer.

The company markets its products in 20 countries or regions, such as USA, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, and domestically in 29 provinces.

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