Australian wines overflow at Chinese tables
Australian wines overflow at Chinese tables
Nov 25, 2012 6
(Xinhua)-- As demand for high-quality wine in China continues to rise, the future is looking bright for Australian exports, a third-generation winemaker has said recently.
Over the past four years, China's enthusiasm for Australian wine has flourished. Between 2007 and 2010, total sales to China increased by 34.7 million litres, or 260 percent, according to Wine Australia. And while growth slowed over 2010-11, Australia is still the second-ranked exporter to China after France. "The market has been building quite steadily. There's a genuine interest in matching quality wine with very good Chinese food," Mitchell Taylor, managing director of South Australian winery Taylors Wines and director of the Winemakers Federation of Australia told Xinhua.
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