Return to Northern China
In May, 2004, Gordon and Tom returned to northern China. They met with four generations of grape breeders who spanned 50 years of breeding work at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing. In Inner Mongolia, they met Prof. Lin Shouren, a breeder of cold hardy grapes and a man on a mission to change how grapes are grown in this province of cold and snowless winters. In this article you can read about these fascinating people of Chinese viticulture, the northern varieties and viticultural techniques they have developed, and the state of northern Chinese winemaking. A photolog will follow when Tom gets time to scan in the pictures!
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