Young Chinese wine masters showing their appreciation

Tsinghua and the University of Hong Kong will represent Asia to join six other teams from the United Sates, France and other countries in Europe in the final contest at Chateau Lafite Rothschild, one of France's most acclaimed wine estates located in Pauillac on Bordeaux's Medoc peninsula in mid-June.

Chinese teams are making splashes although they were latecomers to this world platform. In the 2021 final, Sichuan International Studies University, beat rivals from the world's top universities, including Cambridge, to become the first Chinese team to win the event. They were the runner-ups in 2020.

Adrien Bernard, commercial director of Domaine de Chevalier in Bordeaux and also a jury member, said he was impressed by the performance of young Chinese wine enthusiasts and hopes to see them in exchange programs between the two countries in the future.