More than 450 exhibitors from 20 top wine producing countries including France, Spain, the United States, South Africa, Italy and Chile, are arriving in Asia's only International Grape and Wine City - a title conferred by the International Office of Vine and Wine - to showcase premium products to the event's 10,000 participants.
Drinking wine is now a part of the Yantai lifestyle, not surprising in a city that produces 360 million liters of wine yearly, one-third of the nation's total.Yantai's connection to wine dates back to 1892 when Changyu Pioneer Wine Co, China's first winery, was established.
Grapes of class: Rising chateau county in YantaiRoaming around a vast vineyard in China, picking grapes and sampling premium vintages in a European-style castle could seem like a fairy tale. Those experiences are easily available at dozens of picturesque chateaus scattered along the coast of Yantai.
Roaming around a vast vineyard in China, picking grapes and sampling premium vintages.