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What are the main wine regions of Japan?

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Nagano
Yamagata
Yamanashi

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Which country has the highest per capita wine consumption in Asia?

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Japan.

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Where is the Osaka wine region and what wines are produced there?

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The Osaka wine region is on Honshu in Japan. The region is located in the foothills near the city of Osaka. The main grape variety of the region is Delaware.

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Which two Japanese wine regions are located on Honshu?

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Yamanashi and Nagano

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What is the Nagano GI?

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A wine region of Japan located on Honshu, in the center of the island. It is Japan’s 2nd largest producer by volume. Earned GI Status in 2021.

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What is Château Mercian?

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A Japanese winery that brought in winemakers form Château Margaux to work on its red wines.

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What is Chintashu?

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A Portuguese wine brought into Japan during the 16th century. A combination of Portuguese term for red (tinta) and the Japanese word for liquor (shu)

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How many wineries are there in Japan?

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250 (or about 300)

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What is Hokkaido?

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Hokkaido is a wine region in Japan, in the frigid north (the northernmost of Japan’s islands). it is Japan’s 2nd GI. Koshu, Muscat Bailey-A and Pinot Noir are the dominant grape varieties.

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What is the Yamanashi Prefecture?

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The Yamanashi Prefecture is a wine region of Japan (on Honshu) that produces wines from a range of grapes including Koshu and Muscat Bailey-A. It was the first Japanese GI.

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What is Tanazukuri?

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Tanazukuri refers to overhead trellises and pergolas used in Kyushu, in order to reduce the risk of fungal disease due to high humidity.

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What is the significance of Gyoki?

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According to legend, in 718 CE Gyoki was a monk that had a vision of Yaushi Buddha holding a bunch of grapes, and planted them in the Daizenji Temple in Japan.

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What is Koshu?

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Koshu is a grape native to Japan, grown since the 8th century. It is pink skinned and makes light bodied white wines as well as sparkling wines.

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What is Chintashu?

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A term for wine that was brought to Japan by Portuguese missionaries in the 16th century. It is the equivalent of the Portuguese word “red” (tinta) and the Japanese word “liquor” (shu)

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How many geographical indications does Japan have?

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5.

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Where is Yamagata?

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Yamagata GI is in Japan on the north part of the island of Honshu, facing the Sea of Japan.

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What is Cabernet Gernischt?

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Cabernet Gernischt is the local name in China for a grape recently confirmed to be Carmenere.

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What is Shandong?

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Shandong is a wine region in China located on the Yellow sea, equal distance from Beijing and Shanghai. On the Shandong Peninsula there is a maritime influence and they do NOT need to bury the vines over the winter. Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Gerischt, and Riesling are the most used grapes in the region.

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Describe Yunnan

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Yunnan is a wine region in China located south of the Yangtze River. It shares a border with Vietnam, Laos and Myanmar. It is outside the normal growing range for grapes (21-29 degrees latitude) but are grown at higher altitudes. Rose Honey, Crystal, French Wild, and Cabernet Sauvignon are the most grown grapes in the region.

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20
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Where are the Grace Vineyards?

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The Grace Vineyards are in Shanxi, China. It is one of China’s most renowned wineries in terms of quality, reputation, and world-class facilities for tasting/tourism.

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Describe Xinjiang.

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Xinjiang is a wine region located in the extreme west of China with a long history of wine production, with remains of vinifera vines from the 4th century found. Also mentioned by Marco Polo in 13th Century. The wine grape regions are north of the Tien Shan Mountains and to the south around the perimeter of the Takla Makan Desert.

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Where is the Heshuo/Hoxud Region?

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The Heshuo/Hoxud region is located in the Xinjiang province in China. It received GI status in 2015.

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What is Shanxi?

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Shanxi is a wine region in China about 250 miles west of Beijing. It requires over winter vine protection due to cold temperatures. It is a smaller region, however boasts one of the most know wineries in China, Grace Vineyards.

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Where is the Shangri-La Winery Company located?

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The Shangri-La Winery Company Ltd. is located in the Yunnan province of China, on the slopes of the MeKong River. It has a high elevation - 8200 ft.

25
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How many acres are under vine in China?

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1,940,000

26
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How many wineries are in China?

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Over 500.

27
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Where is the Sino-French Demonstration Vineyard?

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The Chinese municipality of Tianjin in the Hebei district.

28
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When was the Sino-French Demonstration Vineyard planted?

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The late 1990s.

29
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What is Domaine Franco Chinois?

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The name under which the grapes grown in the Sino-French Demonstration Vineyard are marketed.

30
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Where is the Changyu Pioneer Wine Company?

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In the Shandong province of China.

31
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What is significant about the Changyu Pioneer Wine Company?

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It is one of the largest wine-producing companies in the world, yet essentially unknown outside of China. It is also considered China’s first “modern” winery.

32
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Where is the Eastern Foot of Helan Mountain and what wines are made there?

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The Ningxia region of China and it produces a wide range of wines.

33
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What was the first official appellation in China?

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Eastern Foot of Helan Mountain.

34
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Where is Jiahu and what is its significance?

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Jiahu is in the Yellow River Valley in the central portion of China. It may be the site of the world’s first fermented beverages from the Neolithic period. Other important finds show remnants of fermented beverages from 3000 years ago.

35
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Who was Zhong Bishi?

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A Qing Dynasty diplomat who imported more than 100 European grape varieties for use in the Changyu Pioneer Wine Company.

36
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What is Ningxia?

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Ningxia is a wine region located about 500 miles west of Beijing. It’s an alluvial plain of the Yellow River. Vines must be buried and irrigation is necessary. It is one of China’s most promising vineyard areas, with over 200 wineries.

37
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What is Hebei?

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Hebei is a wine region in northeast China, surrounding Beijing and Tianjin. It is north of the Yellow River. It is home to several large producers of Chinese wine.

38
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What is significant about the China Great Wall Wine Company?

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It is currently China’s larger producer by volume.

39
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What is the most widely planted wine grape in China?

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Cabernet Sauvignon - believed to be half the plantings.

40
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What percentage of grapes planted in China are red varieties?

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Almost 80%

41
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What is the most widely planted white grape in China?

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Chardonnay.

42
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What is Domaine de Long Dai?

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A Chinese wine estate founded by Domaines Barons de Rothschild (Lafite).

43
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Describe the Shandong Province wine region.

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Located in Northeastern China, with a moderate maritime climate, fairly well suited to Vitis vinifera grapes.

44
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What are some significant wineries located in China’s Shandong Province?

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Domaine de Long Dai
Great Wall Wine Company
Changyu
Chateau Nine Peaks

45
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Describe the Beijing wine region.

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Technically in the Hebei Province, but separately controlled. Has small wineries for wine tourism, but land is scarce so fewer wineries.

46
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Who was the French partner in the Sino-French Joint-Venture Dynasty Winery?

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Rémy Martin.

47
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What type of wines are made in the Liaoning Province of China, and where is it located?

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Icewines from Vidal Grapes. It is north of Beijing, on the border with North Korea.

48
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What is the Jilin Province in China known for?

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The native grape species Vitis Amurensis, a very cold tolerant grape used for plant breeding with hopes for new crossings. Also makes icewine from Vidal grapes.

49
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What are some top wineries in the Ningxia region of China?

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Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton Chandon China.
Silver Heights

50
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What is the specialty drink of Inner Mongolia?

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Tuo Xian white wine infused with fresh flowers of the Osmanthus Fragrans shrub. A highly aromatic dessert wine.

51
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What is Ao Yun?

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A winery in the Himalayas in a remote part of China, founded by LVMH.

52
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What is Musailaisi wine?

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A wine made in Xinjian by the Uyghur people. Grapes are cooked with roses, wild berries, saffron and cloves, along with (sometimes) velvet antler, pigeon blood, and roasted lamb. It ferments for 40 days.

53
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What is China’s largest wine grape production area?

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Zinjiang

54
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What is the Sino-French Demonstration Vineyard?

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A joint venture vineyard between the French and Chinese governments.

55
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What grapes are grown in the Sino-French Demonstration Vineyard?

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Cabernet Sauvignon, Riesling, Viognier, Merlot, Marselan, Petit Manseng.

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