Expensive Wines In Demand in China

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John Boudreau, California Vintners Thirsty for a Taste of China's Booming
Wine Market. Demand for foreign wines is growing among the swelling middle
class. French exports dominate in a market that has been largely polarized--
drinkers buy very cheap bottles or very expensive ones. Los Angeles Times,
May 24, 2010.
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-china-wine-20100524,0,6787995.story
("In 2008, French wine represented 46% of all imported bottled wines, while
the United States had only 5% of the market, according to the U.S.
Department of Agriculture")


Note:
(a) Trader Joe is a small supermarket chain, privately held; headquartered
in Monrovia (in Los Angeles County), California; named after its founder,
Joe Coulombe, who started in this business in 1958; the first store named "
Trader Joe's" opened its doors in 1967. Wikipedia.
(b) Charles Shaw wine
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Shaw_wine
(These wines sell for $1.99 exclusively at Trader Joe's grocery stores in
California, which had the wines gaining the nickname "Two Buck Chuck;" The
Charles Shaw label is owned by the Bronco Wine Company based in City of
Ceres, California)

Chuck is a nickname of "Charles."

(c) baijiu
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baijiu
(白酒; actually a distilled liquor, generally about 80 to 120 proof, or 40-
60% alcohol by volume (ABV); baijiu varieties produced in southern China are
typically made from glutinous rice, while those from northern China are
generally made of sorghum, wheat, barley, millet, or occasionally Job's
tears; similar to several other liquors, but generally has a significantly
higher ABV than, for example, vodka (35-50%), Japanese shōchū (25%), or
Korean soju (20-45%), and its flavour is distinctive and unique)

(d) Zinfandel
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zinfandel
(a variety of red grape planted in over 10 percent of California vineyards;
a name of uncertain origin)
(e) Château Pétrus
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C3%A2teau_P%C3%A9trus
("one of the most expensive wines in the world")
(f) QingPingHuiGuan 青萍会馆
http://www.qingpinghuiguan.com/
(g) Quintessa Wine
http://www.quintessa.com/

Based in Rutherford, California.
(h) St. Helena is a city in Napa County, California.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Helena,_California
(i) vinous (adj, Latin vinum wine): "of, relating to, or made with wine"
(j) trash talk (n): "disparaging, taunting, or boastful comments especially
between opponents trying to intimidate each other"

Both English definitions are from www.m-w.com.

(l) I love American journalism. The last sentence is deadpan but full of
ironies, of course.

* History of California wine
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_California_wine
("The first recorded planting of a vinyard was by the Jesuit Missionary
Eusebio Francisco Kino at San Bruno in 1683, but since the mission at San
Bruno was abandoned about a year and a half after its founding, the vineyard
likely never matured or was harvested. In 1779, Franciscan missionaries
under the direction of Father Junípero Serra planted California's first
sustained vineyard at Mission San Juan Capistrano, also the site of the
first winery in 1783")

* History of French wine
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_French_wine
("The history of French wine spans a period of at least 2600 years dating to
the founding of Massalia in the 6th century BC by Phocaeans with the
possibility that viticulture existed much earlier")

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