(English) Grapes and Wines of China: Marselan

(English) Launching the TerroirSense Wine Review’s second series of educational wine videos
by Ian D’Agata

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Ciao everyone,
welcome to our new series of short educational videos on China’s grape varieties and wines. After the success of our first series of Educational Videos devoted to the world’s wine regions and grape varieties (that is still ongoing and we shall soon be releasing a new video on the Mosel and its wines), we have embarked on our second series of information-packed videos this time specifically devoted to the grape varieties growing in China and the wines made with them. China is already now one of the world’s largest wine producers and the quality of s the country’s wines is improving rapidly: I have visited many different wine producing countries all over the world in my years of wine writing and I can sense that some wines being made in China are not just exciting because of the way they look, smell and taste, but because they also clearly speak of Chinese expressions of specific Chinese terroirs, and that is always exciting to me. And so I think this series of short, user-friendly videos ought to be of real interest not just to wine professionals but to everyone who loves wine and wishes to know more about it.
Differently from our first series of educational wine videos that were longer and more in-depth (with running times of up to four and five minutes in some cases), this second series of videos dedicated to China’s grapes and wines are much shorter, coming in at about two minutes. They serve as a simple, easy-going learning tool for all those who wish to know more about this fast-growing “new” wine producing country (even though China is actually one of the world’s “oldest” countries, boasting millennia of history and with documented vinifera grapes growing there already in the bce or before common era time period!).
The first video in this series out today in the TerroirSense Wine Review features the Marselan grape variety; following videos will highlight other grapes and wines, including Petit Manseng, Cabernet Gernsicht, the international red grapes (Syrah, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec, Tempranillo, Aglianico, Sangiovese but also Chinese grape hybrids such as Beichun, resulting from Vitis Amurensis x Muscat Hamburg), the international white grapes (Riesling, Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Viognier, Welshriesling, and even Grechetto di Todi) as well as the grape varieties used to make sweet wines, such as icewines made from frozen Vidal grapes and wines made with late harvested and/or air-dried grapes.
Enjoy, and cheers!
Ian
Ian D'Agata

赏源葡萄酒评论 Terroir Sense Wine Review主编
赏源风土研究院Terroir Sense Academy院长
国际风土协会副主席
知味 TasteSpirit 首席科学家

伊安·达加塔在葡萄酒领域耕耘超过30年,在葡萄酒品评、葡萄酒科研写作和葡萄酒教育等方面,都取得了杰出的成果,在葡萄酒行业和葡萄酒爱好者中,享有世界性声望。作为享誉国际的葡萄酒作家,他最近的两本著作《意大利原生葡萄品种》《意大利原生葡萄品种风土》被公认为意大利葡萄酒领域的权威著作;前者荣获2015年Louis Roederer国际葡萄酒作家大奖赛“年度最佳书籍奖”,他是唯一获此殊荣的意大利葡萄酒作家,并入选《洛杉矶时报》、《金融时报》、《纽约时报》评选的“年度葡萄酒书籍”榜单;后者被《纽约时报》和美国的Food & Wine杂志提名为年度最佳葡萄酒书籍。

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