Comments on: Cabernet Ger-what? Waitrose in London stocks Chinese wine from Changyu https://www.grapewallofchina.com/2012/08/25/cabernet-ger-what-waitrose-in-london-stocks-chinese-wine-from-changyu/ Wine and the World's Biggest Market Mon, 10 Sep 2012 19:06:35 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Claire https://www.grapewallofchina.com/2012/08/25/cabernet-ger-what-waitrose-in-london-stocks-chinese-wine-from-changyu/#comment-175956 Mon, 10 Sep 2012 19:06:35 +0000 http://www.grapewallofchina.com/?p=3112#comment-175956 I’ve just tried the Waitrose Cabernet Gernischt. It is, in truth, perfectly drinkable although I was glad it was on special offer at £7.99 rather than £9.99. It reminded me firstly of a lot of the German reds from modest grape varieties (yes, they’re not common but I go to Germany and search them out) and then of South African reds, though less dense and pinotage-like. I’m not a pinotage fan.

I’ve been to Shanghai and drunk cornershop red and white and enjoyed its strangeness, and been to posh French-run restaurants in Shanghai and Ningbo and been remarkably impressed by Chinese-grown white. I don’t know enough about the local grapes to be able to distinguish between characteristics intrinsic to the grapes and those introduced by the winemaking. I’m London based. I hope some time soon that there will be an extensive Chinese tasting for non-trade customers.

]]> By: Austin https://www.grapewallofchina.com/2012/08/25/cabernet-ger-what-waitrose-in-london-stocks-chinese-wine-from-changyu/#comment-174324 Mon, 27 Aug 2012 13:29:03 +0000 http://www.grapewallofchina.com/?p=3112#comment-174324 It’s actually Carmenere

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