I was at a friend’s place because he has got a new game, Battlefield 3 on x-box. I went there right after class. I think we played for hours and suddenly my friend, Patrick asked me to pause for awhile because he needs to use the toilet. I didn’t know I was tired concentrating on the game until Patrick call for a rest. I just closed my eyes and rest on the coach until Patrick gave me a nudge and shoved me a cup which looks like thick milk. He said it was yogurt and I thought that he was kidding. I said “You eating yogurt? Yogurt is for babies and health maniac, not some guys like us”. He said his mom brought the best yogurt maker for him the last she visited him. And he thought that it is easy to make and it is delicious. I was reluctant at first but one tablespoon and I regretted blurting out the things about yogurt to him. It tasted awesome.

Until very recently, China was not a nation that we readily associated with fine wine. True, like many things, Chinese civilization actually stumbled across wine making centuries ago: forty six of them in fact. And as a producer, the world’s tenth largest winery has actually been going since 1892. But it has still never been a major name in fine wine until quite recently.

Why is China suddenly a big player? Well, economic conditions have been favourable throughout the noughties, meaning the creation of many more wealthier people in the country. And other conditions have brought interested wine growers and merchants into the nation: take for instance the abolition of sales tax on wine in Hong Kong. With China’s prominence in world affairs set to grow and grow, the appreciation of great wines will grow with it. But how about the future of China as a wine producer? The world wine market is a very competitive place, where new world growers all fighting for their share.