Every wine lover has a story of the first sip that drew them in. More often than not, it was not a glass a highly complex and expensive Bordeaux. It was likely an unsophisticated yet tantalizing bottle that rocked their world. My gateway drug to wine way back in the day -- Boone's Farm Strawberry Hill, a saccharine-sweet pink tipple best enjoyed ice cold. And for Beijing-based wine consultant and educator Fongyee Walker, it was that first bottle of grapey Black Tower. "You look at the American market, and the English market -- they were originally beer and spirits markets just like China. What shifted America? White Zin. What shifted England? Black Tower," she tells me.
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This month's "On China" show examines the country's love affair with wine
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CNN's Kristie Lu Stout hosts a panel of experts at Grace Vineyard, Shanxi
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China has gone from consuming next to no wine to world's biggest market for red
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Focus is on premium red wine like Lafite, market for cheaper wine under-developed
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