Where the wine is, and whether you can visit.
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Chinese Winery records the estates critics actually write about: the region, the wines, the public scores, and the visit a producer has published. The Chinese name, and its pinyin, sits with the English one when an official page prints it. If a fact could not be checked, it is left out or marked as unconfirmed.
This edition
Two Chinese wines took a Decanter Best in Show in 2025, the first time that has happened. One is from Hongsipu in Ningxia. One is from Yantai. The directory starts from results like that, and from the essays that explain them.
Read the guide to Chinese wine for the short version of the regions, medals and visits on this site.
Helan Mountain East: the region critics write about, and the one with the clearest run of public medals. 10 entries.
The historic coast: Changyu in Yantai since 1892, Lafite in Penglai, and a Qingdao estate that publishes tours. 4 entries.
High vineyards at the foot of Meili Mountain. Ao Yun is the estate English-language critics actually review. 2 entries.
A large vineyard region on the old road west. The English critics’ names are Tiansai’s Skyline of Gobi, and Zhongfei. 2 entries.
The visit near Beijing is COFCO Great Wall’s Château Sungod at Shacheng, on the Sanggan River. 1 entry.
Grace Vineyard at Taigu publishes the tour: cellar, museum, vineyard, tasting. Fly into Taiyuan. 1 entry.
Yunnan
LVMH’s Cabernet Sauvignon from Adong, Xidang, Sinong and Shuori, at 2,200 to 2,600 metres below Meili Mountain. James Suckling’s 98 for the 2018 was, at the time of that report, his highest score for a Chinese wine. The estate site is aoyun-wine.com. No visitor programme is published.
Culture
What the cited critics have printed about red wine as a gift, ganbei at a formal meal, and a restaurant table. Those essays do not print a pairing chart. Wine pairing with Chinese food collects later published guidance, cuisine by cuisine.
Visit
Ningxia, Shandong, Yunnan, Xinjiang, Hebei and Shanxi. Airports, hours and booking rules appear only where a page already states them. Every estate with a published visit is linked.
Best in Show · 97
Hongsipu, Helan Mountain East. Cabernet Sauvignon with Dornfelder and Cabernet Gernischt. Winemaker Wu Xiuyong. Decanter China puts the estate about two hours from Yinchuan. A visit is not published.
Best in Show
Yantai, Shandong. Three-quarters Cabernet Gernischt, a quarter Cabernet Sauvignon. The Changyu museum in the city publishes opening hours, which the Ningxia trophy wines do not.
| Estate | Region | Visit | Site |
|---|---|---|---|
| Changyu 张裕 ZhāngyùYantai, Shandong, with estates elsewhere including Ningxia | Shandong 山东 Shāndōng | Museum hours published | Changyu Wine Culture Museum |
| Château Changyu Moser XV 张裕摩塞尔十五世 Zhāngyù Mósài’ěr ShíwǔshìEastern foot of the Helan Mountains, Yinchuan, Ningxia | Ningxia 宁夏 Níngxià | Described as a public visit | changyu-moser-xv.com |
| Domaine de Long Dai 瓏岱酒庄 Lóngdài JiǔzhuāngQiu Shan Valley, Daxindian, Penglai, Yantai, Shandong | Shandong 山东 Shāndōng | By reservation | lafite.com — visit |
| Treaty Port Vineyards 登龙酒庄 Dēnglóng JiǔzhuāngMulangou Village, Daxindian, Penglai, Yantai, Shandong | Shandong 山东 Shāndōng | Tours and rooms published | treatyport.com |
| Château Nine Peaks 九顶庄园 Jiǔdǐng ZhuāngyuánShankou Mountain, Yuanshang Town, Laixi, Qingdao, Shandong | Shandong 山东 Shāndōng | By appointment | chateau9peaks.com |
| Grace Vineyard 怡园酒庄 Yíyuán JiǔzhuāngDongjia, Rencun, Taigu, Jinzhong, Shanxi | Shanxi 山西 Shānxī | Tours by reservation | grace-vineyard.com |
| Chandon China 1 Chandon Road, Huangyangtan, Yongning, Ningxia | Ningxia 宁夏 Níngxià | Booked tastings published | LVMH — Chandon China |
| Xige Estate 西鸽酒庄 Xīgē Jiǔzhuāng1 Xige Road, Dove Mountain, Qingtongxia, Wuzhong, Ningxia | Ningxia 宁夏 Níngxià | Free visit, reserve ahead | xige-estate.com |
| Great Wall, Château Sungod 长城桑干酒庄 Chángchéng Sānggān JiǔzhuāngDongshuiquan, Shacheng, Huailai County, Zhangjiakou, Hebei | Hebei 河北 Héběi | Cellar visit published | greatwallwine.com.cn |