"That could all be about the change with Chinese wine merchants keen to show the world that Xinjiang can become one of the world's premier red wine production bases.
"Xinjiang is located at roughly the same latitude as Bordeaux and California, making it an ideal place for growing grapes," said Fred Nauleau, a French winemaker hired by the Citic Guoan Wine Company, who has spent five years in the autonomous region. "And I was surprised to find that red wine I made here could inherit the fine and elegant style which once just belonged to old world, French wine." "
"Wang's idea was sparked by Xinjiang's geographical advantages and its history. An archaeological site in Niya -a key fortress on the Silk Route- discovered early last century by archaeologists from Britain, Japan and China proved that Xinjiang was once a cradle of red wine production.
Yue Feng, former director of Xinjiang's Cultural Heritage Bureau, said archaeologist found a great deal of evidence showing that the people of Niya produced and appreciated red wine as early as 300BC.
"We also found many ruins of vineyards, grape pips and even brewing equipment and alcohol containers at the Niya site," Yue said. "Some wall pictures even showed the Niya people were doing some grape wine-related business, which told us that people in the western region of China had a long wine history." "
" "I know there is an open secret that many mainland wine makers bought raw wine from France, the US, Chile, Australia and other countries to mix with their own brand wines," he said. "However, there is a rule that those countries would never provide you the best raw wine."
2010/11/16
"Charlie Rose talks to Mongolia's Prime Minister" from Bloomberg Businessweek
"I just interviewed the president of Chile. Its largest market is China - especially for copper. Give us a sense of what the market is for minerals in Mongolia.
We are already the No.4 exporter of coal to China. We are a quite serious exporter of copper to China, and with our copper and gold project with Rio Tinto, we would easily double and triple [copper] exports to China. There is huge potential. On top of that, we have new commodities to export to China - iron ore, zinc - and we do have some prospects for oil and gas and important reserves of uranium. But we are a landlocked country ... and transit costs equal almost 10 percent of GDP. So with encouragement from my government, we are [looking beyond the export of raw materials] to adding value in processing and putting more priority on industrialization, which will create jobs.
What's the economic model? Is it more like the U.S. or China? Or is it some hybrid?
After 20 years of transition, we're trying to define which would be the best model for us. And we have seen the Chilean model, because Chile is a mining country. We are looking now at Canada and what it has achieved because although there are big differences in development and other things, there are a lot of natural similarities between Mongolia and Canada. We're cold countries with vast territories, smaller populations relatively, and mining and agriculture are key. And we're next door to major neighbors like the U.S., China, and Russia.
Any golf courses over there?
Yes, we have one.
We are already the No.4 exporter of coal to China. We are a quite serious exporter of copper to China, and with our copper and gold project with Rio Tinto, we would easily double and triple [copper] exports to China. There is huge potential. On top of that, we have new commodities to export to China - iron ore, zinc - and we do have some prospects for oil and gas and important reserves of uranium. But we are a landlocked country ... and transit costs equal almost 10 percent of GDP. So with encouragement from my government, we are [looking beyond the export of raw materials] to adding value in processing and putting more priority on industrialization, which will create jobs.
What's the economic model? Is it more like the U.S. or China? Or is it some hybrid?
After 20 years of transition, we're trying to define which would be the best model for us. And we have seen the Chilean model, because Chile is a mining country. We are looking now at Canada and what it has achieved because although there are big differences in development and other things, there are a lot of natural similarities between Mongolia and Canada. We're cold countries with vast territories, smaller populations relatively, and mining and agriculture are key. And we're next door to major neighbors like the U.S., China, and Russia.
Any golf courses over there?
Yes, we have one.
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