By Jim Boyce An unprecedented viticultural–and cultural–experiment is underway in the Ningxia region of China where 48 winemakers from 18 nations are practicing their craft as part of a contest with over USD110,000 in cash prizes. (See list of candidates below.) The Ningxia Winemakers Challenge is a two-year project organized by the region’s wine federation with support from the grape industry development bureau. Each of the 48 winemakers has been teamed with a local winery and assigned a three-hectare plot of grapes to make wine. With nationalities spanning Argentine to Australian, Italian to Indian and South African to Swedish, the winemakers trickled into the region over several weeks until everyone was […]
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