China’s predilection for French wines can be frustrating to oenologists from other lands who reckon their product matches or betters the Gallic bottles running off Beijing shelves. We’ve been meeting some winemakers from around the world who’ve come to bang on the doors of Beijing’s restaurants, bars and bodegas. We’ll meet four more wine nationalists next week in part two of Wine Wars.

South Africa

South African Oscar Foulkes continues a family tradition started by his vine-growing grandmother in 1960s South Africa. Long-time marketing man at Cloof Wine Estate and an expert in retailing and making wine, Foulkes is regularly in Beijing to help South African winemakers snare Chinese wine drinkers.