For China's Newly Affluent, Imported Wine Is De Rigueur The Cost Is Part of the Charm, as Urban Consumption SurgesBy Maureen Fan
Washington Post Foreign Service
Sunday, January 28, 2007; Page A12
Chinese customers make their way through the wine section of a store in Beijing, June 14, 2005. Consumption of European-style wines has grown dramatically in China's cities, by as much as 15 percent to 20 percent a year, according to some industry estimates. China's state statistics bureau says per capita consumption of such wine has doubled in five years. (Elizabeth Dalziel - AP)
....(more)
BEIJING -- Cocooned