How good is Chinese wine? It can’t compete with Old World grapes from France, Italy or Spain – yet – but give it 10 years …

• Great Wall’s merlot/cabernet sauvignon blend has won awards while critics rave about Ningxia-based Changyu Pioneer-Moser XV’s Bordeaux style grapes
• Grown in the foothills of the Himalayas, Moët Hennessy’s Ao Yun wine earned a score of 96, with Shandong-based Chateau Lafite’s Long Dai just two points behind