Yantai is China’s most extensive wine production base, accounting for 30 percent of the country’s total wine output in 2022. The first Global Wine Tourism Summit was recently held in the renowned Uruguayan tourist city of Punta del Este, and Yantai in Shandong province was recognized as the “Most Promising Emerging Quality Wine Tourism Destination in the World”. Yantai also received the baton from Punta del Este, meaning it will host the Second Global Wine Tourism Summit in 2025. This is a major step by Yantai’s wine tourism culture toward the international stage. The summit was jointly organized by the […]

  Yantai is China’s most extensive wine production base, accounting for 30 percent of the country’s total wine output in 2022.  The Yantai wine region once again achieved outstanding results, winning a total of 11 gold awards at the 2024 Berlin Wine Trophy competition held in Berlin, Germany recently. The Berlin Wine Trophy is one of the world’s top five international wine competitions, organized by the German company DWM and jointly supervised by the International Organisation of Vine and Wine, the Union Internationale des Oenologues, and the International Association of Oenologists. It is one of the most rigorously regulated competitions […]

Wines from Yantai have been making their way out of the country and into the world, garnering increasing acclaim. At the beginning of the new year, Yantai officially proposed a branded city campaign to promote its wine industry around the world. In recent years, wines from Yantai have been making their way out of the country and into the world, garnering increasing acclaim. The city’s reputation has soared, with numerous gold and silver awards won at prestigious wine competitions both domestically and internationally. In the past three years alone, Yantai wines have accumulated a total of 505 awards, averaging 168 […]

The Yantai wine region was honored as the “Best Chinese Wine Region of the Year” at the esteemed Golden Prestige Awards, which celebrate excellence in the Chinese wine and spirits sector. The recognition underscores Yantai’s growing significance in the wine industry both within China and around the world. The Golden Prestige Awards are renowned for impartially and professionally acknowledging outstanding contributions to the Chinese wine and spirits industry – highlighting market expansion, product diversity, brand strength, and media recognition and elevating winners to international acclaim. At the awards ceremony, the Yantai wine region also secured accolades for “Sustainable Wine Brand […]

Yantai’s wine industry has made a groundbreaking move by embarking on an intensive nine-day journey across Europe, covering three countries and eight cities, stirring up a “purple whirlwind” in the wine world. From Dec 11 to 20, Yu Yongxin, Chairman of the Yantai Municipal Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference and the head of the city’s wine industry chain, led a delegation to promote the Yantai wine industry, foster sister-city cooperation, and engage in international exchanges, achieving significant results. The delegation engaged with three major world wine organizations: the International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV), the Great […]

The Yantai exhibition area makes a great showing at the 4th China International Cultural Tourism Fair and 2nd Traditional Chinese Craft Fair, whcih kicked off in Jinan, Shandong province, on September 14. The 4th China International Cultural Tourism Fair and 2nd Traditional Chinese Craft Fair kicked off in Jinan, Shandong province, on September 14. The Yantai exhibition area, called “Yantai Makes the World Tipsy”, has made a great showing. At this year’s cultural tourism fair, Yantai, Shandong province has more than 60 special cultural tourism projects showcased in three major exhibition areas: the Yantai Exhibition Area, the Longkou Exhibition Area, and the Shandong Handcraft Exhibition […]