How China is becoming wine’s new frontier

China has come from nowhere to overtake traditional wine countries in terms of land area under vine. So just what is going on in the Far East? If you fancy some crystal ball-gazing into the world of wine, it’s worth keeping up with the International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV). The intergovernmental organisation, which regulates the science of viticulture, oenology and the wine economy, also releases an annual report on what’s coming down the pipeline in world wine.