California winemakers tap into growing Chinese market
- Published: 24 Jun 2012 at 13.48
- Online news: Asia
The global downturn hit Doug Hill's family-run Napa Valley winery hard. But the third-generation California farmer's hopes for recovery are strong -- fueled by heady growth in China.
A field worker trim grapevines at the Hill Family Estate vineyard in Napa Valley, California. The global downturn hit Doug Hill's family-run Napa Valley winery hard, but the third-generation California farmer's hopes for recovery are strong -- fueled by heady growth in China.
It's a long way from his sun-dappled vineyards north of San Francisco to pollution-shrouded Beijing and Shanghai, but that's where his Hill Family Estate bottles have been heading since last year.
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