Chinese snap up French vineyards

'It's difficult to know their strategy as it goes in all directions, it's complicated'

Published: 12/03/2011 at 2:38 PM

Chinese buyers are showing increased interest not only in French wines but also in its vineyards and castles.

A report in regional daily Sud-Ouest says that Chinese buyers are increasingly looking to own a piece of the Bordeaux region, one of France’s best-known wine areas.

China became the biggest export market for Bordeaux wines in 2010, overtaking the UK and Germany.

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