The 2015 Wine Festival is starting Wednesday September 9, 2015. For details about this important festival, visit the following links showing last year’s activities:
http://www.tourguizhou.net/archives/9524
http://www.tourguizhou.net/archives/9445
http://www.tourguizhou.net/archives/9457
http://www.tourguizhou.net/archives/9486
http://www.tourguizhou.net/archives/9744
http://www.tourguizhou.net/archives/9835
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The Guizhou Wine Expo had a promotional video detailing the attractions of Guizhou. I captured part of it on my cell phone camera. Then I pulled out an old video from when I visited the Miao countryside. The song of the Miao Women when they ask you to drink their sweet rice wine is really extraordinary, and in no way exaggerated by the promotional video. I’ve added a couple clips . . .
The Octoberfest celebration is finished and it was a good time. The Paulaner brew pub on the sixth floor of the Kempinski brewed an Octoberfest beer that was very good. It was very German, but not too heavy and not too dark. The happy hour (two for one) prevailed all night, rather than cutting off at 8 pm. The Manager, Aynur Ozcan, has put together a friendly and competent staff. A fine time was had by all.
The menu is very cool, with many items for 58 RMB, which includes a salad bar. There were two bands, who alternated to keep the evening lively. . .
For more information about the Guiyang Kempinski, go to:
http://www.kempinski.com/en/guiyang/hotel-guiyang/welcome/
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There were many good times and good songs.
The Kempinski Hotel in Xiao Shi Ze (in the center of the city) has a celebration of the German Octoberfest. Everyone is welcome to come, but reservations are recommended. You don’t have to buy anything, but there is a full course meal or snacks and a beer. See the menu below:
Tourism is intermixed with the Guizhou Wine culture and Miao Minority People’s culture. Sometimes at dinners in minority villages ladies will serve a sweet rice wine. It is accompanied with songs and almost a force-feeding of the wine. It all evolved into what we call (on tourguizhou.net) the alco-tourism:
The USA exhibits at the China-Guizhou International Alcoholic Beverages Exposition were hard to find, but the wine tasted good.
Alco-Tourism. These are some of my favorite shots from the wine festival. They capture the flavor of the event.
I visited the Wine Festival from the 9th to the 12th. Most of the action takes place on September 10 and 11, with a lot of public there and wineries in full competition. The 9th saw the festival open only to exhibitors, with opening to public toward the end of the day. Many countries were represented. The Guizhou government subsidized travel expenses, paid for shipping of wine, and provided free kiosks to the exhibitors. In a “Where’s Waldo” moment, I had trouble finding the USA exhibitions. They were kind of tucked away, and not well presented. Not many USA wineries were represented, by comparison to France, Italy, Eastern Europe, and South America. Another Where’s Waldo moment was when my Argentine friend looked for his home country. Although Argentina wine is all over Guiyang, Argentina wasn’t represented at the Expo. Maybe that was a mistake . . .
A World Alcoholic Drinks the Alliance (WADA) was formed to share resources and promote group competitiveness. Wine industry associations have organized and formed this association, with the first meeting held at The China-Guizhou International Alcoholic Beverages Expo. The first session of this new organization was held on the morning of September 9. Alcoholic drinks associations were represented from five continents.