With their vineyards only five kilometres from the sea, both cooling breezes and sparing rain shapes the identity of place. but what courage does it take, to plant vines in one of the most humid regions in China?

Long Ting, meaning the dragon’s pavilion in Chinese, has not quivered in nature’s challenge and has instead found solutions to change. We couldn’t quite believe our ears when Larson Liu, LongTing’s head winemaker told us that is it Petit Manseng that constitutes a large portion of plantings in their vineyards. Someone has finally found a perfect marriage: thick-skinned, disease-hardy Petit Manseng on the Penglai coast often graced by sea breeze and summer rain. The drier autumn days allow them to extend their ripening well into November, creating materials for the golden nectar that has the same take on the Chinese’s philosophy on dessert: sweet, but not too sweet.

A guarded and reserve man on first meeting, the way to get Liu to talk is exactly Petit Manseng, and biodynamics, that he is actively pursuing in the vineyards, as he started seeing that the vines needed way less chemical treatment as a result. Therefore, we think that their “Jade” Late Harvest Petit Manseng deserves a place on our portfolio, showcasing China’s diversity and talents in the wonderful world of wine.