A city steeped in wine

Drinking wine is now a part of the Yantai lifestyle, not surprising in a city that produces 360 million liters of wine yearly, one-third of the nation's total.Yantai's connection to wine dates back to 1892 when Changyu Pioneer Wine Co, China's first winery, was established.

Grapes of class: Rising chateau county in Yantai

Roaming around a vast vineyard in China, picking grapes and sampling premium vintages in a European-style castle could seem like a fairy tale. Those experiences are easily available at dozens of picturesque chateaus scattered along the coast of Yantai.