The wines served to world and domestic leaders at a dinner during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting in Beijing last November came from a producer in Zhangjiakou.

"We have created many records in the wine history of China because of the excellent geographic and weather conditions in Zhangjiakou," said Jia Liangyu, a winemaker at the Chateau SunGod GreatWall, the maker that supplied the wines that were served at the APEC event.

It became the country's first chateau when it opened in 1979, and it produced its first white wine the following year.