China winery architecture #2: Disney-sized chateaux.

This is the second in a series of photographic inside-the-winery tours of China winery architecture.

I call these wineries a Disney-sized emulation of European, especially French, chateaux and wine culture.

Chateau Huadong Parry, Qingdao, Shandong province.

Chateau Huadong-Parry winery Chateau Huadong-Parry is the first chateau in China established by the British wine entrepreneur Michael Parry, Qingdao, Shandong Province, China.

Chateau Huadong-Parry vineyard and winery, Qingdao, Shandong Province, China.

Sculptures are scattered through the estate of Chateau Huadong-Parry winery, Qingdao, Shandong Province, China.

The Qingdao city can be seen from Chateau Huadong-Parry winery, Shandong Province, China.

View from one of the tasting rooms at Chateau Huadong-Parry winery, Qingdao, Shandong Province, China.

Stout wooden doors lead into the barrel cellar at Chateau Huadong-Parry winery, Qingdao, Shandong Province, China.

The barrel cellar at Chateau Huadong-Parry winery, Qingdao, Shandong Province, China.

Red piano in the VIP Parry Chamber at Chateau Huadong-Parry winery, Qingdao, Shandong Province, China.

An office building at night at Chateau Huadong-Parry winery, Qingdao, Shandong Province, China.

Chateau Huadong-Parry winery, Qingdao, Shandong Province, China.

Vineyard workers load crates of harvested grapes to take up to Chateau Huadong-Parry winery, Qingdao, Shandong Province, China.

Chateau Changyu AFIP Global, Beijing.

Vineyard workers at Chateau Changyu AFIP Global in Ju Gezhuang Town, about one hour from Beijing. This is Changyu Pioneer Wine Company's first of the Disney-like chateaux.

Picture perfect Chateau Changyu AFIP Global winery and faux European village, about one hour from Beijing, China.

The faux European Village next to Chateau Changyu AFIP Global in Ju Gezhuang Town, about one hour from Beijing, China.

Chateau Changyu AFIP Global is a tourists photographic delight.

Visitors can play and photograph in the cellar at Chateau Changyu AFIP Global in Ju Gezhuang Town, about one hour from Beijing, China.

Wedding photography at Chateau Changyu AFIP Global in Ju Gezhuang Town, about one hour from Beijing, China.

One of the streets in the Village at Chateau Changyu AFIP Global in Ju Gezhuang Town, about one hour from Beijing, China

No faux village should be without a church for weddings at Chateau Changyu AFIP Global in Ju Gezhuang Town, about one hour from Beijing, China.

The generic village church designed for weddings at Chateau Changyu AFIP Global in Ju Gezhuang Town, about one hour from Beijing, China.

Ok, you have had enough Chinese wine to drink, no problem, spend the night in one of the individualized small hotels in the village at Chateau Changyu AFIP Global in Ju Gezhuang Town, about one hour from Beijing, China.

Visitors can deposit their children at the supervised play area in the Village at Chateau Changyu AFIP Global in Ju Gezhuang Town, about one hour from Beijing, China.

Hungry? Just enter on of the four restaurants in the Village at Chateau Changyu AFIP Global in Ju Gezhuang Town, about one hour from Beijing, China.

Inside the Continental Restaurant in the Village at Chateau Changyu AFIP Global in Ju Gezhuang Town, about one hour from Beijing, China.

The grand tour at Chateau Changyu AFIP Global in Ju Gezhuang Town, about one hour from Beijing, China.

They even make wine at Chateau Changyu AFIP Global in Ju Gezhuang Town, about one hour from Beijing, China.

Chateau Changyu AFIP Global in Ju Gezhuang Town, about one hour from Beijing, China.

 

 

Chateau Dynasty Tianjin, Tianjin.

Dynasty has a mock classical chateau that echoes the Palace of Versailles in Tianjin. The chateau spans 11,000 square meters and features spires, battlements and marble statues that pay tribute to Dionysus, the Greek God of Wine. Also sitting prominently at the front of the property is a glass and metallic structure styled after The Louvre in Paris.

The marble statue of Dionysus, the Greek God of Wine, greets visitors to what might be the Palace at Versailles but is in fact Chateau Dynasty Tianjin.

Sitting prominently at the front of Chateau Dynasty Tianjin is a glass and metal pyramid like similar to the one found at The Louvre in Paris. 

View from insides the glass pyramid at Chateau Dynasty Tianjin offers a view of the main part of the building.

Chateau Dynasty Tianjin.

A bride waits for her turn to be photographed at Chateau Dynasty Tianjin.

Wedding photography seems to be one of the main activities at Chateau Dynasty Tianjin.

 

 

Chateau Changyu Moser XV, Yinchuan, Ningxia province.

The moon rises during the nightly light show at Chateau Changyu Moser XV, Yinchuan, Ningxia province.

The architects drawing shows the scale and layout of Chateau Changyu Moser XV, another project by Changyu Pioneer Wine Company, China's oldest and largest winery.
 Yinchuan, Ningxia province.

Fountains and wedding photographers seem to be a main feature at Chateau Changyu Moser XV, Yinchuan, Ningxia province.

One of the main entrances into the new wine world at Chateau Changyu Moser XV, Yinchuan, Ningxia province.

No Chinese chateau would be complete without iron-clad guards watching over the tourists. Chateau Changyu Moser XV, Yinchuan, Ningxia province.

Visitors wind their way through a labrynth of displays and tasting rooms at Chateau Changyu Moser XV, Yinchuan, Ningxia province.

Interactive displays designed to educate visitors in the finer points of wine culture at Chateau Changyu Moser XV, Yinchuan, Ningxia province.

Part of the wine culture displays at Chateau Changyu Moser XV, Yinchuan, Ningxia province.

Chateau Changyu Moser XV, Yinchuan, Ningxia province.

 

Chateau Changyu Baron Balboa, Xinjiang province.

Chateau Changyu Baron Balboa includes a 6,000-square-meter cellar, production facilities, a museum and surrounded by 37-hectares of vineyard. Chateau Changyu Baron Balboa, Shihezi, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region.

The general manager of Chateau Changyu Baron Balboa holds up a copy of China The New Wine Frontier book showing another of China's largest winery, Changyu Pioneer Wine Company's properties, Chateau Changyu AFIP Global.  Shihezi, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region.

Chateau Changyu Baron Balboa, Shihezi, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region.

Chateau Changyu Baron Balboa, Shihezi, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region.

Chateau Changyu Baron Balboa, Shihezi, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region.

A pedestrian bridge divides the Chinese-made bottling line from the barrel cellar at Chateau Changyu Baron Balboa, Shihezi, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region.

Chateau Changyu Baron Balboa, Shihezi, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region.

Chateau Changyu Baron Balboa, Shihezi, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region.

Lots of sculptures dot the estate at Chateau Changyu Baron Balboa, Shihezi, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region.

Chateau Changyu Baron Balboa, Shihezi, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region.

 

All images copyright 2014 Janis Miglavs. 

For a more comprehensive look at the China Wine industry see my recently released book China The New Wine Frontier written in both Chinese and English. (The book already won the "Best in the World" award from Gourmand.)

To order the book in China go to Amazon China. 

To order in the USA or internationally, contact the author/photographer at janis@jmiglavs.com.