Xie Yaling, National wine&fruit wine judge,National second-level winemaker,Chief engineer of Ningxia Chateau Yuange

Study for dreams

In 1995,because failed college entrance examination,she found a job in a winery in Panzhihua city of Sichuan province.Perhaps,she couldn’t thought about that the first job became her lifetime career.So it’s by chance.At that time,she often got confused by wine,from grape planting to winemaking.Luckily,she met some industry experts,like Dr.Li Hua,Wang Hua,and got the chance to study in Northwest A& F University.”I was so lucky that at my confusion time,I gained my confidence.And those experts greatly inspired my interest and passion to study wine and work in the wine industry.”she said.

20 years with wines

She cherished the chance very much to study in wine university.Two years passed quickly,She graduated with high grades.

“20 years passed so quickly,but each year I had different experience.That’s the charm of wine.It’s always a changeable beauty that attracted us who love it all the time.Meanwhile,there are lots of interesting stories.”She said.

2012 was a difficult year for Ningxia wine region,due to lots of rains.Yuange’s own vineyards had just planted for a year.She searched almost every blocks,but didn’t find good grapes.When they decided to give up the 2012 vintage,they accidently found the wanted grapes from a friend.Then come the story of 2012 vintage wines and International silver awards.So,it’s interesting!

Chateau Yuange  A field of hope

After working in several wineries in Ningxia and Shandong,She returned to Ningxia again in 2011.On April 2011,with recommendation of Professor Zhang Junxiang,she joined Ningxia Chateau Yuange and witnessed its construction from vineyard to winery.

“At the beginning,I was discouraged,because it’s a dry and barren land.But my president Tian, encouraged me that if we had a goal and started from now on,we can build a beautiful winery in 3-5 years and make top chateau wines in future.”

No pains,no gains.3 years later,Chateau Yuange was awarded one of the 10 tourism chateaux,the fifth growth of first helan mountain Grand Cru Classe.

Strong support from family

Talking about family,she felt very happy and proud.Her husband is a wine teacher in Ningxia Vocational and technical college.And she had a lovely daughter,also interested in wine.As a winemaker,she don’t have enough time to take care of family,so her husband supports her a lot.Then she can devote her time to another baby-the wines.”How much responsibilities,wisdom and love you devoted to wine,it can tell while people enjoying it.It’s also a big reward for winemakers.”She said.

Besides making wines,she’s another hobby is pairing wines with food.She was born in Sichuan,so you can guess she is a real food lover.

Talk about the future

No pains,no gains.Though Chateau Yuange has won many awards,she thought it’s brings  encouragement also pressure.She pays lots of attention to team building.”No one is perfect guy,what you need is an excellent team.We’ll work harder to make more excellent wines!”