Discussing grape culture with Mr. Meng Gen (far right) (Photo by Gordon Rouse)

Tuo Xian grape 1

Tuo Xian grape 2

Leaf from Tuo Xian

Tom with Tuo Xian

Mark with Tuo Xian (Photo by Gordon Rouse)

Tuo Xian on funnel trellis
Under the trellis

Grape grower Mr. Meng Gen under the funnel trellis

Winery within town wall (Photo by Gordon Rouse)

Cellars at In the Clouds Winery (Photo by Gordon Rouse)

Concrete tanks at In the Clouds Winery

Red wine storage in concrete tanks

Gordon with amphora

Osmanthus wine

Winery and town wall

The Mongolian steppes

New vineyards around Shamujia

New vineyards between Hohhot and Baotou

Concrete meets bamboo

Close spacing 1

Close spacing 2

Cluster of Ju Feng (Photo by Gordon Rouse)

Dr. Li Lianguo and Prof Wang Lixue (Photo by Tom Plocher)

Stainless steel tanks at Viction

Viction Winery manager (left) and Tom with bottle of Mongolian Red

Entire group at Viction Winery (Photo by Tom Plocher)

Viction wines

Baotou Restaurant

On the bus, left to right, Tom, Prof Wang Lixue, Dr. Li Xiao Yan, Mark (Photo by Gordon Rouse)

Poster for our lecture and winetasting at the university (Photo by Gordon Rouse)

Lecture at Inner Mongolia University of Agriculture

Minnesota winetasting

Grape garden at Harbin

Arbor entrance to vineyard

Senior Grape Researcher Lu Huiling and Senior Fruit Researcher, Jin Dianyi

Blue grape

Mizhi

Test vineyards

Greenhouse trellis

Greenhouse grapes

Lavender greenhouse grapes

More greenhouse grapes

Nursery vines

Fruit tasting break

Dinner at Horticulture Institute

Gordon conducting Minnesota winetasting

Cool topiary

Russian Quarter and the Colonel

Shopping for Osmanthus

No pissing

St. Sophia

CAAS Institute

Prof Shen
and Ms. Yang, our interpreter

Huge amurensis leaf

Amurensis x vinifera hybrid

Prof Jin and Zuojia amurensis hybrid selection

Seedling vineyard

Vines interplanted with beans

The Harbin, Zuojia, Minnesota teams

Greenhouse grape vision

Wanbao Vinyard greenhouse

Typical Wanbao vineyard greenhouse

Wanbao Vineyard Chief Scientist, Dr. Ni

Removing cluster bags

Prof Jin with great cluster

Mde Jiao with great cluster

Tom with great cluster

Raised bed cultivation

Greenhouse training

Greenhouse trellis

Close spacing

Vine spacing in outside row

Vineyard at Botanical Garden 1 (Photo by Gordon Rouse)

Vineyard at Botanical Garden 3 (Photo by Gordon Rouse)

Big Berries (Photo by Gordon Rouse)

Purple Golfballs-Super Beijing (Photo by Beijing Botanical Garden)

Bei Chun- Rose Fragrance x Vitis amurensis (Photo by Beijing Botanical Garden)

Bei Hong- Rose Fragrance x Vitis amurensis (Photo by Beijing Botanical Garden)

Bei Me- Rose Fragrance x Vitis amurensis (Photo by Beijing Botanical Garden)

Beijing Jade- Italia x Queen of the Vineyard (Photo by Beijing Botanical Garden)

Beijing Big Crystal- Queen of the Vineyard x Black Manuka (Photo by Beijing Botanical Garden)

Beijing Early Crystal- Queen of the Vineyard x Whtie Seedless (Photo by Beijing Botanical Garden)

Beijing Good- (Photo by Beijing Botanical Garden)

Beijing Second to Best (Photo by Beijing Botanical Garden)

Beijing Show- Rose Fragrance x Red Seedless (Photo by Beijing Botanical Garden)

Jing Ke Jing- French Orchid x Black Manuka (Photo by Beijing Botanical Garden)

Cluster in specimen jar (Photo by Gordon Rouse)

Gordon at Botanical Garden Vineyards (Photo by Chen Zhao)

Vineyard at Botanical Garden 2 (Photo by Beijing Botanical Garden)