Sample it with traditional Yunnanese dishes such as grilled goat cheese and wood-ear mushrooms braised in vinegar at the restaurant of Yunnan Red Chateau (yunnanhong.cc), about 14 kilometers from the town of Mile, while looking out over 4, 000 hectares of vineyards, touted as the only wine-producing area above 1, 500 meters.

WSJ: Only in...Yunnan

Today two other wine-producing areas received their own appellations: the Wahluke Slope viticultural area in Grant County, Washington, and the Texoma viticultural area in north central Texas.

NPR: Ramona Valley: New American Viticultural Area