Australian winemaker looks to go deep into China

ADELAIDE, Australia — When Kym Teusner loaded the first shipment of Teusner Wines to Beijing in 2006 to tap into the Chinese market, he did not think that his brands would become highly sought after among wine critics who were looking for small production but very high-quality Barossa producers in one of Australia's oldest wine regions in Adelaide.

Teusner has been producing wines under the Teusner brand for 20 years in the Barossa Valley, a wine-producing area in South Australia, since 2002.

Emerging from a very small winery 22 years ago to focus heavily on old wine fruits from vineyards that were up to 130 years of age, Teusner Wines grew rapidly over the past decade, with an annual production capacity of about 3,000 metric tons and a very strong global reputation, Teusner said.