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Suntime Winery Yili

Suntime Winery in Yili uses Italian equipment and 800 French oak barrels to craft cool-climate wines; the 2017 investment of 250 million yuan signals Xinjiang's emergence as a serious wine region.

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TastingSuntime Winery YiliModern winery specializing in sparkling wines from Yili's cooler mountain climate. The Tian Shan altitude and diurnal temperature shifts preserve acidity for traditional method sparklers.

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Wine bar Silk Road Winery Yili Estate Yili Valley's Silk Road Winery Estate sits where the ancient road crossed the Tianshan Mountains; today its vineyards at 800m altitude produce cool-climate wines on the northern Silk Road route.