中國品酒師力挫東道主法國 獲葡萄酒盲品大賽冠軍
Chinese wine-tasters have won a taste test in France, in what organisers call "a thunderbolt in the wine world".
中國品酒師在法國舉辦的品酒大賽上摘得桂冠，大賽主辦方稱其“給葡萄酒界帶來了一聲驚雷”。They came first out of 21 teams by identifying details of six white wines and six red wines without seeing the bottle or label.
通過盲品來識別出6款白葡萄酒和6款紅葡萄酒的細節信息，中國隊在21支隊伍中勝出，摘得桂冠。The French team came second and the US team came third, while former champions Spain slipped into 10th place and the UK only managed 11th.
法國隊和美國隊分別獲得第二名和第三名。去年的冠軍西班牙隊則下滑到第十名，英國位居第11名。
The Chinese competitors put their success down to knowledge and luck. But they did say competition was fierce to get on the team.
中國隊表示，他們的獲勝一半靠知識，另一半靠運氣。不過他們表示競爭確實非常激烈。
China's wine industry has grown in recent years as the country has begun to devote an increasing amount of its land to vineyards.
隨着更多的土地被用作葡萄種植，中國的葡萄酒行業近年來發展迅速。Last year it had 799,000 hectares (1.97 million acres) of land dedicated to growing grapes, second only to Spain worldwide.
中國去年共有79.9萬公頃土地（約197萬英畝）用來種植葡萄，這個面積僅次於世界第一的西班牙。The Chinese team that competed on Saturday at the Chateau du Galoupet, one of France's biggest wine estates, included Liu Chunxia, Tze Chien Chen, Xi Chen, Xianchen Ma and coach Alexander Brice Leboucq.
本次大賽於10月8日在法國的佳祿沛城堡舉行，這裏是法國最大的葡萄酒莊園之一。中國隊由領隊布里斯·勒布克帶領四名選手參加，分別是劉春霞、陳子倩、陳希、馬先辰。Their surprise win saw them perform best at identifying the 12 wines' countries of origin, grape varieties, vintages, producers and appellation (geographical areas).
比賽需要猜出12款酒品的出產國、葡萄品種、年份、酒莊以及名稱（產區）等信息，中國隊表現最佳，出人意料的贏得了勝利。Organisers from the French specialist magazine La Revue du vin de France wrotethat the "astounding Chinese team" were "humble even in victory".
主辦方法國葡萄酒雜誌《La Revue du vin de France》寫道，“令人吃驚”的中國團隊，即使獲勝仍然很謙遜。
