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Million dollar wash out: LNY turns sour for one Chinese winegrower

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Winemaker Lin Meiqing has lost one million dollars' worth of grapes to flooding Source: SBS News / Sandra Fulloon

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One Chinese wine grower has little to celebrate this Lunar New Year. Floods have wiped out his entire 2023 vintage with losses running into the millions.

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