Thierry Desseauve, joint editor-in-chief of Bettane&Desseauve’s Guide to the Wines of France and co-founder of Bettane + Desseauve, an independent wine-tasting agency, wine-tasting agency summarized after tasting 10 kinds of Changyu wine during his visit in Yantai in 2013:

"The wine of Changyu has strong feeling of "old world", which is elegant and meticulous. Different wine, different regions and different grades share the same wine-making philosophy."