Tanks for wine production were first found during excavations at a construction site in the Taocheng District of the city of Hengshui back in the March of last year.
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China has boldly gloated that Australian wine exports will plummet under new tariffs - wiping millions of dollars and hundreds of jobs from the industry - while claiming the only reason they bought our bottles was because they were cheap .
The claim was made in a piece by the Global Times, a mouthpiece for the communist government, after China imposed additional 6.3 per cent duties on Australian wine from Friday.
The Beijing-sponsored newspaper said the only reason Chinese consumers bought Australian wine was because it s cheap , and would now look to buy wine from other countries such as Chile.
The article, which was published on Thursday, claims the new trade tariffs could cause a wine and grape glut in Australia when demand from Chinese importers drops .