Before we get into the topic: Ok, I am new to wine. I have been
drinking teas of varying grades for years, but recently I've been
looking into trying to learn more about wines. I've done your usual,
going to various shops; comparing prices; trying to learn the
difference between the types of grapes; etc. I have a most
interesting problem: I am living on mainland China. Concerning wine,
I have to wade knee-deep through the exact same problem that I have
with buying tea in China; uneducated but rich investors/buyers
creating a mock bull market to simply amuse themselves. With wine
it's not so serious because I just need to look in the "imported"
section and pray for the best...but there again, I recall seeing some
of the same brands in the Food-Lion here marked up 10 times.

But, I digress.

I seem to dig more spicy wines, and it seems that much comes from
South America. I've found a few Malbecs around here of unknown origin
that I think are ok, but would no doubt offend the more serious wine
drinkers here. My question is two-fold: What are some better Malbecs
I should be trying to search for and would anybody know any vendors/
shops/places online to buy wines that would be accessible from
mainland China? I am a hop away from HK, if any of you fine folks are
in HK.

Thanks, and I hope to learn much from this newsgroup as I have from
rfdt.