Abstract

 This thesis mainly make a comparison of the differences in grape wine between China and western countries, through the classification, the use of container of grape wine, table-manners, drinking habits, the storage of grape wine and the characteristic of grape wine; Next, by the demonstration of the market situation of grape wine, to find a good way to develop grape wine which fits Chinese well. Last, expressing that Chinese people need to figure out a way which is healthy and fit Chinese culture background for better developing the grape wine.

Key words:  wine; culture; development; difference

摘 要
本文主要通过对中西方葡萄酒在各个方面的不同，分别从酒的分类、酒杯的使用、餐桌礼仪、饮酒习惯、对酒的储存、以及中西方酒的性格这个几个方面进行比较分析；接着对通过对市场的情况分析出中国葡萄酒存在的弊端。最后表明中国需要找出一条具有中国特色的发展道路才能使葡萄酒在中国健康迅速的发展下去。

关键词：葡萄酒；文化；发展；差异

1.Introduction
 1.1 The concept of grape wine and grape wine culture
 Wine is a kind of alcohol beverage which is made from fresh grapes or grape juice. It is also called grape wine. The grapes used for brewing wine are different from those one we usually have. Two kinds of grapes are used for making wine that is red grape and white grape. They taste bitter but definitely born for making grape wine.
Wine culture refers to the culture about wine’s material culture and spiritual culture. It contains not only the wine’s production, wine’s taste, wine’s brewing, wine’s collection and wine’s historical phenomenon but also wine’s inner culture which is formed by wine’s social function and spirit.
1.2The origin and history of grape wine
Wine was firstly made in the west and widely developed in the west. As to the history of wine, it is said that Iranians were the first to make grape wine. But it doesn't mean they created it.
According to the Greek mythology, Dionysus, the son of Zeus and Princess Semele, is the God of Grape Wine, and Romans call him Bacchus. Hera, Zeus’s wife，was so jealous that she wholeheartedly wanted to kill him. To escape from her persecution, Dionysus hid in the mountains and lived with fairy maidens and Lupercus who in charge of the shepherd and sheep’s safety. In there he invented the wine. However, he was founded by Hera soon. Hera harmed him become mad and forced him to go into exile. But he wasn’t defeated. Along the way he loudly and over drank himself dissolutely. Fate couldn’t setback his resolute character. Even facing difficulties, he was still happy. Wherever he went, he taught people how to plant grapes and brewed wine. So he is also called God of Joy. His spirit was also considered as the “wine spirit” which is to defy pain and misery and treat life optimistically.