1、 1 Introduction China and the Western countries both have a long history in making wine and wine is a symbol of the good things both in China and Western countries and it also occupies an important position in peoples daily life. Western culture takes an important place in human beings culture. But
2、different cultural backgrounds in China and Western countries formed different kinds of wine culture. The paper compares the commons and differences from the type of wine (classified the wine from the raw material, wine content, the way of making wine); the pup buildings (from the pub functions and
3、buildings, and the pub services) and the wine drinking manners (the drinking emphasis points, the toast manners) between China and Western countries. Wine culture is a mirror of one country material life and it reflects the civilization of one country to some extent. So after reading people will kno
4、w more clearly about the wine cultures both in China and Western countries. Comparisons from different standards 1.1Comparison of raw materials of wine China and some Western countries (such as ancient Greece, ancient Rome) both have a long history about making wine. The main raw material of wine was crops both in prehistoric China and Western countries. Cereal took an important place in the raw material of making wine. Nevertheless, latterly because the weather, economy, politics and some