[2025 Shihezi ] Travel Guide for Chateau Changyu Baron Balboa (Updated May)

Chateau Changyu Baron Balboa is a modern wine estate invested and built by the famous Chinese wine brand Changyu Company in Shihezi City, Xinjiang. The winery is named "Baron Balboa" to pay tribute to Mr. Zhang Bishi (Zhenxun, Babao), the founder of Changyu Company. At the same time, it combines the winery culture of the Bordeaux region of France to create a comprehensive winery integrating grape planting, wine brewing, cultural display and tourism. Winery Features: Excellent location: The winery is located in the Manas River Basin at the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains in Xinjiang. It has sufficient sunshine, a large temperature difference between day and night, and fertile soil, making it an ideal production area for growing high-quality wine grapes. 2French architectural styleThe main building of the winery adopts the French classical castle style. The appearance is magnificent and elegant. Inside, there are facilities such as the Wine Culture Museum, wine tasting room, wine cellar, etc., which is full of rich wine culture atmosphere. Grape growing and winemaking：The winery has a large area of grape planting base, mainly planting internationally renowned grape varieties such as Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Chardonnay, etc. The winery uses advanced winemaking equipment and technology, combined with traditional craftsmanship, to produce high-quality wines. Travel and Experience: The winery is open to the public. Visitors can visit the vineyards, winemaking workshops, wine cellars, etc., learn about the wine production process, and participate in interactive experience activities such as wine tasting and DIY cocktail mixing. Main functional areas: Grape plantation: The winery has thousands of acres of grape planting base, planting a variety of high-quality wine grapes. Winemaking workshop: Use modern winemaking equipment to ferment, age and bottle wine. Underground Wine Cellar: The wine cellar stores a large number of oak barrels and bottled wines, providing a constant temperature and humidity storage environment. Cultural Exhibition Area: It has a wine culture museum that displays the history of Changyu Company, wine brewing technology and world wine culture. Wine tasting and Dining area: Visitors can taste the wine produced by the winery and enjoy delicious food here. Travel experience: Winery Tours: Visitors can visit the vineyards, winemaking workshops and wine cellars to learn about the winemaking process. Wine Tasting Experience: Provide professional wine tasting services, visitors can taste all kinds of wines in the winery. Cultural Learning: Learn about the history and culture of wine at the Wine Culture Museum. Entertainment: The winery has restaurants, leisure areas, etc., which are suitable for family outings and gatherings with friends.