Introduction of Shaoxing Rice Wine

Speaking of rice wine, the first thing that comes to our mind is the rice wine of Shaoxing. It is a specialty of the Han nationality in China, and it is a brewed wine. It occupies an important place in the world's three major brewing wines (rice wine, wine and beer). The brewing technology is unique and has become a typical representative and model of the oriental brewing industry.

Shaoxing rice wine, also known as Shaoxing old wine , mainly presents amber, that is, orange, transparent and clear, which is pleasing to the eye. It has a tantalizing fragrant fragrance. This fragrance does not refer to a particularly heavy fragrance, but a compound fragrance. As time goes by, it becomes more intense. Therefore, Shaoxing wine is called old wine because it is more fragrant as it ages.

Yellow wine is one of the world's three ancient wines. It originated in China, and it is unique in China. The rice wine is produced in a wide area and has many varieties. The famous ones include Shaoxing rice wine, Fujian old wine, Jiangxi Jiujiang sealed cylinder wine, Jiangsu Danyang sealed cylinder wine, Wuxi Huiquan wine, Guangdong pearl red wine, Shandong Jimo old wine, Lanling wine, Qinyang black rice wine, Shanghai old wine, Dalian rice wine, Beizong rice wine and so on. However, it is recognized by the Chinese winemaking community, the most popular in the international and domestic markets, and can represent the general characteristics of Chinese rice wine, Shaoxing wine is the first choice.

Shaoxing rice wine has an outstanding reputation, and was named one of the top ten famous products in the country during the Qing Dynasty. In the 1910 Nanyang Entrepreneurship Conference, the 1915 Panama Universal Exposition, and the Zhejiang-Jiangxi Specialty Exhibition in 1936, he won many gold medals and honors. In 1952 and 1963, Shaoxing rice wine was rated as one of the "Eight Famous Wines" and "18 Famous Wines" in the country. In 1979, rice wine was awarded the title of "National Famous Wine" and was awarded gold by the State Economic Commission. Quality medals and certificates; at the same time,Yuan wine and good winemaking both won the title of "National Quality Wine", and was awarded "Quality Product Certificate" by the Ministry of Light Industry. In 1980, Fragrant Snow Wine also won the "Quality Product Certificate" issued by the provincial government. In 1983, Jiafan and Yuanhongshuang won the Gold Cup Award in the Wine Quality Competition of the Ministry of Light Industry, the Silver Cup Award for Good Brewing, and Xiangxue won the title of Ministry Excellent.