The last time I went to Taiwan, it was a few years ago. At that time, mainland tourists were accustomed to visiting the treasure island in two ways: taking the Taiwan Railway from north to south, one city or another, which was convenient for transportation and low cost; the other was to charter a car around the island, which was convenient for itinerary management and had higher freedom. In order to visit all the representative cities and characteristic attractions on Taiwan Island, we adopted a chartered car to travel around the island by self-driving.
On the second day after arriving in Taiwan, we went to Nantou County, a mountainous area in central Taiwan via Taichung City, and finally went to the famous Sun Moon Lake to take a look. During the drive, I passed a town called "Puli". The Taiwanese guide and driver Lao Chen introduced that Puli Town was also called "Shuishalian" in the early days (this name is an ancient name, which specifically refers to the Sun Moon Lake area near Shuishe Village, Yuchi Township, Nantou County). The general area includes Yuchi Township and Puli Town in Nantou County, which is a traditional residential area for Taiwanese indigenous people.
He specifically reminded us that we must stay in Puli Town, because this is not only the central point of geographical coordinates in Taiwan Province, but also the "wine town" recognized by islanders. There is a very famous tourist winery in the town - Puli Winery. It would be a pity if you pass by and don't go to see it.
Taiwan Island’s geographic center point coordinate stone
Lao Chen said that Puli winery is famous, not only because its wine is best sold on the island, but also exported to more than 30 countries and regions around the world. More importantly, the brewing skills and taste of Puli winery are in line with Zhejiang Shaoxing winery. For example, the signature wine here - Puli Cooked Yellow Taste is highly similar to Shaoxing Yellow Wine , and her daughter is also very good.
In addition to "Puli Cooked Yellow", another signature wine of Taiwan's Puli winery - Daughter Red.
In the words of Taiwanese people, the Shaoxing wine in Puli Town is "the most ancient and early flavor" (the ancient and early flavor is a common word used by people in Taiwan and southern Fujian to describe the ancient flavor. It can be understood as authentic faction, pure taste, and a long history), which is really unrecognizable. When Lao Chen mentioned "wine country" and "old-day flavor", I smiled.
Puli winery (built in 1911) dares to call itself "old early flavor" and "wine village". I wonder what the real wine country in China " Zunyi " will look at (because the Zunyi area of Guizhou is rich in many well-known liquor brands represented by the national wine Moutai , so it is named "wine village"). To take a step back, even if Zunyi, the wine country, does not speak, will not agree to the , Shaoxing, Zhejiang, which has a history of 2,500 years of rice wine brewing and can be called the "starting place of rice wine". It seems that a small town in Taiwan dares to call it a "wine village" and it seems to be a little "not sure of the depth".
It should be said that the Shaoxing wine from Puli Winery comes from the brewing methods, equipment, formulas and cellaring methods, almost all of them come from the historical old wineries in Shaoxing, Zhejiang. In the true history of "Raw Wine and Wine Country", Shaoxing in the mainland undoubtedly precedes Puli in Taiwan; in terms of taste, the "old-earth flavor" of Shaoxing rice wine is also even more than Puli in Taiwan! Therefore, the statement of "old taste" in "wine village" really does not dare to make people agree with it.
Puli Winery’s winemaking workshop is open to tourists, and tourists can see the entire brewing process in the factory according to the tour route.
If we put aside the sayings of "old morning flavor" and "wine countryside", just talking about tourism, Puli winery introduced the concept of "industrial sightseeing tourism" more than ten years ago and built a unique wine culture and art leisure area. From the ecological environment of the winery park, to the wine brewing workshop, to the cultural and creative products of specialty wine, to wine-made food (such as wine-flavored jelly, pork paper, wine popsicle, wine-flavored brine, sugar syrup, bagasse noodles, etc.) and tourism catering services. Almost a "one-stop" solution to all the leisure needs of tourists coming here. After the tour, most tourists will also take some "soupers" with them. In short, Puli Winery's marketing strategy is clever.
When you arrive at Puli winery, you can enter the Wine Culture Museum to explore the entire process of winemaking. Many props and display wines are early real winemaking tools and classic wine styles, which are very interesting. At the door of the winery, you can also eat a sausage with a yellow wine flavor, which looks very similar to the sausage of Yuqing. Not only are the grains big and the meat is full, but it also has a mellow smell of wine lees after the mouth is in it. In short, the taste is very special. In addition, the winery also makes homemade popsicles with a fruit wine flavor, which tastes good.
Puli winery's signature wine slogan is "Shaoxing Flavor", and a new wine they launched in the 1990s - Ailan Liquor, has a good taste. After visiting Puli winery, you can eat in the restaurant in the park. After you have enough wine, you can also walk around and have a look. The mountains and rivers are beautiful and the environment is very good. If you are interested, you can also find these two beautiful ladies in the park. Listen to a few violins for free, for free. As for the Taiwanese people’s statement of “Puli Wine Village”, maybe they can only wait for a “hehe” reply from mainland tourists.
