Zhejiang Province, known as the "land of fish and rice", is a province with a relatively special wine culture, and its winemaking history can be traced back to the Hemudu culture period of about 7,000 years ago. However, unlike Shaanxi, which produces Xifeng wine, Shanxi, which makes Fenjiu, and Guizhou, which raises Moutai liquor, Zhejiang Province produces far more rice wine than liquor.
Ancient Yue Longshan, West Lake Wine, Daughter Red, Huijishan Flower Carving Wine... Many wine lovers can call the name of the yellow wine, Zhejiang accounts for most of the country, but contrary to the yellow wine, the popularity of Zhejiang liquor can be described as one of the few in China.
However, compared with Maotai, Wuliangye, Yanghe and other liquors, Zhejiang people are more accustomed to drinking yellow wine, so that the status of yellow wine is diametrically opposed to other places, and the leading rice wine industry is also concentrated in Zhejiang. Because of this, Zhejiang yellow wine is much more famous in China than Zhejiang liquor. Today Lao Liu will talk to you about the famous rice wine in Zhejiang.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="9" > the most famous wine in Zhejiang in China: Shaoxing Daughter Red and Yellow Wine</h1>
When it comes to Zhejiang wine, most people will think of their daughter Hong. Daughter Red is a local traditional wine in Shaoxing City, Zhejiang Province, which belongs to the rice wine in fermented wine, and its wine body integrates sweet, sour, bitter, spicy, fresh and astringent. It should be noted that "daughter red" is not a brand of wine, but a collective term for a class of wine.
However, in Zhejiang, the most famous "daughter red" is Shaoxing daughter red and yellow wine, that is, Shaoxing flower carving wine (also known as "daughter wine"). Shaoxing Flower Carving Wine is produced in Shaoxing Daughter Red Wine Co., Ltd., which was founded in 1919. Under the operation of the company, Shaoxing Flower Carving Wine has been popular throughout Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and has been exported to Japan, once becoming a hot wine in Japan.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="38" > the most well-known wine in Zhejiang Province: Guyue Longshan Yellow Wine</h1>
According to the energy of the major liquor companies in Zhejiang Province, China Shaoxing Huangjiu Group Co., Ltd., founded in 1664, is a veritable "big brother" in Zhejiang Province. It has won the honor of China's well-known trademark, Chinese famous brand, China's 500 more valuable brands, at the same time, its Guyue Longshan Yellow Wine, once became a banquet special yellow wine with the reputation of "the crown of Oriental Famous Wine".
Embarrassingly, as the post-90s generation has gradually become the main force of liquor consumption such as liquor, fewer and fewer people choose to drink yellow wine, so that the ancient Yue Longshan yellow wine has come out of Zhejiang Province, and many people have basically never heard of its big name.
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Shaoxing wine has many varieties such as Yuanhong, Jia rice, shanjiu, xiangxue, taidiao and so on. Among them, rice wine is a semi-dry rice wine, the wine degree is very low, about 15%, sugar 0.5%-3%, total acid ≤ 0.45%, better intake. Legend has it that it was named after changing the proportion of ingredients during production and increasing the amount of glutinous rice or glutinous rice input.
Like "daughter red", rice wine is also a collective term for a class of wines. However, among the many rice wines, produced in Dongpu Distillery in Shaoxing, Zhejiang, it was rated as a high-quality product in Zhejiang Province in 1988, and the Yuegong brand rice wine that won the title of high-quality product of the Ministry of Agriculture in 1989, due to the rise of short video platforms such as Douyin and the rise of the revival of rice wine, suddenly made a small fire in the market, becoming one of the most popular rice wines in circulation and sales in the current market.
The above-mentioned rice wine ranking is only verbally evaluated by the drinkers. If classified according to the local popularity of various types of rice wine in Zhejiang, the strength of liquor companies, domestic advertising, etc., the reputation of rice wine products under the brands such as Huijishan, Shikumen, Tapi, Xitang, Shanhao, Jimo Old Wine, Guyue Loutai, Wu Felt Hat and so on is also very loud.