Each country has its own unique wine culture, and there are also representative types of wines that are famous all over the world.
In the mouth of wine lovers, the most commonly heard is not Korean true dew, Japanese sake, Chinese liquor, or Russian vodka, German beer, Portuguese port wine, etc., but in addition to these people are well known, the most representative rare wine in these countries is also world-famous.
How many of the representative wines of each country do you know? If you don't know, take stock with me!
1. Mongolia: Horse milk wine (Kumis)
Horse milk wine, hand steak, roast lamb are the mongolians' favorite drinks and hospitality dishes in their daily lives.
Among them, horse milk wine is a traditional drink popular throughout the steppe region, in the life of the Mongolians, you can not eat roast lamb, but be sure to drink horse milk wine. Horse milk wine is known as Yuanyu pulp and is one of the "Eight Treasures of Mongolia".
Unlike liquor, mare's milk wine is made from fermented and soured fresh mare's milk. It is a beverage with an alcohol content of only 1.5 to 3 degrees, and the alcohol content is low, similar to the alcohol content of light beer.
2. Turkey: Raki
Raki is turkey's "national wine". It is an anise-flavored aperitif with a strength of up to 45° and is also extremely popular in the Balkans.
Unlike our liquors, larks are made from grapes and cumin. But what is similar to our "national liquor" liquor is that they are also classified as spirits, and men in their home countries are more likely to drink.
However, it is interesting that lark wine will have a "uzo effect" when it meets water. Simply put, ice is added to the lak, or diluted with water, and the lak body becomes milky white, so the wine is also known locally as "aslan sutu".
3. Greece: Ouzo
Uzo wine is a dry alcoholic beverage evolved from the Greek pomace brandy "Tsipouro", which will have a "Uzo effect" in water, the alcohol concentration is usually between 40% and 50%, the minimum is 37.5%, at the same time, the taste of Uzo is very bitter, and it is very dry, and our people are not accustomed to drinking this wine.
Due to the familiarity of the materials used in the production of Uzor sake, Uzor wine is very much in line with the taste of the Greeks, so drinking Uzot wine has become a Greek tradition. In 2006, Uzor was listed as an iconic specialty of Greece, so Uzor is often referred to as the "national wine" of Greece.
4. Denmark: Akwawit (written "Aquavit" or "Akvavit")
Aquavit is actually made of potatoes, naked wheat plus a variety of grass roots, bark and other spices, although its brewing process is a bit like "gin", the degree of the original wine is very high, but due to the two plant types and amounts, as well as distillation methods, resulting in different tastes of the two wines.
Known as the "shochu" of Northern Europe and northern Germany, Aquavit is between 40 and 45 degrees Celsius even when diluted with water, but the taste is similar to that of Chinese herbal medicine, and the flavor differences are very subtle.
In addition to the above several "national wines" are more rare and famous, South Africa's Emalel, Macedonia's frankincense, Morocco's Mahia, Mexico's tequila, and Canadian ice wine, etc., are very popular, especially in Northern Europe, North America and other regions of international friends, even if Aquavit such a spirit, some people like pure drinking.
In addition to these national liquors, the traditional liquors that are representative of each country, do you know which local liquors are unique?