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Huadiao wine has three years of aging, five years of aging, eight years of aging, ten years of aging, and even decades of aging.

According to records, Huadiao wine originated in the Dawenkou culture period in Shandong Province 6,000 years ago, representing a long history of Chinese wine culture. Among the Huadiao wine in various places, the oldest is the Huadiao wine in Shaoxing, Zhejiang. There are many kinds of wine in Shaoxing, including Yuan red wine, rice wine, good wine, fragrant snow wine, Huadiao wine, etc., and Huadiao is the most distinctive among them.

Folklore Huadiao wine, champion red, daughter red, they are actually the same kind of wine, which evolved from the ancient "daughter wine", but because of the different drinking situations and different names. As early as the Song Dynasty, Shaoxing families would make wine. Whenever a family gives birth to a girl, on the day of the full moon, they will choose a number of altars of wine, ask someone to engrave and paint to auspicious (usually carved with various floral patterns, people, birds and beasts, landscapes, pavilions, etc.), and then seal the cellar with mud.

When the daughter grows up and goes out of the pavilion, take out the cellar aged wine, and ask the painter to paint the "hundred operas" with oil paint on the altar body, such as "Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea", "Dragon and Phoenix Chengxiang", "Chang'e Running to the Moon", etc., and with auspicious wishes, the "color head" of the full moon, and at the same time treat the guests with wine, which is called the daughter red; If the daughter dies before reaching adulthood, the wine is called "Huazhu" wine - that is, Huadiao wine. The untimely death of a girl is a sad thing, and no one wants to drink Huadiao wine, so there is a saying that "the daughter who comes to the altar is red, and she will never drink Huadiao." “

Characteristics Huadiao wine is a wonderful Chinese rice wine, using good glutinous rice, high-quality wheat malt, supplemented by the clear and clear lake water of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, brewed by ancient methods, and then stored for time, producing a unique flavor and rich nutrition. According to scientific identification, Huadiao wine contains a variety of amino acids, sugars and vitamins and other nutrients that are beneficial to the human body, and is known as "high-grade liquid cake". According to the different storage time, Huadiao wine has three years of aging, five years of aging, eight years of aging, ten years of aging, and even decades of aging.

In general, Huadiao wine is soft, orange and bright in color, rich and fragrant, and sweet and mellow in taste.

Of course, Danyang's sealed jar wine is good, I haven't watched costume TV, it's all Danyang's sealed jar wine! The wine that ancient people drank was rice wine.

Chinese rice wine has rich flavor components, rich aroma, sweet taste, mellow flavor, and contains amino acids, sugar, vinegar, organic acids and vitamins, etc., is one of the indispensable main condiments in cooking. In fact, rice wine is also very particular, how to taste rice wine? The following introduces the method of tasting rice wine, so that you will have an endless aftertaste!

How to taste rice wine?How to taste rice wine?Pouring the wine into the glass, filling it with two-thirds or two-fifths of the glass.

How to taste rice wine?Raise a glass for visual inspection in full light. The order is to look at the color and the turbidity (clarity).

How to taste rice wine?Three smells and one smell the overall aroma of rice wine in a static state, and the degree of perfect aroma coordination;After shaking or turning the wine glass, the aroma is harmonious and fine, and repeated several times to determine the quality and personality characteristics of the wineThree smell of strange smells, far and near, left and right movement to distinguish until it is confirmed.

Types of Rice Wine Rice wine is made from rice and other grains through cooking, saccharification, fermentation, and pressing. There are many types of rice wine. One of the criteria for classification is based on the amount of sugar.

According to the sugar content, rice wine is divided into four categories: dry rice wine, semi-dry rice wine, semi-sweet rice wine, and sweet rice wine. After scientific analysis and identification, these four types of rice wine happen to be the four famous products of Shaoxing wine, namely Yuan Red Wine, Jiafan Wine, Good Wine, and Xiangxue Wine.

Dry rice wine - sugar content is less than that of glucose). The sugar content in the "dry" table wine is small, and the sugar is fermented into alcohol, so the sugar content in the wine is the lowest. The wine is fermented with a dilute mash, and the total amount of water added is about three times that of raw rice.

The fermentation temperature is controlled low, and the time interval between rake and stirring is short. Yeast grows vigorously, so fermentation is thorough, and residual sugar is very low.

Color, flavor, and character: mellow and fresh taste, rich and mellow, orange to dark brown, clear and transparent, shiny.

Semi-dry rice wine - sugary content. The sugar in the "semi-dry" table wine has not yet been fully fermented into alcohol, and some sugar content has been retained. During the fermentation process, the requirements are higher.

The wine is rich in quality and has a good flavor. Can be stored for a long time. It is the top grade of rice wine.

Most of our country's exports fall into this category.

Color, flavor, and character: The taste is mellow, soft and fresh, rich and mellow, orange to dark brown, clear and bright.

Semi-sweet rice wine - sugary. The liquor process is unique, it is to replace water with finished rice wine, add it to the fermented mash, so that at the beginning of saccharification and fermentation, the alcohol concentration in the fermented mash reaches a higher level, which inhibits the growth rate of yeast to a certain extent, and because the number of yeast is small, the sugar produced in the fermented mash cannot be converted into alcohol, so the sugar content in the finished wine is higher. The wine has a rich aroma, moderate alcohol degree, sweet and mellow taste, and is a treasure among rice wine.

Disadvantages: Not suitable for long-term storage. The longer it is stored, the darker the color.

Color, flavor, and character: mellow, fresh, sweet and refreshing, harmonious body, rich and mellow, clear and transparent, shiny.

Sweet rice wine – sugary. When the saccharification reaches a certain level, 40-50% concentration of rice liquor or lees shochu is added to inhibit the saccharification and fermentation of microorganisms. Due to the addition of rice liquor, the alcohol content is also high.

It can be produced all year round.

Color, aroma, and character: Fresh and sweet and mellow, harmonious, rich and mellow, orange to dark brown, clear and transparent, shiny.

Thick sweet rice wine - sugary. Color, aroma, and character: Sweet and mellow, harmonious, rich and mellow, orange to dark brown, clear and transparent, shiny.