Processing technology of Wang Si osmanthus wine

Changshu Daily: Wang Si Restaurant osmanthus wine is a famous local wine in Changshu, a famous historical and cultural city, and it is the crystallization of Changshu's unique folk craft creation and accumulation. Its manufacturing technology is unique, its manufacturing method is scientific, its materials are exquisite and its working procedure is complicated, and all its raw materials are taken from the local area. First-class glutinous rice in Yushan, late osmanthus-"Blue and White" planted by villagers at the northern foot of Yushan after autumn harvest, and high-quality mountain spring water from Yang Shujian and Shunguoquan in Yushan were selected, including soaking rice, steaming rice, mixing medicine, adding water, squeezing, steaming, frying wine and so on. Osmanthus fragrans is the signature wine of Wang Si Restaurant, which has been developed for more than one hundred years. According to historical records, in his later years, Weng Tonghe often went to Wang Si Restaurant to taste osmanthus wine brewed by Wang Si himself, and wrote an inscription for Wang Si, "Take the path to hoe the green fields and leave the dew to brew yellow flowers". The "Yellow Flower" mentioned in the couplets is a famous osmanthus wine handed down from generation to generation in Wang Si. Celebrities such as Soong Ching Ling and scholars such as Yi, Yi, Pei Jiantang once tasted osmanthus wine in Wang Si, or left Mo Bao for Wang Si.

As the most distinctive local product of Changshu ancient city, osmanthus wine not only has the characteristics of "excellent quality, low alcohol content, beautiful and transparent color, sweet and mellow wine taste, which can be drunk all year round and is suitable for men, women and children", but also has extraordinary economic and cultural value. All the tourists who come to Changshu want to taste the local osmanthus wine in Changshu when dining. Osmanthus wine has become a city card of Changshu.

Nowadays, the traditional production technology of osmanthus wine in Wang Si Restaurant has been passed down to the eighth generation through father and son, brothers, families and apprentices. The production base of "Wang Si Restaurant osmanthus wine" is located in Wang Si Food Factory, No.518, Kun Road, the southeast development area of Changshu City. The representative inheritors who have mastered the traditional production technology of osmanthus wine in Wang Si restaurant and a group of younger generations who have mastered the traditional production technology of osmanthus wine basically work in Wang Si Food Factory. Over the years, in order to meet the market demand and consumers' tastes, Wang Si osmanthus wine has been moderately improved in its formula and technology, and modern scientific means have been introduced into the traditional technological operation, thus making the produced osmanthus wine healthier and more in line with food hygiene and contemporary consumption concepts.