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Yandongguan Wujiapi wine is a local specialty.

Yandongguan Wujiapi wine is a geographical indication protection product.

Yandongguan Wujiapi wine, a traditional Zhejiang famous wine. Created on 1763. Originated in Guyanzhou (now Meicheng Town, jiande city City, Zhejiang Province) Dongguan, hence the name. Pure grain white wine is used as the base wine, soaked in precious Chinese herbal medicines such as Acanthopanax, Codonopsis pilosula, Angelica sinensis, Papaya, Amomum villosum, Cinnamomum cassia, Polygonatum odoratum, and then added with glutinous rice mead and white sugar, and carefully blended. The wine is mellow, reddish brown and golden yellow in color. Products are sold to Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong and other provinces, and exported to Southeast Asian countries.

[place of origin]

Meicheng Town, jiande city City, Zhejiang Province.

[production]

Pure grain white wine is used as the base wine, soaked in precious Chinese herbal medicines such as Acanthopanax, Codonopsis pilosula, Angelica sinensis, Papaya, Amomum villosum, Cinnamomum cassia, Polygonatum odoratum, and then added with glutinous rice mead and white sugar, and carefully blended.

Yandongguan Wujiapi wine is garnet red and golden yellow, with rich and pleasant color and sweet taste, which constitutes an unusual and unforgettable unique style. At the same time, the wine also has the health care effects of promoting blood circulation to protect against cold, expelling wind and removing dampness, relieving fatigue, replenishing essence and marrow, benefiting qi and nourishing heart. This is all determined by the water quality of Xin' anjiang. Xin 'anjiang water is crystal clear and the water quality is pure and refreshing. The water temperature of the river is kept at 14℃ all the year round, with dense fog all the year round and humid climate, which is very beneficial to koji making, fermentation and pit fermentation. At the same time, it is also very suitable for tartary buckwheat and gardenia jasminoides Ellis to grow as raw materials of acanthopanax senticosus wine. Although the water quality of Xin 'anjiang River is excellent, the water for brewing Wujiapi wine comes from the well water beside Xin 'anjiang River. At present, the brewing water of Yandongguan Winery is still taken from the spring well behind the winery.

[efficacy]

Full-bodied, reddish brown and golden yellow. Wine stains stick to the cup, and the fragrance of wine, medicine and honey is harmonious, moist and lasting. It has the effects of relieving fatigue, promoting blood circulation and eliminating dampness, replenishing essence and marrow, strengthening body constitution and prolonging life.

[honor]

1876 Gold Award of Singapore International Commodities Fair; 1988 and 1990 won the gold medal of the first China Food Expo and West Lake International Food Expo. At the beginning of 2006, jiande city submitted an application for protection of geographical indication products of Yandongguan Wujiapi wine to AQSIQ. At the end of the year, the General Administration approved the protection of geographical indication products for Yandongguan Wujiapi wine.

[history]

Yandongguan in Meicheng is located on the bank of Xin 'an River, where the famous Yandongguan Wujiapi wine is produced. Xin 'anjiang originates in the mountainous area of southern Anhui and runs through Jiande from west to east. Xin 'anjiang River is above Yandongguan in Meicheng, Fuchun River is below, and finally flows into the sea through Qiantang River. Jiande became the governor of Zhoumu in 667 AD, and Meicheng has always been the seat of the governor with a long history, which has been more than 1000 years. Jiande people are still telling the story that Li Bai went down to Meicheng from Shunjiang, Anhui Province, drank Wujiapi wine brewed by local people, and was drunk in Zhujiangshi.

Meicheng Yandongguan has a long history of brewing and a rich wine culture. As early as the Song Dynasty, the "small sprinkling wine" produced in Yanzhou had been sold to Lin 'an. There is a story in Luo Dajing's "He Lin Yu Lu" in the Song Dynasty, which mentions the small sprinkling spring wine, which shows that the chic spring wine was a famous wine at that time.

The scope of protection of geographical indication products of Yandongguan Wujiapi wine is subject to the scope proposed in the Letter of jiande city, Zhejiang Province on Delineating Yandongguan Wujiapi Wine Protection Zone (Han [2006]13), namely Meicheng Town, Sandu Town, Gantan Town, Yangcunqiao Town, Xia Ya Town, Xin 'anjiang Street and Yangxi Street in jiande city of Xin 'anjiang River Basin, Zhejiang Province.