What are the eight most famous wines in China? What are their origins?

The Eight Famous Wines of China are Moutai Wine, Wuliangye, Jiannanchun, Luzhou Laojiao Specialty Wine, Fenjiu, Xifeng Wine, Dongjiu, and Gujing Gongjiu.

1. Moutai Wine

Moutai Wine, a specialty of Moutai Town, Renhuai City, Zunyi City, Guizhou Province, is a National Geographical Indication product of China.

Moutai wine is a traditional Chinese specialty wine. It is one of the world's three most famous distilled spirits, along with Scotch whisky and French cognac, and one of China's three most famous spirits, "Moutai Five Swords". It is also the originator of the big curved soy sauce type liquor and the national liquor of China, with a history of more than 800 years.

The style and quality of Guizhou Moutai liquor is characterized by "prominent soy sauce aroma, elegant and delicate, mellow body, long aftertaste, and long-lasting aroma of empty glass", and its special style comes from the unique traditional brewing techniques formed through the accumulation of years, and the brewing method is combined with its Chishui River Basin's agricultural production, which is subject to the influence of the environment, seasonal production, the Dragon Boat Festival, the Dragon Boat Festival, the Dragon Boat Festival and the Dragon Boat Festival. Seasonal production, stepping on the song at the Dragon Boat Festival and feeding at the Chung Yeung Festival have preserved some traces of the primitive life in the area.

2. Wuliangye

Wuliangye, a specialty of Yibin City, Sichuan Province, is a National Geographical Indication product of China.

Chinese liquor, represented by Wuliangye, has a brewing history of more than 3,000 years, and can be called one of the world's oldest and most mysterious food manufacturing industries. Wuliangye is brewed in a unique natural environment by utilizing more than 600 years of ancient techniques, combining the best of sorghum, rice, glutinous rice, wheat and corn.

3, JIANNANCHUN

JIANNANCHUN is a traditional Chinese wine, produced in Mianzhu City, Sichuan Province, because Mianzhu in the Tang Dynasty belonged to the JIANNAN Road, so it is called "JIANNANCHUN".

Jiannanchun originates from Mianzhu City, Sichuan Province, which is located in the golden section of brewing at 30 degrees north latitude, with no severe cold in winter, no scorching heat in summer, and plenty of sunshine. Such landscapes and climates have formed deep, fertile soil layers in Mianzhu, with high soil organic matter and 68.07% slightly acidic soil, all of which provide a winemaking environment for Jennanchun.

4, Luzhou Laojiao Tequ

Luzhou Laojiao Tequ wine, as a typical representative of strong aroma Daqu wine, with "mellow aroma, clean and sweet, after drinking, especially incense, aftertaste long" unique style known around the world. 1915 was the Panama International Exposition Gold Medal, the successive national evaluation of the wine were awarded the title of "National Famous Wine".

The main raw material of Luzhou Quju is the local high-quality glutinous sorghum, and wheat is used to make the quartz, with special quality standards for the large quartz, and the brewing water is Longquan well water and Tuojiang river water, and the brewing process is the traditional mixed-steam continuous fermentation method. After distillation, the wine is stored in the "hemp altar" for one or two years, and finally, through careful evaluation and blending, it reaches a fixed standard before leaving the factory, which ensures the quality and unique style of Laojiao Special Qu.

5, Fen Liquor

Fen Liquor, China's traditional famous liquor, belongs to the typical representative of the clear liquor. It is also known as "Xinghuacun wine" because it is produced in Xinghuacun, Fenyang City, Shanxi Province.

Fen liquor has a long history of exquisite craftsmanship and is known for its smooth entry, sweetness in the mouth, lingering aftertaste, and long aftertaste, and enjoys high popularity, reputation, and loyalty among domestic and foreign consumers.

Historically, Fenjiu has had three glorious times. Fenjiu has a long history of about 4000 years. 1500 years ago, during the period of North and South Dynasties, Fenjiu, as the imperial wine of the court, was highly esteemed by Emperor Wucheng of Northern Qi Dynasty, and it was included in the Twenty-four Histories, which made Fenjiu famous in one fell swoop. It is known as the earliest national wine, the treasure of the country, the crystallization of the wisdom of the ancient Chinese working people and the fruit of their labor.

6, Xifeng Liquor

Xifeng Liquor, a specialty of Fengxiang County, Shaanxi Province, China's national geographic indications products.

Xifeng Liquor, known as Qin Liquor and Liulin Liquor, is a local traditional liquor produced in Liulin Town, Fengxiang County, Baoji City, Shaanxi Province, which is the hometown of Fengju, and is one of the Four Famous Liquors of China. It is one of the four famous wines of China. It has a history of more than 3,000 years, starting from Yin Shang and flourishing in Tang and Song Dynasties, with many allusions to wine such as Su Shi's poem on wine. Xifeng wine is colorless, bright and transparent, mellow and fragrant, clear but not light, thick but not colorful, combining the advantages of clear fragrance and strong fragrance into one, and is famous for its unique style of "mellow fragrance and elegance, sweetness and freshness, coordination of all the bits, and long finish" and "no headache, no dryness of the throat, and a pleasant aftertaste". It is famous for its unique style.

Xifeng Wine is characterized by colorless, clear and transparent liquor, fragrant, sweet and meticulous, sweet, mellow and full-bodied in the mouth, with fruity aroma and a long, clean finish, which is loved by those who like to drink strong wines.

7, Dong wine

Dong wine produced in Zunyi City, Guizhou Province, Huichuan District, Donggongsi Town, is China's old eight famous wines, Guizhou Province, only one of the two major national wine.

Dong Jiu has a unique style, which has long been summarized by connoisseurs as "clear and transparent liquor, elegant and comfortable aroma, mellow and rich in the mouth, and sweet and refreshing taste after drinking." To be more specific, Dong Jiu has the rich aroma, sweetness and freshness of Daqu wine, but also the softness, mellowness and sweetness of Xiaoqu wine, as well as the comfortable fragrance and refreshing acidity of Bai Cao, which is not dry, not dry, not heart-burning, not intoxicating, and has a long aftertaste. Savor the uniqueness of Dong Jiu's style, which makes people feel that drinking Dong Jiu is a kind of noble enjoyment.

8. Gujing Tribute Wine

Gujing Tribute Wine is a famous traditional Bozhou wine. Produced in Bozhou City, Anhui Province, it is a speciality of the Bozhou region and is known as one of China's eight most famous liquors, with the name of "Peony in Liquor".

Gujing Tribute Liquor has a very long history in the history of Chinese brewing, and its origins began in the first year of Jian'an (196) when Cao Cao offered his hometown of Bozhou's "Nine Brews Spring Liquor" and its brewing method to Emperor Liu Xie of the Han Dynasty. With its unique style of "clear color like crystal, pure fragrance like orchid, sweet and mellow taste, and long-lasting aftertaste", the wine has won unanimous praise at home and abroad. p>After the founding of New China, China has conducted five international-level evaluations of liquor***; Moutai, Fenjiu, and Luzhou Laojiao have been recognized as famous wines in all the national evaluations, and Wuliangye, Xifengjiu, Dongjiu, and Gujing Gongjiu have been recognized as famous wines in four of these evaluations.

The heads of China's eight famous wines reviewed the development of wine enterprises and discussed the future development of China's wine industry.

In 1952, the first national wine evaluation meeting in China's history was held in Beijing, where brewing experts, wine experts and scholars from all over the country selected eight national famous wines from tens of thousands of famous wines: Moutai Wine, Fen Wine, Xifeng Wine, Luzhou Laojiao Extra Special Wine, Shaoxing Jianhu Yellow Wine (today's Guyue Longshan Group), Red Rose Wine (Zhangyu), Aroma Wine (Zhangyu), Gold Medal Brandy Wine (Zhangyu).

After 60 years, the eight famous wines reunited. At the summit, Wang Yancai, deputy director of the China Light Food Industry Management Center and chairman of the China Brewing Industry Association, Liu Yuan, secretary-general of the China Alcohol Circulation Association, Zhao Jianhua, secretary-general of the liquor branch of the China Brewing Industry Association, as well as Ji Keliang, Zhang Liang, Li Qiuxi, Xu Keqiang, Fu Jianwei, Zhou Hongjiang and other masters of the eight famous wines, said that 2012 is a year of great significance for the development of China's famous wines, and that China will review the future of its famous wines. China's famous wines will have to re-examine their future development path, and while inheriting the past 60 years of glory, they will break out of a road of famous wines that is more suitable for their own development.

Reference:

. Baidu Encyclopedia - China's Eight Famous Wines