Wuliangye (五粮液) Jiugui (酒鬼)
果酒Fruit Wine
☺Fruit wine was made from fruits and berries through direct fermentation, with an alcohol content of about 15%. Its flavor varies, hinging on the different fruits used as raw materials, and it retains the aroma of the fruits from which it was made. Fruit wine has a higher nutritional value. Grape wine is a typical kind of fruit wine.
白酒 White Liquor
☺ White liquor, traditional Chinese distilled liquor, also known literally as “stewed wine” or “white dry”, is one of the world’s six most famous distilled wines (white liquor, brandy, whiskey, vodka and rum).
☺It’s a kind of integrated wine, and it can only be bought in Chinese herbal medicine stores.
啤酒Beer
☺Using barley as the raw material and hops as the flavor, beer is brewed to be a low alcohol wine, with the content of alcohol generally between 2% -5%. Beer has a unique bitterness and aroma, tasting pure and refreshing. Poured into a cup, it will form a large amount of foam泡沫.
Different name of wine vessel in ancient China
尊（樽）
觚gū
盉hé
觥 gōng
耳杯（羽觞）
盏、盅
宋代盏
清代盅
Wine and Custom
Wine is inseparable from Chinese customs. Whenever there are agricultural activities, festivals, wedding ceremonies, memorial ceremonies, victory meetings or receptions of guests, wine is indispensable.
☺喜酒Wedding Wine ☺满月酒（百日酒）Wine Celebrating the One Month or
One Hundred Days’ Age of a Baby ☺寿酒Wine Celebrating Elderly Peoples' Birthdays ☺接风酒Welcoming Wine ☺谢师酒Wine Honoring Teachers ☺壮行酒Farewell Wine ☺乔迁酒 House-warming Wine
酒与名人Wine and Celebrities
☺Li Bai and Wine ☺The great poet Li Bai in the Tang Dynasty, could “write 100
poems after drinking wine”, the more wine he drunk, the better the poem would be. ☺贺知章金龟换酒 He Zhizhang Exchanging a Gold Tortoise for Wine ☺陶渊明始创菊花酒Tao Yuanming Creating Chrysanthemum Wine
☺After the herbs are absorbed, the wine is endowed with different functions. Because alcohol can be used for the extraction of effective ingredient from herbs, the medical effect of herbs can be enhanced.
☺ The 300-year-old liquid looks yellow, which gives it its name. Yellow wine appears golden or brown, tastes mellow, smells fragrant and has some nutritional value.
Based on alcohol content, wine can be divided into high alcohol (51% -67%), moderate alcohol (38% -50%) and low alcohol wine (38% or less).
According to the type of goods, wine can be divided into: white wine, Chinese yellow wine, beer, fruit wine, and medicinal liquor.
酒与名人Wine and Celebrities
☺Wu Song, a brave man from Liangshan in the Song Dynasty, drank 18 bowls of wine without a break, and then, barehanded, fought a fierce tiger to the death.
Traditional Wine Brewing
It has a history of several thousand years and the traditional fermenting technique developed gradually into a mature level. Even in present day, the natural fermenting technique has not disappeared completely and something about such technique still remains a mystery.
☺ The alcohol content of white liquor is generally above 40%, making it strongly irritant. White liquor is clear with a pure texture and rich aroma and tastes soft and mild.
Only Dukang wine” --"What's the remedy for my grief?
Of course, it's Dukof Wine
Chinese wine has a long history and a broad variety. Depending on the manufacturing method, wine can be categorized into brewage, distilled spirits and liqueur.
Fen jiu (汾酒)
•dates back to the Northern and Southern Dynasties •made from sorghum
Erguotou (二锅头)
Maotai jiu (茅台酒) •a history of over 200 years •originating from the town of Maotai, Guizhou •made from wheat and sorghum
黄酒Chinese Yellow Wine
☺ Chinese yellow wine, also known as rice wine, is a classic Chinese brew and one of the three most important brews of the world (which include yellow wine, grape wine and beer).
In accordance with the sugar content, wine can be divided into: sweet wine (more than 10%), semi-sweet wine ( 5% -10%), semiliquor (0.5% -5%) and dry wine (0.5%).
药酒Medicinal Liquor
☺Medicinal liquor was made by adding to wine different kinds of Chinese herbal medicines such as ginseng人参, wolfberry枸杞 and the hairy antlers of a young stag鹿角.
Chinese Wine Culture
Chinese wine, with its long history and its numerous varieties, enjoys great prestige both at home and abroad. The age-old Chinese wine culture, extensive and profound, exerts far-reaching influence on every aspect of Chinese social life. Wine and its culture hold a prominent position in myths, legends and historical stories, in literature, arts and real life, in solemn rites and daily meals, asserting themselves through the five- thousand-year history of the Chinese nation.