Fen jiu (汾酒) - this wine was dated back to Northern and Southern Dynasties (550 A.D.). It is the original Chinese white wine made from sorghum. Alcohol content by volume: 63-65%.
(Fen jiu)
Zhu Ye Qing jiu (竹叶青酒) - this wine is Fen jiu brewed with a dozen or more of selected Chinese herbal medicine. One of the ingredients is bamboo leaves which gives the wine a greenish color and its name. Alcohol content by volumne: 46%.
(Zhu Ye Qing jiu)
Mao Tai jiu (Maotai) (茅台酒) - this wine has a production history of over 200 years. It is named after its origin at Mao Tai town in Guizhou Province. It is made from wheat and sorghum with a unique distilling process that involves seven iterations of the brewing cycle. This wine is made famous to the western world when the Chinese government served this in state banquets entertaining the US presidents. Alcohol content by volume: 54-55%.
(Mao Tai jiu)
Gao Liang jiu (高粱酒) - Goa Liang is the Chinese name for sorghum. Besides sorghum, the brewing process also use barley, wheat etc. The wine was originated from DaZhiGu (大直沽, east of Tianjin) since the Ming Dynasty. Nowadays, Taiwan is a large producer of gao liang jiu. Alcohol content by volume: 61-63%.
(Gao Liang jiu)
Mei Gui Lu jiu (玫瑰露酒 rose essence wine) - a variety of gao liang jiu with distill from a special species of rose and crystal sugar. Alcohol content by volume: 54-55%.
(Mei Gui Lu jiu
Wu Jia Pi jiu (五加皮酒) - a variety of gao liang jiu with a unique selection of Chinese herbal medicine added to the brew. Alcohol content by volume: 54-55%.
(Wu Jia Pi jiu)
Shuang Jing (双蒸酒 double distill) and San Jing (三蒸酒 triple distill) Jiu - two varieties of rice wine by distilling twice and three times respectively. Alcohol content by volume: 32% and 38-39% respectively.
(Shuang Jing jiu)
San Hua (三花酒 three flowers) jiu - a rice wine made in Guilin with allegedly over a thousand year history. It is famous for the fragrant herbal addition and the use of spring water from Mount Elephant in the region. Alcohol content by volumne: 55-57%.
(San Hua jiu)
Fujian Glutinous Rice wine (福建糯米酒) - made by adding a long list of expensive Chinese herbal medicine to glutinous rice and a low alcohol rice wine distill. The unique brewing technique use another wine as raw material, not starting with water. The wine has an orange red color. Alcohol content by volume: 18%.
(Fujian Glutinous Rice wine )
Hua Diao jiu (花雕酒) - a variety of yellow wine originates from Shaoxing, Zhejiang (浙江省紹兴市). It is made of glutinous rice and wheat. Alcohol content by volume: 16%.
(Hua Diao jiu )
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