Origin

There are two accounts of its origin. The first theory suggests that the Shaoxing wine with rice is called Huadiao. It is made from high-quality glutinous rice, good wine quarts and spring water from Jiangsu and Zhejiang, brewed according to ancient methods and then cellared for several years, and its quality is better than that of general Shaoxing wine. It is also traditionally mixed with new wine as it is often only a third of its original volume when it is picked up from the cellar.

Another theory suggests that it was an old custom in Shaoxing, Zhejiang province, China, to store good wine in colorful wine jars as gifts for newborns, which were usually decorated with beautifully painted designs, hence the name huadiao (花雕), and that it later became famous throughout China and abroad as a fine glutinous rice wine

Huadiao is also known as Scholar's Red and Daughter's Red. Once upon a time, every Shaoxing family would bury a jar of Huadiao wine in the ground after giving birth to a baby. If the baby was a boy, they hoped that he would grow up to be well educated and go to the capital to take the exams, and then one day when he returned home to report on his success, he would open the old wine to greet his friends and relatives. However, the actual "Scholar's Red" is usually used to entertain guests when the son gets married.

The Legend of Daughter's Red

The legend says that a long time ago, there was a man in Dongguan, Shaoxing, who wanted to have an heir, but his wife was infertile for a long time, so he searched all over the world and finally got a prescription, and his wife became pregnant, and the man, who was so happy, brewed more than 20 bottles of yellow wine to celebrate. The winter and spring to October, the member of the outside wife gave birth to a thousand gold, will welcome the full moon in a few days, according to local custom, the member of the outside set shaved his head wine feast guests. After the banquet was over, the staff saw several altars of good wine has not yet opened the seal, it would be a pity to abandon, so the wine will be buried in the garden under the osmanthus tree.

Time flies like an arrow, the years go by like a shuttle, 18 years passes in a flash, the member of the foreigner's daughter has grown up, her appearance is gorgeous, can be described as a fish and geese, the country is beautiful. The woman's face is so beautiful that it can be described as a fish and wild goose, a beautiful country. The fair lady and the gentleman's son, the matchmaking people will be inundated with people, his father thought carefully, and promised to marry in the benefactor's son.

Soon, the big day that is to come, the feast, the old man and guests to celebrate the drink, the wine gradually exhausted still not happy, the old man worried about the occasion suddenly remembered that under the osmanthus tree and that has been buried for 18 years of good wine, that is, ordering people to dig the old brew to feast guests, to be wine altar out of the ground placed in the banquet hall, go to the head of the mud, and then the aroma of the pouncing, soak the heart and the spleen, the people competed to taste and drink, all of them are the color of the crystalline beauty of the color, the sweet cleaner and refreshing the taste of the Down, the seat of the tart couldn't help but praise: "buried daughter red, the cabinet out of the immortal child", the guests said good!

Since then, next-door neighbors, near and far, when the family gave birth to a daughter, brewed wine and buried, marrying a daughter to dig wine treats, the formation of a custom. Since then, for thousands of years, the ancient Shaoxing area gradually formed the custom of "giving birth to a daughter must be brewed daughter wine, marrying a daughter must be drinking daughter red", and people even take this wine as a valuable gift to treat the most honored guests.

Expanded Information:

Hua Diao wine belongs to the yellow wine, which is a traditional specialty wine of China. According to records, Hua Diao wine originated in the Da Wen Kou culture period in Shandong Province 6,000 years ago, and represents the long history of Chinese wine culture. Among all the Hua Diao wines, the oldest is the Hua Diao wine from Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province. Shaoxing has a wide variety of wines, including Yuanhong wine, Jiayin wine, Shanjiu wine, Xiangxue wine, Huadiao wine, etc., and Huadiao is the most distinctive among them.

Difference

Huangjiu - Huangjiu, made from glutinous rice by soaking, steaming and fermenting, is a kind of cooking wine. Adding some yellow wine to cooking does remove the fishy flavor of fish and meat, but the flavor is not as aromatic and enticing as when cooking wine is added. The biggest difference between cooking wine and yellow wine is that yellow wine can be used as cooking wine; but cooking wine cannot be drunk as yellow wine.

Huadiao - Huadiao is a type of Shaoxing yellow wine, and it is because of its mildness (usually around 15 degrees) that Huadiao is also popular among Cantonese people. Hua Diao wine can be drunk directly or warmed to 38 or 40 degrees. The warmed Hua Diao wine has a lower alcohol content and therefore becomes more flavorful, thicker and easier on the palate.

Besides drinking it as a side dish, many famous dishes are made with Huadiao wine, such as Huadiao chicken, Huadiao braised crab meat, etc. It is worth mentioning that it is best to drink Huadiao wine when eating crab. It is worth mentioning that it is best to drink Huadiao wine when eating crab, as crab is cold and Huadiao wine warms the stomach, which is the best match.

Drinking Methods

1, winter drinking method:

Add ginger and wolfberries cut into thin shreds and warm it to about 45 degrees to drink. You can also beat the egg into the wine, when it is hot into the egg flower shape, poured into a cup of wine aroma, warm people's hearts, sip slowly, its happy, with the effect of health and fitness.

2, summer drinking method: no less than 10 years of aged Huadiao into a few plums (do not put ginger and goji berries, summer are advisable to eat less), with an electric kettle (preferably with a small casserole) heated to micro-open and then cook for about 10 minutes, to be reduced to room temperature can be chilled into the refrigerator to 10-15 ℃ is good, plus ice to drink can also be. It is not advisable to drink beer like cattle, small sips of slow drinking to feel its true flavor.