1, Moutai

Maotai is China's "national wine", which is not only hard to find in China, but also famous internationally. Maotai liquor won the Gold Award of Panama World Expo in 19 15, and was also called "the world's top three distilled spirits" along with Scotch whisky and French cognac, and also ranked first in the list of the top 50 global spirits brands, with a brand price of about $30.47 billion in 20 19.

Maotai liquor originated in Maotai Town, Guizhou Province, and has a history of more than 800 years. With sorghum as raw material, it is the originator of Daqu Maotai-flavor liquor. 1996, maotai liquor technology was identified as a state secret and protected. Later, it was listed in the national list of material and intangible cultural heritage.

No matter how it is ranked, Maotai liquor is well-deserved at the top of China liquor, not only because of its long history and top quality, but also because of its important role in China's modern politics, economy and foreign affairs.

2. Wuliangye

Wuliangye is a Daqu liquor, produced in Yibin City, Sichuan Province, and fermented with five kinds of grains: wheat, rice, corn, sorghum and glutinous rice. Wuliangye is a specialty of Yibin City, Sichuan Province, and became a symbol product of chinese national geography in 20 12.

Now Wuliangye is mainly blended by aging. Wuliangye original wine brewed from five grains is classified according to quality and stored as base wine respectively. After the expiration of the storage period, the blending personnel carry out sensory evaluation and physical and chemical analysis one by one, and then blend and combine according to the requirements of different products in quality and style, which is the finished Wuliangye.

3. Jian Nanchun

Jiannanchun was produced in Mianzhu County, Sichuan Province. Mianzhu is known as the "wine town" and is one of the jurisdictions of Jiannan Road in the Tang Dynasty. In the Tang Dynasty, it was also famous for its wine with the word "spring", hence the name "Jiannan Shaochun", which is the official record of Datang Imperial Wine. According to legend, Li Bai once sold his fur coat here to buy wine for drinking Jian Nanchun, leaving the legend of "solving the golden mink" and "solving the mink to redeem the wine". Jiannanchun takes five kinds of cereals, such as high grain, rice, glutinous rice, corn and wheat, as raw materials, which belongs to Luzhou-flavor.

4. Luzhou Laojiao Special Song

"LU ZHOU LAO JIAO CO.,LTD" is the general name of single-grain Luzhou-flavor Daqu liquor produced in Sichuan. LU ZHOU LAO JIAO CO.,LTD Co., Ltd. also owns a series of sub-brands such as Guojiao 1573, Luzhou Laojiao Tequ, Touqu and Erqu.

Luzhou, which was called Jiangyang in ancient times, has a long history of brewing, and has been known as "Jiangyang Ancient Road has many good wines" since ancient times. The cultural relics unearthed in Luzhou show that Luzhou's wine-making history can be traced back to the Qin and Han Dynasties. Luzhou Laojiao Tequ is a typical representative of Luzhou-flavor Daqu liquor, which has the characteristics of "strong aroma, mellow taste, sweet taste and long aftertaste".

5. Fenjiu

Fenjiu is the representative of Fen-flavor liquor, which originated from Xinghua Village, Fenyang City, Shanxi Province.

In the Tang Dynasty, Du Mu's poem says: It rains a lot during the Qingming Festival, and pedestrians on the road want to break their souls. Ask the local people where to buy wine and worry? The shepherd boy laughed and did not answer the apricot mountain village. This is Fenjiu. In fact, Fenjiu was famous in the Northern and Southern Dynasties as early as 1500 years ago. At that time, Fenjiu, as the imperial wine of the court, was very popular with Wu Chengdi in the Northern Qi Dynasty. In the Book of Northern Qi, it was recorded that when the emperor was in Jinyang, he said, "I drink two cups of Fenqing and advise you to drink two cups of Fenqing", which was the first liquor known as "national wine".

19 15 Panama international exposition, "Lao baifen" also won the first-class gold medal. Nowadays, the production of Fenjiu is Shanxi Xinghua Village Fenjiu Group Co., Ltd., which is authorized by the Shanxi provincial government.

6. xifeng liquor

Xifeng liquor has an even older history. It was produced in Liulin Town, Fengxiang County, Baoji City, which was also called Qin wine or Liulin wine in ancient times. Xifeng liquor started in the Shang Dynasty and flourished in the Tang and Song Dynasties, with a history of more than 3,000 years.

Fengxiang, known as Yongzhou in ancient times, is one of the settlement areas of the ancestors of the Chinese nation and the place where ancient agriculture rose. Ancient Fengxiang is the hometown of the legendary phoenix, with stories such as Fengming Qishan and playing flute to attract phoenix. After the Tang Dynasty, it was also the seat of Xifu Terrace, known as Xifu Fengxiang, hence the name xifeng liquor.

Xifeng liquor uses sorghum, a local specialty, as raw material, and uses barley and peas to make koji. The technological characteristics are obviously different from those of Fen-flavor liquor, Luzhou-flavor liquor, Maotai-flavor liquor and so on, and it has the characteristics of both Fen-flavor liquor and Luzhou-flavor liquor, so it is defined as "Feng-flavor liquor" separately.

7. Dongjiu

Dongjiu is another famous national wine in Guizhou besides Maotai, which is produced in Donggongsi Town, Zunyi, and its brewing history can be traced back to Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties. The unique formula technology is listed as a state secret by the state. Dongjiu is the originator of the cross-aroma process, which has both the rich aroma of Daqu liquor and the softness and sweetness of Xiaoqu liquor. Because of its unique aroma, Dongjiu is listed as "Dongxiang-type" liquor.

8. Gujing Distillery

Gujing Distillery is a special Daqu Luzhou-flavor liquor in Bozhou City, Anhui Province, which is known as "peony in wine".

According to Bozhou Records, the ancient well for drinking water is the relic of Datong in the Liang Dynasty in the Southern and Northern Dynasties (AD 532) (this well is in the present Gujing Distillery). The local area is salty and salty, and the water tastes bitter, but the water in this well is clear and sweet, which is perfect for wine making. Bozhou is the hometown of Cao Cao, because Cao Cao once presented the "Jiuyun Spring Wine" produced in his hometown and its brewing method to Liu Xie, the Han Emperor, and this wine has been a royal tribute ever since, hence the name "Gongjiu". After more than 1000 years, "Jiuyun Spring Wine" continued to develop and gradually evolved into today's "Gujing Tribute Wine".