1, light color
Hold the bottle under the lamp and observe it carefully. High quality Shaoxing carved wine should be orange, yellow-brown or reddish-brown, clear and transparent. If it is found that the wine is dark in color and there are dark red marks on the bottle wall, it may be caused by oxidation due to long storage time in the bottle; If the wine is turbid, it may be a mixed bacterial infection or a fake. According to the national standard of Shaoxing carved wine, a small amount of sediment is allowed at the bottom of the bottle, mainly because Shaoxing carved wine contains a large amount of small molecular protein, which may condense and precipitate during storage.
2. Open the bottle and smell the fragrance.
Open the bottle, slowly pour the wine into the cup and smell it deeply. Ordinary high-quality Shaoxing Huadiao wine has a unique aroma of mellow yellow rice wine, while the aged Shaoxing Huadiao wine has an elegant and fragrant aroma, which is impossible for inferior yellow rice wine. If you smell alcohol, acetic acid gas or other strange smells, it must be fake and shoddy products.
Step 3 test the feel
Pour a small amount of wine on the palm of your hand and rub your hands hard. Because the authentic Shaoxing Huadiao wine is a high-quality brewed wine, the solid content in the wine is high and it feels greasy. After drying in the shade, it will be very sticky. After washing with water, your hands will remain fragrant. If it feels like water, the quality is poor.
Step 4 taste the taste
High-quality authentic Shaoxing Huadiao wine has a mellow, soft, sweet, refreshing and delicious taste, which has the unique style of Shaoxing Huadiao wine and has no other miscellaneous flavor. If the taste is light, the alcohol taste is strong, the stimulating taste is heavy, it is not refreshing, or it has other different flavors such as essence, water and bitterness, it is likely to be a fake and shoddy product.
Step 5 compare prices
Authentic Shaoxing Huadiao wine is brewed with glutinous rice, which has a long production cycle and must be stored for more than one year, so the price is relatively high. If the price is very low, you should answer carefully to avoid being fooled.
Step 6 read the label
In addition, we should pay special attention to the main label on the bottle, and carefully check the relevant contents on the label, including the product name, composition, alcohol content, net content, manufacturer's name and address, production date, standard number, quality grade, product type (or sugar content) and other indicators. If the items are not uniform, or the labels are missing and ambiguous, we should pay full attention to them.
7. Look at the place of origin
Shaoxing Huadiao wine is different from Shaoxing Huadiao wine. As the old saying goes, "Where there is good wine, there is a good spring". The main difference between them lies in the mode of production and management means. Then how should we consumers distinguish? It's actually quite simple. Shaoxing wine is the first batch of products in China that have been protected by geographical origin, but only six manufacturers have obtained the "Special Marks for Geographical Origin Products". Secondly, some enterprises have won the titles of "Shaoxing yellow wine" and "Shaoxing old wine", and even such enterprises have only 12. Therefore, some friends who are not familiar with the identification of Huadiao wine, the best way is to see whether the selected wine comes from a famous family.