China
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Baijiu
Baijiu: the world's most-consumed spirit and China's national fire — a clear distillate from sorghum and grains, fermented with qu starter in pits or jars, in styles from sauce-aroma to light-aroma. Origins: distillation…
Huangjiu
Huangjiu: China's ancient 'yellow wine' — brewed, not distilled, from rice and millet for at least three thousand years, served warm in ceramics since the Shang dynasty. Origins: grain wines in China date to Neolithic vi…
Shaoxing Wine
Shaoxing Wine: the most famous huangjiu — the amber rice wine of Zhejiang that is both a table drink and the soul seasoning of Chinese cooking. Origins: Shaoxing has brewed rice wine for over 2,500 years; its guilds and…
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