Shaoxing huangjiu wows expats
China DailyDouglas Christopher Dueno, a foreign expert at the China Daily Website, crafts huadiao. Veteran winemaker Xu Hailong has gotten much busier after Nov 7 – the day marked the beginning of winter on the traditional Chinese solar calendar this year – as this period is considered the best season of a year to brew huangjiu, or yellow rice wine, in Shaoxing, Zhejiang province. This time of the year Among the recent visitors was a delegation of 10 expats from various countries, including the United States, Italy, Bangladesh, Nepal and Yemen, who were on a tour of the Shaoxing Huangjiu Town Nov 12. Shaoxing, a waterside city, is widely regarded as the home for yellow rice wine in China, similar to how Bordeaux is viewed as the mecca for wine in France. In 2006, the process of making Shaoxing yellow rice wine was listed as an intangible cultural heritage under State protection.
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