Guizhou is a provincial administrative region of China, with Guiyang as the capital and located in the southwest of China. It is a major tourist province in mountainous areas. When people talk about Guizhou, the first thing that comes to mind are two symbols, both of which are related to "water". One is Huangguoshu Waterfall, and the other is the world-famous Kweichow Moutai.
In fact, most of the specialties in Guizhou are related to mountains and rivers. Among the top ten specialties, drinks account for the majority, and most of them are: geographical indication products, geographical indication protection products, geographical indication certification trademarks and other signs.
Kweichow Moutai:
Produced in Maotai Town, Zunyi City on the Chishui River, the brewing technology can be traced back to the Ming Dynasty. Because it combines the advantages of landscape environment, raw materials and technology, it has quickly become a famous local wine, and Maotai Town is also an important port for Sichuan salt to enter Guizhou.
Due to the prosperity of salt transportation, Moutai became the drink of the rich for a long time, so the wine industry developed rapidly. By Daoguang in Qing Dynasty, there were about 20 brewing workshops in Maotai Town, with an output of 170 tons.
Kweichow Moutai is brewed with high-quality sorghum, and the process is complicated. It is a national intangible cultural heritage project, with a production cycle of 9 months. After the production is completed, it will take 5 years to go on sale, said an experienced sommelier.