The famous Shaoxing "Flower Carving Wine" is also called "Daughter Wine". People in Shangyu, China, recorded in "Southern Vegetation": "Daughter wine was necessary for a rich family to have a daughter and marry a daughter in the old days." Speaking of this name, there is another story!
Once upon a time, there was a tailor in Shaoxing who wanted a son after taking his wife. One day, he found that his wife was pregnant. He was so happy that he rushed home excitedly, brewed several jars of wine and prepared to entertain relatives and friends when he was ready. Unexpectedly, his wife gave birth to a daughter. At that time, people in society preferred sons to daughters, and the tailor was no exception. He was so angry that he buried several jars of wine under the osmanthus tree in the backyard.
Time flies. My daughter has grown up and is smart. She has learned the tailor's craft very well, and she has also learned a good hand at embroidery. As a result, the business of the tailor's shop is getting more and more prosperous. When the tailor saw it, it was not bad to have a daughter! So I decided to marry her to my favorite apprentice and happily marry my daughter. On the wedding day, the tailor was very happy to drink wine. Suddenly, he remembered several jars of wine buried under the osmanthus tree more than ten years ago, so he dug them up and treated them. As a result, when the jars were opened, they were fragrant, rich in color and delicious. Therefore, everyone called this wine "Daughter Red" wine, also known as "Daughter Wine".
From then on, when the next-door neighbor and the near family gave birth to a daughter, they made wine and buried it, and when they married the daughter, they dug up wine to treat them, forming a custom. Later, even when boys were born, they also made wine and buried wine in accordance with the plan, hoping that their son would celebrate drinking when he won the top prize. Therefore, this wine was also called "Zhuangyuanhong". "Daughter Red" and "Zhuangyuanhong" are old wines that have been stored for a long time. This wine is so fragrant and delicious that people give it as a valuable gift.
Daughter Red is a kind of glutinous rice wine, which is mainly produced in Shaoxing, Zhejiang, China. As early as the Song Dynasty, Shaoxing was a famous wine producing area. Shaoxing people gave birth to their daughters at home. When the children were full moon, they would choose wine jars, seal the jars with mud, bury them in the ground or hide them in the cellar, and take them out to entertain relatives and friends when their daughters got married. It was called "Daughter Red", and it was also called flower carving because there were usually some auspicious pictures on the jars. People in Shangyu, China, recorded in The Southern Vegetation: "Daughter's wine was necessary for a rich family to have a daughter and marry a daughter".
Daughter Red is mainly made of high-quality glutinous rice, excellent distiller's yeast, and spring water from Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces. It is brewed by ancient methods and then cellared for several years. Huadiao wine is soft, bright orange, fragrant and mellow. Sometimes the wine is also used as a condiment, such as carved chicken and stewed crab meat with carved flowers, which is a famous dish in Shaoxing.
Daughter red wine is a full-bodied wine with six flavors of sweet, sour, bitter, pungent, fresh and astringent, and has higher nutritional value than other wines, thus forming a comprehensive style of clarity, fragrance, alcohol, softness, softness and refreshing.
color: Daughter's red wine is mainly amber, that is, orange, transparent, clear, pure and lovely, which is pleasing to the eye.
Aroma: Daughter's red wine has an attractive fragrance; And it tends to get stronger with the passage of time.
taste: the taste of daughter's red wine is the most impressive, mainly mellow and fresh, with endless aftertaste. The taste of daughter's red wine is a harmonious fusion of six flavors. These six flavors are sweet, sour, bitter, pungent (spicy), umami and astringent, which form an unusual "grid" of daughter's red wine, a fascinating and very unique style.