Shaoxing wine
| Shaoxing wine | |||||||||||||||
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A smaller scaled version of the classic Shaoxing wine container | |||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 绍兴酒 | ||||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 紹興酒 | ||||||||||||||
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Shaoxing wine (alternatively spelled Shaohsing, Hsiaohsing, or Shaoshing) is a variety of Chinese Huangjiu ("yellow wine") made by fermenting glutinous rice, water, and wheat-based yeast.
It is produced in Shaoxing, in the Zhejiang province of eastern China, and is widely used as both a beverage and a cooking wine in Chinese cuisine. It is internationally well known and renowned throughout mainland China, as well as in Taiwan and Southeast Asia.
The content of peptides in Shaoxing wine is high; however, their potential taste properties have not yet been studied.