Yunxi Mountain Wine

Yunxi Mountain Wine

Yunxi Mountain Wine is a protected geographical indication product.

　　Yunxi Mountain Wine

　　Mountain wine is a specialty of Yunxi County, Shiyan City, Hubei Province.

　　Yunxi County is one of the native habitats of wild grapes, with abundant, unpolluted, high-quality wild grape resources yielding nearly 10,000 tons annually, making it highly valuable for economic development. The wild grapes here are black in color and rich in anti-aging substances for the human body (not found in other grape varieties), as well as resveratrol, which helps soften blood vessels and benefit cardiovascular health, along with eighteen types of amino acids and other trace elements. They are highly nutritious and make excellent raw materials for winemaking.

　　As early as the early 1980s, Yunxi County began developing and utilizing its wild grape resources. The high-quality mountain wine produced at that time won the title of “Hubei Provincial Quality Product” and became a hit in the domestic fruit wine market. After the turn of the new millennium, the Yunxi Mountain Wine Brewery underwent renovation and expansion, continuously innovating its technology. In collaboration with the China Wine Academy, it developed a series of products including “Wild Grape Dry Red Wine.” These products were successively recognized as a “2001 National Key New Product” by the State Economic and Trade Commission, awarded “Outstanding Scientific and Technological Innovation Project of the Ninth Five-Year Plan” and “Hubei Consumer Satisfaction Commodity” by Hubei Province, rated as “Hubei Famous and High-Quality Wine” at the Second China International Agricultural Expo, and granted the “Product Gold Award” at the First Hubei Forestry Expo in 2004.

　　The production area of Yunxi Mountain Wine covers the following administrative regions under the jurisdiction of Yunxi County, Shiyan City, Hubei Province: Chengguan Town, Tumen Town, Xiangkou Township, Shangjin Town, Huaihuashu Special Forest Farm, Dianzi Town, Guanfang Township, Hubeikou Township, Jingyang Township, Jiahe Town, Yangwei Town, Jianchi Township, Liulang Township, Ma’an Town, Guanyin Town, Hejia Town, Anjia Township, and Sanguan Forest Special Zone.

　　Geographical Scope

　　The production area of Yunxi Mountain Grapes covers 18 townships (towns) under the jurisdiction of Yunxi County, Hubei Province, including Chengguan Town, Tumen Town, Xiangkou Township, Shangjin Town, Dianzi Town, Guanfang Township, Hubeikou Hui Autonomous Township, Jingyang Township, Jiahe Town, Yangwei Town, Jianchi Township, Guanyin Town, Ma’an Town, Liulang Township, Hejia Town, Anjia Township, Sanguandong Forest Area, and Huaihuashu Special Forest Farm. The region is geographically located between 109°16′ to 110°42′ east longitude and 32°54′ to 33°16′ north latitude. It spans a total area of 825 hectares, with an average annual yield of 15,000 tons and an annual output value of 600 million yuan.

　　Product Quality Characteristics

　　1. External Sensory Characteristics: The grape clusters are medium-sized, conical, with an average cluster weight of 119g. The berries are uniformly sized, round, with diameters of 1.15–1.40cm and an average weight of 1.16g. They are dark purple-black in color, covered with white bloom, have a medium-thick skin, and contain 2–4 seeds. The flesh has a sweet and sour taste with slight astringency.   2. Internal Quality Indicators: Soluble sugar content is 20.88% (reference standard ≥20%), meeting the sugar content requirements for wine grape raw materials according to GBT 15038-2006 “General Analysis Methods for Wine and Fruit Wine”; titratable acid is 0.18% (reference standard ≤0.4%); soluble solids content is 25.7% (reference standard ≥23%); all meeting the production requirements of GBT 27586-2011 “Mountain Wine.”   3. Safety Requirements: Safety indicators comply with the standards set by NY/T844-2004 “Green Food Temperate Fruits.”