Zhidan Millet Yellow Wine

Zhidan Millet Yellow Wine

　　Zhidan Millet Yellow Wine is a specialty of Zhidan County in Yan’an City, Shaanxi Province. Made from soft millet and wheat koji, it boasts a rich millet aroma, a golden-red hue, and a crystal-clear appearance. It tastes mildly sweet on the palate and has a mellow aftertaste. With high nutritional value and certain medicinal benefits.

　　Millet is a cereal crop that thrives on the Loess Plateau, with grains larger than those of foxtail millet, and is considered one of the five major grains. It comes in two varieties: non-glutinous (also known as ji) and glutinous (also known as shu). Soft millet is the glutinous variety, generally richer in protein and essential minerals such as calcium, magnesium, and phosphorus compared to wheat, rice, and corn. It offers high nutritional value and certain medicinal benefits. Regular consumption of millet-based foods can help prevent gastrointestinal diseases and coronary heart disease.

　　The northern Shaanxi region is abundant in soft millet, and generations of locals have brewed yellow wine from it. In 1936, during the Long March, the Chinese Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Army arrived in northern Shaanxi. Led by Liu Zhidan, the local Red Army and working people not only firmly supported and followed the leadership of the Party Central Committee but also offered them the homemade millet yellow wine. The lyrics “Hot fried cakes are served on the table, and steaming millet wine is offered to our beloved guests” from the widely sung song “The Red Flowers Bloom Brightly on the Hill” depict this scene. During their time in Yan’an, revolutionary leaders like Mao Zedong formed deep bonds with the people of northern Shaanxi. If the bond over millet was profound, then the sentiment over millet yellow wine was equally strong.

　　Millet yellow wine is a unique new type of health wine developed by the laboring people of Zhidan County. Based on the collection, excavation, and inheritance of traditional brewing techniques, it is crafted using modern technology and physicochemical analysis methods. Made from soft millet and wheat koji, it has a rich millet aroma, with an alcohol content typically ranging between 8-14 degrees—about 3-4 times higher than that of beer. The wine is golden-red in color, crystal-clear, mildly sweet on the palate, and has a mellow aftertaste. It offers high nutritional value and certain medicinal benefits.

　　Millet yellow wine is a unique new type of health wine developed by Zhidan Pengxiang Food Co., Ltd. in Zhidan County. Based on the collection, excavation, and inheritance of traditional brewing techniques, it is crafted using modern technology and physicochemical analysis methods.