What is the difference between Chinese wine and other wines?
Posted by admin | Under Wine Tuesday Feb 2, 2010I’ve just been watching a cooking show and he said something about adding Chinese wine. What’s the difference between Chinese wines and other wines? Is it just that its from China and the others’ aren’t or are there some more differences?
"Rice-wine," was a term used years ago when translation was not as common as it is today. But unfortunately it is a term that has remained in common places. There is no wine made with rice. In fact, fermented alcoholic rice beverages are much more a beer than a wine as wine is made with fruit. The chinese have some Wines made from fruit the most well known being plum wine. When this is understood the differences are very few no doubt.*
In the west, wine is nearly always made from grapes and is of medium strength in terms of alcohol.
What is described as "wine" in China is usually made from rice or sorghum and is much stronger.
The taste is totally different, too.
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I live in China.
"Rice-wine," was a term used years ago when translation was not as common as it is today. But unfortunately it is a term that has remained in common places. There is no wine made with rice. In fact, fermented alcoholic rice beverages are much more a beer than a wine as wine is made with fruit. The chinese have some wines made from fruit the most well known being plum wine. When this is understood the differences are very few no doubt.*
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While it’s true that rice wine is a traditional Chinese beverage, it’s much more likely they were talking about adding grape wine to a dish when cooking.
Wines made from grapes also have a long history in China, and because of the immense population, China is set to one day become the largest wine market in the world. Chinese grape wine has existed more than 4,500 years, and has most recently become influenced by French and other western wine making techniques. Some have predicted that China’s wine quality will one day rival that of Bordeaux, France.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wine_in_China
http://www.winemcgee.com
Chinese wine is made from rice
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