There are several legends about the origin of wine.

According to ancient records, Yidi was a man in Yu Xia's time, and he was an official in charge of brewing. At that time, people had different versions of brewing methods. Yidi went deep into the people, summed up these brewing methods, fermented glutinous rice into something called mash, and brewed yellow wine with mash.

2. Apes make wine

Apes are very intelligent animals, and they have particularly obvious logical thinking. According to historical records, apes not only like wine very much, but also make their own wine.

Li Rihua, a scholar in the Ming Dynasty, once recorded that there are many apes in the mountains, and the flowers and fruits in quarries are brewed into wine, which has a strong aroma. Some scholars believe that ape brewing is an adaptive instinctive behavior. Apes store food for the winter. Mature food is left for too long and naturally turns into wine under the influence of yeast in the air.

3.making wine in heaven

Li Bai once said: "If the sky doesn't love wine, the wine star is not in the sky." In the sky, there is a star called Jiuqi Star, which belongs to Leo. Legend has it that the star of the stars created the method of brewing wine and taught it to Du Kang. Of course, this statement has no scientific basis and has a certain fantasy color. It must be said that our ancestors had a very rich imagination.

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Development of modern wine

At present, the team of things in the cup has grown stronger and stronger. As far as the current situation is concerned, wine is mainly divided into two categories: national wine and foreign wine. There are liquor, beer sprinkling, yellow wine and wine in the national wine.

Drinking is a matter of personal preference, but everyone seems to have an insight, that is, from the region. Northerners like to drink strong and spicy white wine, while southerners in Jiangsu and Zhejiang prefer low-alcohol yellow wine with a long aftertaste.

Yellow rice wine is slow, mild and sweet, suitable for people in Jiangsu and Zhejiang who eat sweet and sour. Easy to drink, low degree, what are the disadvantages of drinking more? Yellow rice wine can be warm and hot. Ginger slices or lemon slices can be added. You can beat an egg in winter and add ice or ice in summer. It drinks more than white wine.

Baidu Encyclopedia-The History of Wine