Kuaijishan
Batch 1Est. 1743
Founding
Kuaijishan's lineage goes back to the 'Yunji' brewery founded in 1743 in Dongpu, Shaoxing, which brewed yellow wine with water from Jianhu Lake — one of the oldest threads in Shaoxing's wine tradition.
What made it famous
In 1915 the brand won Shaoxing yellow wine its first international gold medal at the Panama-Pacific Exposition, and it remains one of the city's flagship wine names at home and abroad.
Signature craft
Its wine follows the traditional winter-brewing cycle — fermenting glutinous rice, wheat starter and Jianhu water for more than eighty days from early winter — as a bearer of the national-level Shaoxing yellow-wine brewing heritage.
Cultural standing
Designated a first-batch 'China Time-Honored Brand' by the Ministry of Commerce in 2006.
Related
Famous Snacks:Shaoxing Yellow Wine
Intangible Cultural Heritage:Shaoxing Yellow Wine Brewing Technique