Osmanthus wine has more than 3,000 years brewing history. In feudal society, it made in emperor´s diet room for the nobilities. A book of Pan Rongbi worte in early Qing Dynasty worte that this wine choosed from bud osmanthus and sealed 3 years to become vintage wine. It is sweet and has always been very popular among Chinese people because of its beautiful fragrance.
Beijing osmanthus wine has 15% alcohol content, which is a kind of aromatized wine. The color of it is yellow and pure with the light fragrance of osmanthus and rich fragrance of wine, proper sourness and sweet taste.
Beijing Grape Wine Factory gained the secret brewing recipe of osmanthus wine in 1956. Accoring to the brewing recipe, it choosed grapes of over 18% suger content, took osmanthus of Wu County, Jiangsu Province as spice. added water of Jade Fountain Hill which was named as "The Finest Spring under Heaven" by emperor Qianlong. After repeated brewing tests, it became popular among common people. Also it won many medals.
Now, Beijing osmanthus wine has became very popular in Hong Kong, Macao, Japan, France, German and other countries since 1962. It especially wins the love of women, named as "Women´s Happy Wine".
