Enjoy 4 famous wines in Sapa

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  • 8/9/2022
Wine is a specialty that tourists should not miss when visiting the foggy town of Sapa. Wines Sapa are quite diverse in types and flavors, they can make you fall in love with the first drop. Today, let's follow Vua Ot to discover the 4 most attractive wines Sapa.
 

San Lung wine

Sapa San Lung Wine is a precious wine, which is highly valued by the Sapa people. This wine is often taken out to use on holidays, New Year's, weddings, parties, or welcome friends from far away. San Lung wine is processed meticulously and carefully. The rice grains selected on the upland will be screened clean, leaving the shell intact for cooking. When you see all the seeds bloom and white, scoop them out on a plate. And bring it to brew with special wine yeast.
 
San Lung wine is famous for its unique taste
 
Wine yeast is made from crushed glutinous rice plus 15 types of forest leaves. All 15 kinds of leaves are medicinal herbs of the mountains. Some are anti-cold, some help blood circulation, relieve joint pain, and some relieve headaches. After fermenting for about 5-6 days, the wine will be distilled, producing fragrant, delicious, and mellow wine drops. What's better than in the cold weather of Sapa, while enjoying the specialties and sipping a glass of San Lung wine with the taste of pangolin on the tip of the tongue.
 

Paddy wine

Paddy wine is a typical drink of the Red Dao people. The village of the Red Dao people is nestled at the foot of Fansipan mountain. Local people work hard all year round with terraced fields and rice farming. In the idyllic agricultural life, they have created rice wine - a unique specialty.
 
Paddy wine has a sweet and fragrant taste
 
To create this heavenly wine, they incubate rice grains with esoteric yeast. Distillation and fermentation must be done carefully so that the "product" that comes out of the oven must be perfect. Rice is cleaned, boiled, and brewed with yeast. After about a week of instilling the yeast, put it in the distillation pot. Cooked wine has a concentration of 38 to 40 degrees, is quite fragrant, not difficult to drink. When enjoying, visitors can feel the aroma and light sweetness. In particular, the longer it is aged, the more delicious and strong its flavor.
 
The esoteric yeast creates the delicious taste of paddy wine
 
It can be said that a cup of fragrant rice wine is not only the crystallization of rocky mountains, rice sprouts, and traditional fermentation secrets but also the "love yeast" of the Red Dao people. If you have the opportunity to go to Sapa, you should once enjoy this wonderful Sapa specialty.
 

Corn wine

Corn wine is also known by other familiar names such as Ban Pho wine, which is a specialty wine of the Dao and H'Mong ethnic nations. Corn wine at first sip will be a bit strong, but the more you drink it, the more you will see it, bringing a feeling quite interesting and attractive.

The wine is distilled quite elaborately, after processing, corn wine has a clear color. To get the best, "genuine" corn wine, the preparation of ingredients is very important. Because ingredients are one of the factors that determine the taste of wine.
 
Corn wine is distilled quite elaborately
 
The corn used to make wine is not the type of corn usually grown in the upland fields in the hills and valleys, but rather the corn is grown on remote high rocky mountains. This is a purebred yellow corn variety, growing up to six months, suitable for highland climate conditions. Corn has round, yellow, firm, soft, fleshy, sweet, and nutritious seeds. Not only that, but corn also has a very specific aroma. After harvesting corn, people will bring it to dry, to facilitate long-term preservation, and cooking wine.
 
Corn for making wine must be corn grown on high rocky mountains
 

Docynia indica wine

Traveling to Sapa, visitors are not only attracted by the unique taste of the dishes but also "immersed" in the warm yeast of the Docynia indica wine. In order to have the best standard  Docynia indica wine for everyone to enjoy, the first thing is to choose the right apple.

Apples are not all selected, must choose healthily, not deep, not damaged, not crushed, washed, and dried. Then cut off the two ends of the apple, cut it in half and soak it in clean water for about 1 hour. Next, pick the apples out and continue to soak them in salted water for half an hour, rinse, drain and then soak with wine.
 

Apples are the raw materials for making Docynia indica wine

 
After going through so many stages, it will give birth to an extremely attractive Docynia indica wine, with a golden brown color and a characteristic sweet aroma that everyone loves. In addition, Docynia indica wine also works to reduce headaches, insomnia and helps reduce symptoms of dizziness effectively.
 
Docynia indica wine has a golden brown color and a characteristic sweet taste
 
Come to Sapa, remember to enjoy one of the four famous wines above to feel the full flavor of the cuisine here. In Sapa, wine is not only a delicious drink for many people but also a meaningful gift for fathers, brothers, relatives, and friends after an interesting trip.
 

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