10 Best Chinese Cooking Wines

Cooking wine is a must to cook Chinese food, especially meat and seafood. Here is a ranking list of 10 best Chinese cooking wines. They can be bought easily in supermarkets, convenient stores and vegetable markets in China.

  Started from: 1669
 Place of origin: Beijing
The no.1 on the “Top 10 Chinese cooking wines” is always Wang Zhihe. Wang Zhihe is a long-established seasoning brand of China, and its quality has always been recognized by Chinese. This brand, which has been inherited since 1669, has always taken market share with its excellent quality. Wang Zhihe’s cooking wine also maintains its consistent quality style, which is rich in flavor.

 

 Started from: 1875
 Place of origin: Huzhou, Zhejiang
Laohenghe, a well-known China seasoning brand in Zhejiang Province, is famous for its soy sauce, vinegar and cooking wine. Laohenghe cooking wine is one of the top 10 Chinese Cooking Wines that tastes a little sweet because of its production methods.
 

 Started from: 1955
 Place of origin: Foshan, Guangdong
Haitian, China’s largest professional condiment manufacturer, traces its origins to the Foshan Sauce Garden in Qing Dynasty (1644 - 1911 AD). It has a history of 300 years, and its craftsmanship and mellow brewing methods are at the forefront. Haitian’s cooking wine makes the dishes more delicious especially the seafoods.
 

 Started from: 1997
 Place of origin: Chengdu, Sichuan
Julong brand cooking wine has always been welcomed by Chinese housewives with its deliberate quality. Julong is one of the largest cooking wine producers in China. The cooking wine they produced is not only clear in texture, but also rich in flavor.
 

 Started from: 1991
 Place of origin: Beijing
As one of the top 10 seasoning manufacturers in China, the cooking wine is of Lao Cai Chen is also of high quality. As a well-known company in Beijing, Lao Cai Chen has been using qualified raw materials to make the rich and mellow wine, which is loved by users all over the country.
 

 Started from: 1840
 Place of origin: Zhenjang, Jiangsu
Hengshun is famous for its vinegar in the beginning. After long time development, it has become a leading enterprise in seasoning industry. The cooking wine, soy sauce and other Chinese seasonings it produced has been sold to over 50 countries.
 

 Started from: 1864
 Place of origin: Shanghai
Shanghai Dingfeng is a Chinese old-fashioned enterprise founded in 1864. It produces more than 120 varieties of major seasonings like cooking wine, soy sauce, vinegar, and sauce. The products are sold to all parts of the country and exported to 18 countries and regions in Asia, Africa and Europe.
 

 Started from: 1989
 Place of origin: Zhongshan, Guangdong
Chubang cooking wine is produced by the old Chinese brand Guangdong Meiweixian. It is a modern large-scale high-tech enterprise specializing in the production of condiments and seasonings. It is one of the major brand enterprises in China’s condiment industry.
 

 Started from: 1996
 Place of origin: Meishan, Sichuan
Qianhe, started in 1996 and located in Meishan, is a famous trademark in Sichuan Province. It is the largest joint-stock enterprise specialized in brewing high-quality healthy soy sauce and vinegar in west China. Its cooking wine is also of high quality and welcomed by seasoning market.
 

 Started from: 1987
 Place of origin: Chaohu, Anhui
As China’s largest manufacturer of yellow wine, the main material to make cooking wine, Haishen’s cooking wine is tested over time and listed as one of the 10 best Chinese cooking wines. The cooking wine production is based on the yellow wine making process, and is added in a variety of traditional Chinese medicine, which makes the dishes more delicious and healthy.

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