Product category: Traditional Chinese fermented grain wine / Huangjiu (red millet / honggu + glutinous rice, herbal wheat-qu, “Gu Yi Liu Fa” ancient six-step process)
Origin: Goulin Town, Dengzhou, Nanyang, Henan, China (Qing Qianlong 6th-year “Shizong Jiufang” lineage, 14-generation Chen-family inheritance, Danjiangkou reservoir water shed)
Supplier: Henan Yuwanxiang Liquor Co., Ltd. (河南省豫宛香酒业有限公司, est. 2016-02-05, legal rep. Chen Tao, Goulin Town North, Dengzhou)
Search intent match: Dengzhou Yuwanxiang red millet Huangjiu manufacturer, Henan non-heritage yellow wine private label, 10–15% vol Chinese grain wine SC-licensed, red-qu / rose / goji-date flavored line, FOB Qingdao trial order
Why a procurement manager shortlists Yuwanxiang
Overseas Huangjiu listings default to Shaoxing glutinous-rice. The Nanyang–Dengzhou Goulin cluster is the flavored-SKU leader of the six Nanyang houses we have covered (Yujian Zhenping, Yaobao/Shuntianzhai Xinye, Shilongyan Xixia, Taocha Changzhong Xichuan, Guangzhao Dengzhou). For a buyer building a “warm-drink + gift-jar + low-alc young-consumer line” portfolio, the concrete differentiators are:
- Grain + water claim: Nanyang honggu red millet + round glutinous rice + Danjiang deep-source water + “baicao maiqu” (herbal wheat qu referencing Bencao Gangmu herbs). Not southern glutinous-rice mono-base.
- Line breadth (widest in Nanyang triangle):
- Classic still: 15% vol 1.5 L × 2 ceramic jar gift set (“Nanyang Gushi”), 1 L Dongfang-Shenyun-class, 5-yr “Dongniang 1741” 12% semi-sweet (total sugar 40.1 g/100 g).
- Low-alc young-drinker: 10% vol 350 ml × 3 “Xiao Huangjiu”, 3% vol 2.5 L “Fuwanxiang” rice-milk-style (domestic only, check export viability).
- Flavored / wellness: red-qu honggu, rose honggu, yueji (Chinese rose) honggu, goji-date honggu — all under one roof.
- Sweetness classes: dry / semi-dry / semi-sweet / sweet all covered by SC licence.
- Scale & heritage papers: 20-mu site, 11,000 sqm built, 5,000 t/y nameplate, 119 staff, 9 senior brewers, auto aseptic fill, Henan provincial ICH “Huangjiu Brewing Skill” (2021), Nanyang Laozihao (2022), IWGC silver 2021, Dengzhou “Gift of Dengzhou” tag, 14-gen Chen Tao lineage.
- Risk flags (must vet): SC SC11541138100679 issued 2016-08-22, expired 2021-08-21 on foodsc.net mirror; domestic promo material also shows SC11541138100566 (same number block as Guangzhao) — buyer must obtain current renewed SC copy pre-PO, not trust brochure. No HACCP/ISO22000/Halal/Kosher published; herbal qu needs allergen/herb inventory for EU/US.
Supplier snapshot: Yuwanxiang (豫宛香 / 朕心甚悦 / 壹玖人)
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Entity | Henan Yuwanxiang Liquor Co., Ltd. (91411381MA3X769F73), Goulin Town North, Dengzhou, Nanyang |
| Founded | 2016-02-05 (Chen-family workshop root Qing Qianlong 6 / 1741 “Shizong Jiufang”); Chen Tao legal rep., natural-person sole LLC, 10 M RMB reg. |
| Capacity | 5,000 t/y Huangjiu; 60+ equip.; auto fill 2,000 btl/hr class; 2024 output value ~25 M RMB |
| Base recipe | Honggu red millet + glutinous rice + Danjiang water + baicao (herbal) wheat qu; “Gu Yi Liu Fa” 142-step, winter-brew (立冬–立春), ceramic jar 1,000-day rest |
| Core SKUs | 15% 1.5 L×2 jar gift; 12% 1 L “Dongniang 1741” 5-yr semi-sweet; 10% 350 ml×3 Xiao Huangjiu; 3% 2.5 L Fuwanxiang; red-qu/rose/goji-date 500 ml |
| Certs on file | SC11541138100679 (expired 2021 on mirror — renew confirmation required) / SC11541138100566 cited in promo; Henan ICH 2021; Nanyang Laozihao 2022; IWGC silver; no HACCP/Halal/Kosher |
| Export gap | No own customs code public; ships via Shanghai/Ningbo trading co; EN label + 3rd-party panel buyer-side |
Process & QC pointers for the buying office
Huangjiu swings on grain, qu, ferment, herbal disclosure. Audit these:
- Grain traceability – honggu from Dengzhou/Goulin contract base; request harvest-year lot + moisture/amylopectin sheet. Verify export lot is ≥70% honggu not red-dyed normal millet.
- Fermentation – soak → steam (wood/steel hybrid) → baicao maiqu + yeast → front ferment → back ferment (winter) → press → blend (5-yr reserve in “Dongniang” line) → pasteurize → auto fill. Ask for ferment-temp log + qu herb inventory (wheat + Bencao herbs = gluten + botanical import decl.).
- Sweetness & sugar – semi-sweet “Dongniang 1741” declared 40.1 g/100 g total sugar (glucose basis) — that is very sweet, near dessert-wine band; Western buyers expecting dry Shaoxing will misread it. Lock class: dry (≤15 g/L) / semi-dry (15.1–40) / semi-sweet (40.1–100) / sweet (>100 g/L per GB/T 13662).
- Lab panel (export lot, 3rd-party SGS/Intertek) – ABV, total acid, amino acid nitrogen (≥0.45 g/L premium GB/T 13662), methanol, Pb/As/Cd, sulfite-if-used, sweeteners (cyclamate/aspartame/sucralose — benchmark against Guangzhao recall lesson), microbial, gluten + herb-allergen declaration.
- Red-qu line – Monascus colorant present; EU/US label must flag “red yeast rice” and avoid cholesterol/liver-health claims.
Export-readiness checklist (ask before PO)
- Legal docs – business licence, current renewed SC copy (confirm whether 00679 renewed or 00566 is active issuance), trademark “Yuwanxiang / 朕心甚悦 / 壹玖人” ownership for target market, manufacturer authorization for distributor.
- Market category – US TTB “wine” or “other fermented beverage”; EU not wine → “other fermented beverages”; UK HMRC band; ASEAN permit per country; Halal/Kosher not on file.
- Label draft (EN) – “Traditional Chinese Red Millet Yellow Wine, 15% vol” (or 12% / 10% per SKU), ingredients (red millet, glutinous rice, water, herbal wheat qu), gluten + herb allergen, serve warm 40 °C / chilled note, best-before (pasteurized 24–36 mo; domestic jar claims 36–60 mo, use 36 mo export), lot, importer.
- MOQ & OEM – 500 ml / 350 ml private label 500–1,000 cartons; 1.5 L jar gift set higher MOQ + foam brace; flavored line (rose/goji-date) shares 500 ml tooling — good for mixed pallet.
- Samples – request 15% 1.5 L×2 jar set + 12% “Dongniang 1741” 1 L + 10% 350 ml Xiao Huangjiu + one flavored (goji-date or rose). Evaluate warmed 40 °C, chilled 8 °C, and in red-braise pork belly (honggu note pairs well).
- Logistics – no own export code public; ship under Shanghai/Ningbo trading co. 500 ml glass ~1,600–1,800 cartons/20GP; 1.5 L jar ~900–1,100 cartons/20GP. Lead 20–30 days off-season, 45–60 days pre-CNY.
Who this SKU fits
- Asian-supermarket buyer wanting 15% jar gift + 10% young-drinker 350 ml 3-pack in one supplier (covers festive + everyday + Gen-Z shelf)
- Gift/chinese-culture channel: “Qing Qianlong 1741 Shizong Jiufang + 14-gen Chen + Henan ICH + Dengzhou canal-head” narrative, ceramic jar set photographs well
- Health-food importer: “amino-acid rich honggu + goji-date/rose” angle — herbal claims stripped for EU/US first container
- Culinary distributor: 5 L bucket (domestic 10 jin / 5,000 ml SKU exists) cooking grade, replaces shaoxing/mirin
- Cross-border live-commerce: 350 ml ×3 “Xiao Huangjiu” 10% performs better on camera than 1.5 L jar for younger diaspora
Buyer’s bottom line
Yuwanxiang is the flavored-line and gift-set leader of the Nanyang Huangjiu six: 10% 350 ml 3-pack and 3% rice-milk give young-drinker coverage the other five houses lack; 15% 1.5 L×2 jar + 5-yr “Dongniang 1741” cover gift/warm-drink; rose/goji-date/red-qu line is a ready-made wellness sub-brand. Heritage papers (Henan ICH 2021, Laozihao, IWGC silver, 14-gen Chen) clear the story bar. The offset is SC licence number ambiguity (00679 expired on mirror, 00566 cited in promo) + herbal-qu allergen complexity + no export-native cert stack — so the factory cannot be treated as turnkey; buyer owns label law, SC-renewal confirmation, and sweetener/herb panel.
For a first trial, negotiate a 3-SKU mixed pallet (15% 1.5 L×2 jar / 12% 1 L Dongniang 1741 / 10% 350 ml×3 Xiao Huangjiu), lock ABV + sweetness class (semi-sweet 40 g/100 g is NOT semi-dry Western sense), require SGS amino-acid-nitrogen + heavy-metal + 5-item sweetener + gluten/herb-allergen panel, and confirm current SC copy + EN back-label proof before fill. If the factory accepts FOB Qingdao under your nominated Shanghai trading co with neutral carton + separate label sheet, it is worth one trial 20GP — strongest play is the 10% 3-pack for new-user acquisition plus 15% jar set for gift/warm-drink channel, keeping herbal SKUs for container two after label law clears.
If useful, I can now compile the 6-way Nanyang Huangjiu comparator (Yuwanxiang Dengzhou / Guangzhao Dengzhou / Taocha Changzhong Xichuan / Shilongyan Xixia / Yaobao Xinye / Shuntianzhai Xinye / Yujian Zhenping — grain base, SC no. + renewal status, cave/jar aging, ABV range, flavored/herbal line, export-code status, recall flags, MOQ, story angle) as a one-page distributor decision table, or turn this into an Alibaba/MIIC product-page variant tuned to “Dengzhou Yuwanxiang red millet Huangjiu 15% 10% private label FOB Qingdao MOQ 500 cartons”.