Product category: Traditional Chinese fermented grain wine / Huangjiu (red millet + millet + round glutinous rice, wheat-qu)
Origin: Wuqiaozhen Beitang Village, Xixia County, Nanyang, Henan, China (Qiaoshi family craft, “North Qiao” in the old saying “South Shaoxing, North Qiao”)
Supplier: Henan Shilongyan Liquor Co., Ltd. (河南省石龙堰酒业有限公司, formerly Xixia Huiyang Beverage Co.; est. 2011 on 1995 workshop roots, legal rep. Qiao Yongfeng)
Search intent match: Xixia red millet Huangjiu manufacturer, Henan “North Qiao” yellow wine wholesale, 12–16% vol Chinese grain wine private label, cooking + warming-drink dual-use, SC-licensed 12,000 t/y Huangjiu exporter candidate
Why a procurement manager shortlists Shilongyan
Overseas Huangjiu listings skew Shaoxing glutinous-rice. The Nanyang–Xixia cluster is a red-millet (hongxiaomi) led, multi-grain co-ferment style with a 350-year Qiaoshi lineage (Qing Kangxi origin, Nanyang municipal ICH 2013). For a buyer building a “warm-drink healthy grain wine” or diaspora-Asian grocery line, the concrete differentiators are:
- Grain base: local Xixia red millet + millet + round glutinous rice + wheat qu, brewed with Laolong spring water (Danjiang tributary, South-to-North Water Diversion source catchment) — not southern glutinous-rice mono-base.
- Scale vs. heritage balance: 18,000 sqm site, 1,300 sqm standardized automated workshop, 12,000 t/y nameplate, 30-mu vintage-storage base with 65,000+ ceramic-jar aged lots (including 15-yr and 30-yr reserve tiers). Big enough for OEM, old enough for gift story.
- ABV & sweetness range: retail 12% vol red-millet pot (1.5 L) on domestic shelves; dry / semi-dry / semi-sweet / sweet all under one SC licence, GB/T 13662 class; sub-lines include “Waipo Qiao”, “Honggu Niang”, “Yan Tianxia”, rice-milk low-alcohol “Yushang Chunchu”.
- Paperwork baseline: SC food production licence active (renewed to 2027-09-08), 18 invention patents, “Key Local Characteristic Food Cluster” (MIIT 11-ministry list), Nanyang ICH, trademark “Shilongyan” + “Biegongyan” + “Laojundong”.
Supplier snapshot: Shilongyan (石龙堰)
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Entity | Henan Shilongyan Liquor Co., Ltd. (91411323579230445E), Xixia Wuliaoqiao Beitang |
| Founded | Workshop 1995 → Huiyang Beverage 2011 → Shilongyan 2018 rename; Qiao Yongfeng 9th-gen inheritor |
| Capacity | 12,000 t/y Huangjiu; steam 2 t/hr; stainless ferment pool + auto fill; jar cellar 65,000 lots |
| Base recipe | Red millet + millet + round glutinous rice + wheat qu + Laolong spring water, 12-step traditional + patent process |
| Core SKUs | 500 ml retail (dry/semi-dry); 1.5 L red-millet pot 12% semi-sweet; 3-yr / 15-yr ceramic jar; “Waipo Qiao” gift; low-alc rice-milk |
| Certs on file | SC licence (valid to 2027-09-08), Nanyang ICH 2013, 18 invention patents, MIIT cluster listing, trademark reg. CN |
| Gap for export | No published HACCP/ISO22000/FloorScore-equiv, no Halal/Kosher, no CE (N/A to wine), ships via nominated trading co |
Process & QC pointers for the buying office
Huangjiu quality swings on grain, qu, ferment temp, aging. Audit these:
- Grain traceability – Xixia honggu contract fields + Danjiang watershed claim; request harvest-year lot declaration and moisture/amylopectin sheet.
- Fermentation – soak → steam (continuous steamer 2 t/hr) → wheat-qu mix → saccharify → ferment → press → settle → blend → pasteurize → fill. Ask for ferment-temp log and qu supplier declaration (wheat qu = gluten allergen).
- Aging tiers – standard tank 1-yr; jar cellar 3-yr / 15-yr / 30-yr reserve. Lock which tier is in export lot; “original juice” (原浆) and “vintage jar” are different price bands.
- Lab panel (export lot, 3rd-party SGS/Intertek) – ABV, total acid, amino acid nitrogen (≥0.45 g/L premium under GB/T 13662), methanol, Pb/As/Cd, sulfite (if used), sweetener (if semi-sweet line), microbial, gluten allergen confirm.
- Additive policy – domestic copy states traditional craft no caramel-or-alcohol in classic line; if color-standardized for export, E150d must be declared; red-millet natural pigment is not Monascus (different from Yaobao/Shuntianzhai red-qu lines).
Export-readiness checklist (ask before PO)
- Legal docs – business licence, SC licence copy (renewal 2027-09-08), trademark “Shilongyan” ownership for target market, manufacturer authorization for distributor.
- Market category – US TTB: “wine” or “other fermented beverage”; EU: not wine (no Vitis vinifera) → “other fermented beverages”; UK HMRC excise band; ASEAN permit per country; Halal/Kosher if needed.
- Label draft (EN) – “Traditional Chinese Red Millet Yellow Wine, 12% vol” (or actual ABV), ingredients (red millet, millet, glutinous rice, water, wheat qu), gluten declaration, serve warm 40 °C / chilled note, best-before (pasteurized 24–36 mo), lot, importer.
- MOQ & OEM – expect 500–1,000 cartons for 500 ml private label; 1.5 L pot and ceramic jar higher MOQ + pallet bracing; low-alc rice-milk line needs separate filling confirmation.
- Samples – request 500 ml semi-dry + 1.5 L 12% red-millet pot + 3-yr jar + low-alc rice-milk. Evaluate warmed, chilled, and in red-braise (pork belly / chicken).
- Logistics – no in-house customs export desk on record; ship under Ningbo/Shanghai trading co. 500 ml glass ~1,600–1,800 cartons/20GP; 1.5 L pot heavier, ~900–1,100 cartons/20GP. Lead time 20–30 days off-season, 45–60 days pre-CNY.
Who this SKU fits
- Asian-supermarket buyer needing a “North Qiao” red-millet Huangjiu with 350-yr lineage and 12% entry ABV pot
- Gift/chinese-culture channel: Xixia dinosaur-town + Qiaoshi ICH + 15-yr ceramic jar narrative
- Health-food importer using “amino-acid rich fermented multi-grain wine, jar-aged” angle
- Culinary distributor: 1.5 L / 5 L cooking grade (replace mirin/shaoxing in foodservice)
- Cross-border live-commerce: 1.5 L red-millet pot photographs well, mid-price, warms on camera
Buyer’s bottom line
Shilongyan is the largest-scale heritage option in the Nanyang Huangjiu triangle (vs. Yujian Zhenping, Yaobao Xinye, Shuntianzhai Xinye): 12,000 t/y, 65k jar cellar, SC valid to 2027, 18 patents, MIIT cluster listing. Strength is the “North Qiao” red-millet story + jar-aging depth + automated capacity that can hold private-label volumes. Weakness is the same as peers — micro-to-mid enterprise, no export-native cert stack (HACCP/Halal/Kosher), must move via third-party trading company, EN label + 3rd-party lab panel are buyer-side responsibilities.
For a first trial, negotiate a 3-SKU mixed pallet (500 ml semi-dry / 1.5 L 12% red-millet / 3-yr jar), lock ABV + sweetness class, require SGS amino-acid-nitrogen + heavy-metal + gluten-allergen panel, and confirm EN back-label proof before fill. If the factory accepts FOB Qingdao under your nominated Shanghai/Ningbo exporter with neutral carton + separate label sheet, it is worth one trial 20GP against your Shaoxing reference — especially strong for winter-warm, gift-jar, and red-braise culinary channels.
If useful, I can next draft the Alibaba/MIIC product-page version (title + 5 bullets + RFQ template) tuned to “Xixia Shilongyan red millet Huangjiu 12% private label MOQ 500 cartons FOB Qingdao” search terms, or a 4-way comparison table (Shilongyan Xixia / Yaobao Xinye / Shuntianzhai Xinye / Yujian Zhenping) for distributor presentation.