Reporter Wang Zhiqiu, Su Bin, and Chen Junyi.
Stepping into the first liquor workshop of the old factory area of Guizhou Zhenjiu Shizipu, the aroma of wine came to the nose. This is the earliest brewing workshop of Zhenjiu Liquor, witnessing its journey of "from scratch" and "from existence to excellence". From a national key liquor scientific research project to a well-known liquor that has entered thousands of households, over the past 48 years, Zhenjiu Liquor has kept up with the pace of the times, inherited the brewing process, and achieved a good story.
We will be meticulous in making fine wine, meticulously crafting products, doing business in a real way, and bravely taking responsibility to promote development. Wu Xiangdong, chairman of Zhenjiu Lidu Group and chairman of Guizhou Zhenjiu Liquor, said.
In recent years, Guizhou Zhenjiu has been carefully managed, and vigorously introduced technologies such as koji powder infusion machine and automatic blending system, which greatly reduced the dust damage and human error generated in the labor process and improved production efficiency. "We strengthen the management of key links such as raw material selection, microbial culture, and process parameter determination to improve product quality. Guizhou Zhenjiu koji maker Dai Rupeng said.
In Baiyangou Zhenjiu Manor, located in Huichuan District, Zunyi City, workers are skillfully working on scaffolding, which is the Zhenjiu wine storage base under construction. "The project is equipped with 300,000 tons of pottery altar wine warehouse, which is ready for future quality improvement and expansion. Guo Liang, vice president of Zhenjiu Lidu Group and general manager of Guizhou Zhenjiu Liquor, introduced. In 2019, the 10,000-ton technical transformation project of Zhenjiu was launched, and the construction of 6 major projects including Shizipu Old Factory and Zhaojiagou Ecological Liquor Area was accelerated.
In 2022, it will be put into production in the lower sand season50,000 tons, the production capacity ranks third among Guizhou soy sauce and liquor enterprises. Guo Liang said that it is expected that by the end of the "14th Five-Year Plan", the production capacity of Zhenjiu will reach 50,000 tons, and the storage of wine will exceed 100,000 tons, which will drive the output value of upstream and downstream industries such as raw materials, packaging, and logistics to exceed 100 billion yuan.
Secondary feeding, Dragon Boat Festival koji, Chongyang Xiasha, nine times of cooking, eight times of fermentation, seven times of wine ......The traditional Daqu sauce brewing process has high requirements for raw materials. "Zunyi red tassel sorghum has a long growth cycle and fully absorbs the nutrients in the land;The high tannin content gives the wine a fuller taste. Dai Rupeng introduced.
It takes at least 5 years for a bottle of Zhenjiu to be brewed and left the factory. Guizhou Zhenjiu insists on using the pottery jar to store the wine, the pottery jar will "breathe", the air permeability is good and not easy to leak, so that the wine is more fragrant the older it is. The brand has always pursued standardized and refined brewing, and has established a mature quality and technical management system.
Through the order cooperation model of "company + base + cooperative + farmer", in 2023, 400,000 mu of sorghum will be planted in the subordinate districts and counties of Zunyi, driving more than 40,000 rural families to increase their income.
Whether it is a large grower or a large planter, we distribute sorghum seeds free of charge and purchase them at a guaranteed price. Jiang Min, general manager of Zunyi Qianhuitong Agricultural Development, said that this year, the company signed an order contract of 50,000 mu with Guizhou Zhenjiu, and issued 3 to farmers free of charge10,000 catties of seeds have driven more than 8,750 households to increase their income, with an average income increase of 11.43 million yuan. Not only in the upstream raw material industry, but also in the downstream supporting industries, Guizhou Zhenjiu has introduced 25 packaging material companies to settle in industrial parks in Huichuan District, Banzhou District, Xinpu New District and other places, with a local matching rate of more than 90% of packaging materials, which indirectly drives the employment of more than 4,000 people.
We must strive to improve product quality control, maintain brand image, and protect the ecological environment. Zhu **, chief engineer of Zhenjiu Lidu Group and general manager of Guizhou Zhenjiu Liquor, said.