"Many tourists come to Vietnam to explore the history, or enjoy the charming natural scenery. I personally come to the S-shaped country because of the warm glass of wine, full of Vietnamese culture," American tourist Neil Samson Katz, share.
"Preferential nature bestows upon Vietnam a rich flora and fauna system. From the natural products, Vietnamese people have accumulated and accumulated valuable experiences to create delicious food and dishes. precious medicine, the spirits of the country ... Just listening to that was eager enough for us to discover the "ethnicity" in this type of alcohol, "a foreign tourist said.

From the herbs of the mountains ...

According to many foreigners, their first goal when coming to Vietnam is to try to find Vietnamese homemade wine in Sapa, an interesting mountain city less than 200 miles west of Hanoi. north.

In this foggy land, we get drunk every day in warm yeast apple cider - a rustic but also very unique wine. The apple apple is made from the scent of the forest, soaked with the wind, absorbing the earth's air, the air and the sunny and windy upland so it meets the sweet and sour taste. Initially drinking, many people thought that they were drinking a carbonated beverage, but the more they swoon.

Following the tour guide, we visited Huong's family, which is one of the few best brewers in Sapa. Sitting next to the fire, smoke caught in the tent, Huong added firewood and explained the cooking technique. Cook rice to rice first, then brew the yeast for two weeks before cooking it again. The wine gathers from the steam to rise thanks to a cooling basin of water on top of the pot. Huong shared that there are other quicker ways but she does not want to shorten the incubation period because she fears the taste of alcohol will be less and cause headaches.

"Seemingly feeling our passion for Vietnamese rice wine culture, the guide introduced another kind of oyster paint from Lao Cai - a specialty of Ban Pho corn wine," Samson said. Just a little click, the aroma and warm taste of it has urged many people to live hard for friendship, love for nature, people no matter how harsh life is. "I really do not understand how the talented artisans of this country have squeezed out of the soil, from the water, from the harvest of pure wine so pure ...", Samson expressed.

... To the "dynamic" nutritious 

Although it is called by the name of the spirit of the country, its world is not small. After carefully packing luggage and packing bottles of corn wine, apple apples, we moved to My Tho to explore a wine that Vietnamese people all praised for its effects on health, That is a gesture.
Drop by a roadside pub, we admire each row of snakes, tigers, scorpions, birds, bees ... and witness the talent show of beheading snakes to take blood and heart to soak the wine. At first, I saw "feeling scared" but then I also took the courage to try a cup of snake wine. Strange, when drinking is not spicy, no shock, just smooth, sweet. The mind is completely alert, lucid, accurate reflexes. But the feeling was lightheaded in a state of wonder and indescribability. "Rumor has it that snake wine is as exciting as amphetamine. It also has the effect of filtering the blood and relieving back pain. The locals also tell us that not only snake alcohol but also other kinds of alcohol. complementary because each type is a very effective remedy "Samson continued.

And yet to be amazed by the variety of ethnic wines that Vietnamese combine from precious plants and animals, we continue to be humorous when being introduced to how to enjoy wine that has become a staple. Beautiful culture of Vietnamese people. 

According to the tour guide, Vietnamese people drink wine when eating, which means the harmony and mutual harmony, according to the principle of "Yin and Yang development" of the East. Whenever people want to "reward" with alcohol, many people often go to ethnic taverns because they feel like coming back to their homeland and sitting with their childhood friends to talk to, singing, reciting poems, talks about life ...