Chinese archaeologists uncover 2,300-year-old grain wine, decoding its formula and brewing method

Chinese archaeologists have uncovered 2,300-year-old grain wine residues from a cemetery of people from Qin State during the Warring States Period (475BC-221BC) – roughly the time of Aristotle – in Northwest China’s Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, revealing the ancient wine’s ingredients and brewing methods through multidisciplinary analysis, Xinhua News Agency reported on Monday.