Shaoxing wine / Shaoxing huangjiu

Shaoxing-origin or Shaoxing-style huangjiu used in cooking or drinking, with salted U.S.-commerce cooking wine and unsalted/drinkable aged wine kept explicit.

Shelf-stable

What it is

How we read a bare request for this: Generic Shaoxing wine resolves the concept and requires salted-cooking versus unsalted/drinkable clarification. Shaoxing cooking wine may prefer the salted form.

Also called

huadiao wine, Shaoxing cooking wine, Shaoxing rice wine, Shaoxing wine

Shaoxing/huangjiu context

Clarify salted cooking wine versus unsalted/drinkable wine; never resolve to rice vinegar.

Clarify salted cooking wine versus unsalted/drinkable Shaoxing huangjiu.

Forms that matter

Unsalted/drinkable aged Shaoxing wine
beverage-grade huangjiu

Not interchangeable with: salted form without salt adjustment.
Salted Shaoxing cooking wine
cooking wine with added salt

Not interchangeable with: rice vinegar.

When the dish decides

Clams in black bean sauce
Use Shaoxing wine in the form the recipe permits; account for added salt when the selected product is salted cooking wine.

Rice vinegar, mirin, and sake do not preserve Shaoxing identity.
Mapo tofu
Use Shaoxing wine in the form the recipe permits; account for added salt when the selected product is salted cooking wine.

Rice vinegar, mirin, and sake do not preserve Shaoxing identity.
Twice-cooked pork
Use Shaoxing wine in the form the recipe permits; account for added salt when the selected product is salted cooking wine.

Rice vinegar, mirin, and sake do not preserve Shaoxing identity.

Where to look — by form

Each of these is recorded against one particular form or product, named on the card. None of them is a claim about Shaoxing wine / Shaoxing huangjiu in general, and none is a claim about any other form. Search a form by name to source it as your actual request.

Online options

The Mala Market — online shop

Online

Guyue Longshan Shaoxing Huadiao Rice Wine for Cooking

Online listing · Observed Aug 20, 2026 · Currently listed on that date — not a live check. Confirm delivery availability and shipping charges; no local stock claim.

Open the online listing; check delivery availability and shipping charges. This is not a local stop.

Open online listing

Why we show this source

Why this source: Known source
What we know about stock: Currently listed (as recorded — Observed Aug 20, 2026; not a live check)
Where this evidence applies: Online-only
Typical availability: Unknown
Evidence date: 2026-08-20 (observation date)

Known source within the stated scope; this is not a guarantee of current stock. Currently listed on a first-party surface; a listing is not confirmed shelf presence. Evidence supports shipping/online ordering; it makes no local source claim. Evidence observation date 2026-08-20 (The Mala Market).

Evidence used for this claim

Listed 20.4 oz Guyue Longshan cooking wine at $15 with cart path; page states 16% alcohol, 1.5% salt, and wheat.

The Mala Market · Aug 15, 2026 (observation date) · supports the relationship claim · source
The Mala Market currently lists the exact 20.4 oz Guyue Longshan Shaoxing cooking wine with the canonical salted-cooking-wine boundary preserved.

The Mala Market · Aug 20, 2026 (observation date) · supports the relationship claim · source

About the product itself

This describes what the product is. It does not indicate that this store carries it.

Explains Shaoxing huadiao within liaojiu/huangjiu and the common U.S. salted cooking form; distinguishes drinkable wine. The Mala Market · Aug 15, 2026

Record last re-checked 2026-08-15. That is when we revisited the record, not when the evidence above was observed.

Evidence & details

Why this source: Known source
What we know about stock: Currently listed (as recorded — Observed Aug 20, 2026; not a live check)
Where this evidence applies: Online-only
Typical availability: Unknown
Evidence date: 2026-08-20 (observation date)

Evidence used for this claim

Listed 20.4 oz Guyue Longshan cooking wine at $15 with cart path; page states 16% alcohol, 1.5% salt, and wheat.

The Mala Market · Aug 15, 2026 (observation date) · supports the relationship claim · source
The Mala Market currently lists the exact 20.4 oz Guyue Longshan Shaoxing cooking wine with the canonical salted-cooking-wine boundary preserved.

The Mala Market · Aug 20, 2026 (observation date) · supports the relationship claim · source

About the product itself

This describes what the product is. It does not indicate that this store carries it.

Explains Shaoxing huadiao within liaojiu/huangjiu and the common U.S. salted cooking form; distinguishes drinkable wine. The Mala Market · Aug 15, 2026

Record last re-checked 2026-08-15. That is when we revisited the record, not when the evidence above was observed.