New Chinese medicinal wines in Hong Kong meld traditional ingredients with modern mixology
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Yellow or rice wines infused with traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) ingredients were well loved among Hongkongers –
they drank them 'for health' – until the 1980s and '90s.
Some of the better-known medicinal wine labels were Shi Quan Da Bu Jiu – 'the ten complete wellness wine' – from mainland China, and Yomeishu – 'wellness wine' in Japanese – from Japan. They even had television advertisements.
While these elixirs sank into obscurity in the decades that followed, bartender Dennis Mak and TCM practitioner James Ting are planning to revive the wines-for-wellness concept.
Dennis Mak and James Ting's drinks brand Magnolia Lab currently offers two botanical liqueurs, Magnolia and Roselle. Photo: Magnolia Lab
In 2019, the duo created Magnolia Lab, a drinks brand that combines traditional herbal and medicinal wines with modern mixology.
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