Shede is the best-designed guided tour among the wineries I've visited so far. The layout is well-planned; you barely need to walk outdoors, there are various shuttle buses, and interactive tastings are available.
We arrived at 12:50 PM according to the website's opening hours, only to be told there was a guided tour at 1:20 PM. So arriving early was pointless.
The recommended tour order is: 1. Modern production workshop; 2. Tai'an workshop; 3. Fangzun wine castle; 4. Factory storage tanks; 5. Golden Valley 312 koji-making garden.
The entire tour takes about an hour.
Shede's six-grain strong-aroma liquor has a pleasant sweetness on the palate, a rich aroma in the mid-palate, well-developed grain notes, a long finish, and a clean body. It truly lives up to its reputation as one of the "Six Golden Flowers" of Sichuan liquor.