NCKU launches Taiwan’s first orchid wine - Focus Taiwan
Taipei, Feb. 25 (CNA) A Taiwanese university that is known for making cosmetics from orchid extracts is now working with local farmers to brew a wine from a special variety of orchids.
The Moonbeam (沐月) wine is made from an orchid breed called I-Shin Venus, which is noted for its sweet aroma, said Chen Hong-hwa (陳虹樺), head of National Cheng Kung University's Research Center of Orchid.
Chen is head of the research team that developed the I-Shin Venus and the Moonbeam wine in collaboration with local farmers.
In 2013, the team created a line of facial products using embryonic stem cells extracted from orchids.
Thanks to technology advancements, the center can now obtain good quality and quantity extracts and embryonic stem cells from orchids to make a variety of products, said Hsiao Yu-yun (蕭郁芸), a researcher at the center.
Taiwan, which has an ideal climate and the technology to grow orchids, has earned the nickname "Kingdom of Phalaenopsis" and has an orchid production value of over NT$3 billion (US$35.37 million) per year, Hsiao said.
More importantly, she said, Taiwan has a rich history and culture of orchid production, something that is hard for its competitors to mimic, she said.
Hsiao said the goal of the university's orchid research center is to boost cooperation between Taiwan's universities and its industrial sector and create new businesses to retain the country's talent.
(By Christie Chen)
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The Moonbeam (沐月) wine is made from an orchid breed called I-Shin Venus, which is noted for its sweet aroma, said Chen Hong-hwa (陳虹樺), head of National Cheng Kung University's Research Center of Orchid.
Chen is head of the research team that developed the I-Shin Venus and the Moonbeam wine in collaboration with local farmers.
In 2013, the team created a line of facial products using embryonic stem cells extracted from orchids.
Thanks to technology advancements, the center can now obtain good quality and quantity extracts and embryonic stem cells from orchids to make a variety of products, said Hsiao Yu-yun (蕭郁芸), a researcher at the center.
Taiwan, which has an ideal climate and the technology to grow orchids, has earned the nickname "Kingdom of Phalaenopsis" and has an orchid production value of over NT$3 billion (US$35.37 million) per year, Hsiao said.
More importantly, she said, Taiwan has a rich history and culture of orchid production, something that is hard for its competitors to mimic, she said.
Hsiao said the goal of the university's orchid research center is to boost cooperation between Taiwan's universities and its industrial sector and create new businesses to retain the country's talent.
(By Christie Chen)
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