Zixuan Winery
紫轩酒庄
A Gobi-side winery beside the airport road in Jiayuguan, with a castle-style building and one of the largest underground oak barrel cellars in Asia. Tours and tastings are available.
Zixuan Winery is a leading wine producer in the Hexi Corridor. The estate's European-style castle architecture, and it is a national 4A-rated tourist attraction. Guided tours take you past the bottling line, the tasting room and the Zixuan No. 1 oak barrel cellar, about 7 metres underground, where more than 7,000 oak barrels are stored in a single layer. The cellar covers roughly 13,700 square metres and is said to be one of the largest single-space wine cellars in Asia. The visit ends with a tasting of dry red wine, ice wine and other varieties. The winery is on Airport Road in Jiayuguan, about a 15-minute drive from the pass, and open approximately 9:30 to 17:00. Admission and tour details depend on the site or the booking platform. Visitors can drive or take a taxi, but drivers should not taste wine. Coordinates are estimated from the address.
Opening hours
9:30 am–5:00 pm (check on site)
Nearby sights
- Fantawild Adventure Jiayuguan
- Great Wall Museum (Jiayuguan)
- Jiayuguan Fort
- First Beacon Tower of the Great Wall & Taolai River Gorge
- Xincheng Wei-Jin Tombs
- Wenshushan Grottoes
- Overhanging Great Wall
- Heishan Rock Art