Snake wine, due to its high alcohol percentage, is drunk in shot glasses traditionally.

He gets drunk with his guides, makes eyes at the girls and gamely quaffs snake wine.

It is illegal to import snake wine to many countries because the cobras and other snakes killed in the production are often endangered species.

The morning market at Talat Sao is a great place to pick up a nice bottle of snake wine too.

There are two varieties of snake wine:

Snake wine can be found in many areas of Vietnam, Southeast Asia and Southern China.

In Vietnam, snake wine (Rượu rắn) is widely believed by some individuals to improve health and virility.

Snake wine (蛇酒) is an alcoholic beverage produced by infusing whole snakes in rice wine or grain alcohol.

As a part of Chinese medicine, scorpion wine and snake wine are used as analgesic and antidote.

X. flavipunctatus is exploited in parts of it range to support snake farms and pigs and for use in snake wine.

Snake oil, snake wine, pine apples cut in spirals, bouquets of marigolds and all the usual Asian market commodities were there for the bargaining.

This Leg's Roadblock required one team member to prepare and then consume snake wine, made from the snake's blood and bile, and then the snake itself.

The Cu Chi souvenir shop had a large range of snake wine, with the snake in the bottle and labels advising that the stuff is best drunk before meals.

But only the most daring tourist is likely to try Vietnamese specialties like dog, snake wine, Java mouse, braised goat testicle, over-easy fried fox meat and grilled porcupine.

Mistah Bones, he loves dried men, Got himself a banana girl; three prophets sly, She played him all crazy, drowned him in the snake wine, Never heard so many swamp birds, That old boss alligator.

Snake wine with a live snake gallbladder is thought to promote stamina due to the "essences of energy and heat", which is derived from a snake's attributes, such as aggressive behavior (fiery) and venom (energy).

This market, much like Bến Thành Market in Saigon, offers a wide variety of goods sold by many different vendors, such as clothing, silk, jewelry, flowers, foodstuffs such as dried fruit and fish, as well as coffee, tea and wine (including Vietnamese snake wine), etc.