A novel and rapid ionic liquid-based dispersive liquid–liquid microextraction (IL-DLLME) method com- bined with liquid chromatography and a fluorescence detector for the analysis of ochratoxin A in rice wines is presented. The following parameters were systematically investigated: type and volume of ionic liquid, volume of dispersive solvent, salt addition, sample pH, and vortex time. Rice wine samples were first diluted to 18% alcohol with deionized water, and the pH was adjusted to 3.0. A DLLME procedure was followed that included IL ([HMIM][PF6]) and ethanol as the extraction and dispersive solvents, respec- tively. Under the optimized experimental conditions, good linearity was obtained with a correlation coef- ficient (r) of 0.9998 and a limit of detection (LOD) of 0.04 lg L1. The recoveries ranged from 75.9% to 82.1% with an RSD below 10.4%. The proposed method was