What is the history of Moutai wine?

Moutai is a liquor, and its process is unique among all Chinese liquors. First, the production process is very long, from the raw material cast down, wheat cast down, to the commodity out, at least more than five years, this is other liquor is not the same place. Here the head of the system bad to eight months, the production of wine to one year, in the old library of the storage to three years, blended after half a year to leave the factory.

History of Moutai Liquor

The legend of Moutai Liquor has drawn its curtain more than 2,000 years ago, according to Sima Qian's "Records of the Grand Historian": Jian'an in six years, that is, 135 BC, Liu Che, Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty, went on a mission to the Yelang, the country of the Yelang honored the wine with berries, and the Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty drank it with great admiration, and the berries were also the forerunner of the Moutai Liquor. 1704, the brand of white wine named after Moutai started to appear, and by the end of the Qing Dynasty, the liquor in the Moutai area had become the most popular in the world. the end of the Qing Dynasty, the annual output of liquor in the Moutai area had reached more than 170 tons.

In 1915, there were three famous breweries in Moutai town, "Chengyi", "Ronghe" and "Hengxing", "Chengyi", "Ronghe" and "Hengxing". " "Ronghe" and "Hengxing", "Chengyi" and "Ronghe" jointly in the name of the Moutai Wine Company sent the Moutai wine to the Panama Pacific International Exposition. Because the bottle was accidentally broken, the aroma overflowed, instantly conquering the hearts of those present, and Moutai wine was awarded the highest honor at the fair. With Cognac brandy and Sukran whisky became the world's top three brands of distilled spirits, which has become a rare modern Chinese industry to raise eyebrows.

In 1951, Guizhou Province merged the three major workshops and established the state-run Maotai Distillery. Maotai has since begun its history of producing modern commodities.

In 1963, the second national wine evaluation, Maotai fell from the champion position, this change attracted the attention of Premier Zhou, Zhou Enlai personally instructed the scientific research team to Maotai distillery to summarize the traditional process, the relevant departments immediately to the Wuxi Institute of Light Industry to put forward a message of help.