Luzhou Laojiao Tequ, also known as Luzhou Laojiao Daqu Liquor under the Maisui brand, is a product of Luzhou Laojiao Distillery in Sichuan Province.

Luzhou was called Jiangyang in ancient times and has a long history of wine making. Since ancient times, it has been known as "Jiangyang Ancient Road with many fine wines". A pottery drinking horn cup was unearthed in Luzhou area, which was an artifact from the Qin and Han Dynasties. It can be seen that winemaking was already brewing in the Qin and Han Dynasties. In the third year of Jianxing of the Shu Han Dynasty (225), when Zhuge Liang sent troops to Zhongshan in Jiangyang, he ordered people to collect herbs to make koji, and brewed wine with the water from Longquan in Yinggoutou, south of the city. His technique of making koji and wine has been passed down to this day. The wine industry in the Song Dynasty was relatively prosperous. During the Xining period, the wine class was "less than 10,000 guan". According to the "History of the Song Dynasty", Luzhou and other places brewed small wines and large wines. Liquor. Steamed wax fermented wine is brewed in the summer, which is called Dajiu. Poets and poets left poems praising wine. Huang Tingjian said: "Jiang'an has insufficient food, but Jiangyang has more than enough wine." Tang Geng said: "A hundred catties of yellow perch and jade, thousands of households with red wine flowing through the clouds. Passenger boats at Yugan Ferry, and people living under the lychee forest." Yang Shen said: "The wine in Jiangyang is ripe and the flowers are like brocade. Who will be drunk and crazy after we say goodbye?" He also said: "The water of Longquan in Luzhou flows out into a pool of moon. Express your feelings with the cup and cross the boat to become interesting." Zhang Chuanshan said : "Below the city, people live on the water, and the red spot of the restaurant is bright with the river. I hold a cup in my hand but I love Luzhou well, and I give the cold fragrance to the guests with orange fingers." Daqu wine was brewed in the first year of Taiding in the Yuan Dynasty (1324). In the 13th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1586), Luzhou Daqu wine technology took initial shape. "Lu County Chronicles" records: "Liquor brewed from sorghum is called Baishao. Liquor brewed from sorghum and wheat is called Daqu." Around the 14th year of Shunzhi in the Qing Dynasty (1657), "Shujuyuan Zaofang" opened. In the 22nd year of Qianlong's reign (1757), four more wine cellars were built, and its Daqu wine became very popular. In the eighth year of Tongzhi (1869), "Shujuyuan Zaofang" was renamed "Wen Yongsheng Zaofang". There were 10 Daqu wine cellars, 6 of which were built around 1650 and 4 around 1750. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, there were more than 600 white shaojiu distillery households, but this has been reduced to more than 300 households since the Republic of China. There are more than ten Daqu distillery households, and the old ones are especially Qinglai. Wen Yongsheng and Tian Chengsheng are famous. The main raw materials of Luzhou Qujiu It is local high-quality glutinous sorghum, which is made from wheat. Daqu has special quality standards. The brewing water is Longquan well water and Tuojiang water. The brewing process is the traditional mixed steaming and continuous fermentation method. After the wine is distilled, it is distilled with "Ma Tan". "Storage for one or two years, and finally through careful evaluation and blending, it reaches fixed standards before it can be released from the factory, ensuring the quality and unique style of Laojiao Tequ.

This wine is colorless and transparent. It has a strong aroma, refreshing sweetness, and a long aftertaste. It has four characteristics: strong aroma, mellow taste, sweet taste, and long aftertaste. The alcohol content of Jiannanchun brand is 38 degrees, 52 degrees, and 60 degrees. Liquor is a product of the Jiannanchun Winery in Mianzhu County, Sichuan Province.

Mianzhu belonged to Mianzhou in ancient times and was under the jurisdiction of Jiannan Road. According to Li Zhao's "History of the Tang Dynasty", it dates back to the Kaiyuan period of the Tang Dynasty. During the Qing Dynasty, the famous wine "Jiannan's Shaochun" was brewed. The poet Li Bai once "unleash the mink to redeem the wine" in Jiannan, leaving a legend that "the scholar untied the golden mink, and the price was high in Luoyang". The wine was also called "Shaoxiangchun". ". "Mead" was brewed in the Song Dynasty. According to "Mianzhou Chronicles": "Yang Shichang, a Taoist priest from Wudu Mountain in Mianzhu, named Zidong, was good at making honey wine, which was extremely mellow. When Dongpo found the place, he composed "Mead Song" and left it as a legacy. "During the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, Zhu Yu, a native of Sanyuan County, Shaanxi, saw that the water in Mianzhu was good, so he opened Zhu Tianyi Winery to brew Daqu wine. Later, three Daqu workshops of Yang, Bai and Zhao were opened one after another. From then on, Daqu wine became a famous product of Mianzhu. According to "Mianzhu County Chronicle" says: "Daqu Liquor, a specialty of the city, has a mellow taste, a white color, and a shape like clear dew. "Li Tiaoyuan, Taishi during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, said in "Han Hai": "Mianzhu Qinglu Daqu wine is also used to relieve heat in summer and protect against cold in winter. It can relieve vomiting and diarrhea, dehumidify and mountain mist miasma. He also wrote a poem saying: "I have tasted all the famous wines in the world, but I love Mianzhu Daqu Chun." "It was listed as a tribute wine during the reign of Guangxu. Famous springs produce good wine. "Mianzhu County Chronicle" says: "Only a line of springs outside the southwest city can brew this wine." "But, if it's not elsewhere", this spring is the famous "Zhuge Well". It was at the end of the Three Kingdoms, when the Wei soldiers entered Shu. Zhuge Zhan and Zhuge Shang and their sons defended the city against the enemy and dug wells to draw water. Later, the well was named It is called "Zhugejing". In the late Qing Dynasty, there were 17 Mianbizhi Daqu wineries.

In 1919, "there were 25 Daqufangs, which could produce tens of thousands of wines per year and earn fifty or sixty thousand yuan, and the sales were extremely wide." Later, it developed to more than 30 companies, with 116 wine cellars, and the highest annual output reached more than 350 tons. In 1922, Mianzhu Daqu won the first prize of the Sichuan Provincial Entrepreneurship Association, and in 1928, it won the medal and certificate at the Sichuan Provincial Domestic Products Exhibition. It became famous and sold all over the country. People at the time praised it, "If you smell the fragrance of Mianzhu wine from ten miles away, who in the world will not recognize you?" of good reputation. In 1941, there were more than 200 wineries, producing 2 million kilograms of wine. There are 38 prestigious Daqu Shaofang, including Qianyuantai, Daosheng, Ruichangxin, Yiquanhe, Hengfengtai, Tianchengxiang, Zhu Tianyi and Yang Hengshun, with 200 wine cellars. There are more than 100 Xiaoqu Shaofang workshops, among which the first spring, Qujiangchun, Yongshengchun, Deyongchun and other workshops are famous. In 1951, the Mianzhu Distillery was built on the basis of Zhu Tianyi and others' burning houses and continued to produce Daqu Liquor. In 1958, high-end liquor was put into production and was named "Jiannanchun" by Pang Shibi, a poet from central Sichuan. In 1985, the current factory name was changed. Xifeng Wine, one of China's four most famous wines, is produced in Liulin Town, Fengxiang County, Baoji City, Shaanxi Province. It began in the Yin Shang Dynasty and flourished in the Tang and Song Dynasties. It has a history of more than 3,000 years and a splendid culture.

Xifeng wine is originally produced in Baoji, (Xifu) Fengxiang, Qishan and Mei counties in Shaanxi Province. The wine produced in Xiliu Town, Fengxiang City is the best and has the highest reputation. It has a vast territory, fertile soil and sweet water, and is uniquely positioned to promote agriculture and make wine. It is a famous wine town in China. It began in the Yin Shang Dynasty and flourished in the Tang and Song Dynasties. Xifeng Wine has a history of more than 2,600 years. It has been listed as a treasure as far back as the Tang Dynasty and is one of the eight famous wines in China. Fengxiang is the place where phoenixes are born in folklore. There are stories such as the phoenix singing across the mountain and the phoenix blowing to attract the phoenix. After the Tang Dynasty, it was also the location of Xifu Terrace, known as Xifu Fengxiang. The wine got its name from this. According to historical records, this wine was listed as a treasure in the Tang Dynasty for its "mellow and elegant aroma, sweet and refreshing taste, harmonious flavors, and clean and long tail". When Su Shi was working in Fengxiang, he was very fond of this wine. He once wrote a poem about "Liulin wine, East Lake willow, women's hand (handicraft)", which later became a legend. Xifeng wine is made from local specialty sorghum and barley and peas. The process adopts the slag fermentation method, and the fermentation cellar is divided into two types: open cellar and dark cellar. The process flow is divided into vertical cellar, broken cellar, top cellar, round cellar, cellar insertion and cellar picking, etc., and has its own set of operating methods. After the wine is distilled, it is stored for more than 3 years and then carefully blended before leaving the factory. Xifeng wine is colorless, clear and transparent, mellow and fragrant, light but not light, thick but not bright. It combines the advantages of light fragrance and strong fragrance. It is elegant, harmonious with various flavors, pleasant aftertaste, and unique in style. It is known as "sour, sweet, bitter, spicy, fragrant and all the five flavors without being outstanding". That is, it is sour but not astringent, bitter but not sticky, fragrant but not pungent, spicy but not choking the throat, sweet after drinking, and has a long and fragrant taste. It belongs to Feng-flavor type Daqu liquor and is praised as a typical representative of "Feng-flavor" liquor. In order to meet the needs of different consumers in various places, Xifeng Liquor has launched various degrees such as 33 degrees, 38 degrees, 39 degrees, 42 degrees, 45 degrees, 48 ??degrees, 50 degrees, 55 degrees, 65 degrees and so on.

Drinking it at the right time has the benefits of promoting blood circulation, dispelling cold, refreshing and dispelling fatigue.

The technological characteristics of Xifeng liquor are obviously different from those of light-flavor, strong-flavor, sauce-flavor and rice-flavor liquors. It has the advantages of both light and strong aroma, so it has unique characteristics of Feng-flavor liquor.