Moutai is named after it was produced in Maotai Town, Guizhou Province, but this town was not called Maotai Town at first, but called Maocao Village.

In the Tang Dynasty in the history of China, liquor distillation technology appeared almost simultaneously in the northwest and southwest of the border. Later, during the Song, Yuan and Ming Dynasties, it was located in Bozhou (now Zunyi), which is less than 1 kilometers east of Dafang County. This common brewing technology was used to make liquor.

in the 2th year of Wanli in Ming dynasty (16), the Zhu Ming dynasty launched a war to quell the rebellion of Yang Yinglong, the chieftain of Bozhou. Agriculture in Zunyi suffered from collapse. And before and after the swarming * * * more than 2 thousand officers and men, drinking and feasting, the consumption of Bozhou liquor increased sharply.

The wine workshop owners who are relatively concentrated in Maotai Village are forced to adopt the method of fermenting and distilling the whole cellar for several rounds, and mixing some new raw materials in the meantime, so as to make full use of the starch content in the fermented grains and save sorghum and wheat with insufficient sources.

Therefore, a set of "multi-round sand-mixed fermentation, steaming and roasting" Moutai production basic technology was produced in Maotai Village wine workshop. Since then, various generations of winemakers here have successively created "stacking technology" to fully ferment the new raw materials mixed in between rounds; Some winemakers poured the poor quality liquor from the first distillation back into the liquor and fermented grains to make it fragrant in the second fermentation.

Then came the "sand-returning process" in Moutai production. After that, there were techniques of high-temperature koji-making, a large number of koji-using, dragon boat festival koji-stepping, Chongyang Xiasha, aging and other links.

The production technology of Moutai, which originated around the 28th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty, was initially perfected in the early years of Qingganlong, and a unique liquor body was produced, which was well-known.

since the end of Qing dynasty, maotai became famous day by day, and the population increased greatly, so maotai village was changed to maotai town.

Extended information:

Maotai liquor is made from wheat, fermented for eight times and stored for two or three years before leaving the factory. Its unique sensory index is that the liquor is colorless and transparent, mellow and sweet when drinking, without suspended matter and precipitation, with outstanding aroma, elegant and delicate, full-bodied wine, long aftertaste and lasting fragrance in empty cups.

at first, the trademark of maotai liquor was printed with woodcut, and only the words "Kweichow Moutai" were written in regular script in a petal-shaped pattern. Later, it was changed to continuous history paper lead printing. Trademark naming: Chengyi Winehouse is "Shuangde Brand", Ronghe Winehouse is "Maisui Brand" and Hengshi Winehouse is "Shan Ying Brand".

in p>1952, it was changed to "workers and peasants". After 1954, it was divided into two kinds of trademarks: the domestic brand was "Golden Wheel Brand" (also known as "Gongnong Brand") and the export brand was "Feitian Brand". During the Cultural Revolution, it was once changed to "Sunflower Card", and then it was restored to "Golden Wheel Card" and "Flying Card", which have been in use ever since.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Maotai Liquor