Xiaogan rice wine has a history of thousands of years, and its flavor consists of four elements: traditional herbal honeycomb distiller's yeast, high-quality pearl glutinous rice from Zhuhu Farm, groundwater in Chenghuangtan and special processing technology.

In 2000, the reporter of Sugar and Liquor Express found in Xiaogan that because there were no technical barriers and the market entry threshold was low, investors flocked to it. The number of local yellow rice wine enterprises increased from 12 in 1996 to 19 in 1996.

On 2001July 2 1 day, Xiaogan yellow wine was approved by the State Trademark Office and became the first certification trademark of registered geographical indications in Hubei Province.