Beer or Baijiu? China’s Drinkers Become More Quality Conscious

“Our Target Is to Go from Our Current 48,000-Tonne Yearly Production to 56,000 Tonnes, ” Wu Says. “It Will Be Hard to Go Beyond That, Because That Could Affect the Ecosystem and Quality, and on Those We Will Not Compromise.

China Trains Sommelier Army for Battle to Make Baijiu the New Whisky

We Are Treated to a Cup of a Rare, Yellowish Maotai in an Adjacent Building, but the Woman Holding the Unlabelled Bottle Refuses to Tell Us How Old It Is. Although as Powerful as the Regular Feitian, This Maotai Slips Down Easier, and Faint Soy Sauce Notes Are Detectable.

Targeted in Crackdown, Moutai Liquor Is Once Again the Toast of the Town

Not Everybody Can Taste the Difference, However, and Fakes Have Become a Problem. in January, State Media Reported That 7,488 Bottles of Counterfeit Maotai, Weighing 3.7 Tonnes, Had Been Destroyed by Guizhou Provincial Authorities. in May, Online Commerce Platform Jd. Com Alerted Police to the Fact That at Least Five Batches of Feitian in Its Shandong Warehouse Were Fake. Last Year, Two Men in Guizhou Received Prison Sentences of Three and 3½ Year's for Making Counterfeit Maotai.

China Investigates Former Moutai Liquor Executive over Suspected Corruption

Maotai Has Always Been a Drink for the Powerful and Wealthy, “Never for Ordinary People”, Says Another Kweichow Moutai Employee Who Requests Anonymity.

Moutai’s Market Value Is More Than Half the Gdp of Its Home Province

Nevertheless, Wu, Who Claims Maotai Does Not Cause Hangovers, Remains Undaunted.

Inside Fortress Maotai: Secrets of China Hard Liquor That’s Rocket Fuel for Its Soft Power Ambitions

By Marcus Vance

• Oct 8, 2026 • 12 min read

Inside Fortress Maotai: Secrets of China Hard Liquor That’s Rocket Fuel for Its Soft Power Ambitions

Direct Answer • Key Takeaway

This Peacemaker Is Also “A Symbol of Excellence and Opulence”, or So Claims the Kweichow Moutai Website.

Marcus Vance

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