1935, The China Weekly Review[1], volume 72, →OCLC, page 147:
MAOTAI CAPTURED BY SZECHUAN FORCES The Szechuan pursuit forces, after recapturing Maotai, western Kweichow, crossed the Chihshui Ho (River) and we now reached Tsaochihpa, near the Kweichow-Szechuan border.
Upon entering Szechwan they found that the province was strongly defended by both the Central and the local government troops. Therefore they turned back to Tsunyi, pushed on to Jenhuai and Maot’ai where the Red soldiers bathed their tired feet in pools of the vintage wine for which Maot’ai was famous.]
[2009 June 10, Liu Jie, “Moutai flies high with Camus deal”, in China Daily[3], archived from the original on 22 October 2019[4]:
The quality of the water and the special climatic conditions of Moutai town are the key to the unique taste of the liquor, Chinese wine experts believe.]
2018 October 30, “In pics: distillery of famous brand of Chinese liquor Moutai in China's Guizhou”, in Yurou, editor, Xinhua News Agency[5], archived from the original on 04 November 2018[6]:
A worker tests liquor quality at a distillery of Kweichow Moutai in Maotai town in the city of Renhuai in southwest China's Guizhou Province, Oct. 23, 2018. Maotai is a small town in Renhuai City in mountainous Guizhou.
2021 August 26, Evelyn Cheng, Eustance Huang, “Chinese baijiu liquor stocks tumble amid regulatory concerns”, in CNBC[7], archived from the original on 26 August 2021[8]:
Signage for China Kweichow Moutai Distillery Co. baijiu liquor lines a road at the company’s facility in the Maotai section of the Renhuai District in Zunyi, Guizhou Province, China, on Thursday, April 7, 2011.
