According to archaeological findings, the earliest wine in China appeared 9000 years ago, and people in China knew about wine much earlier than everyone thought.

China is one of the centers of origin of human beings and grapes in the world. Therefore, wine should be "ancient". According to research, China had planted grapes and produced wine before the Han Dynasty (206 BC). Simply calculated, it has a history of more than 2,000 years, and the origin of Chinese wine is also very early.

In China's early written records about the genus Vitis, grapes were called "grapes", "Pu Tao", "grapes" and "grapes" in ancient China, and wine was also called "wine" accordingly. Besides, in ancient Chinese, "grape" can also mean "wine".

Regarding the origin of the word grape, Li Shizhen wrote in Compendium of Materia Medica: "Grape, as a peach in Hanshu, can be used to make wine. If people drink it, they will be drunk, so they have a name. " "Tang" means drinking together, and "Tang" means getting drunk. According to Li Shizhen, grapes are called grapes because the wine made from this fruit can make people drunk, so the word "Mao" and "Mao" are used to call grapes.