For several generations, the Chou family has been in the business of selling and producing Shaohsing wine, and once had 10 wineries and wine stores.
在閒談中，范局長提到那時公賣局生產的酒類以紅露酒、清酒、太白酒和米酒為主，公賣局有意生產高級酒類，想以試釀紹興酒為第一目標，當時已有板橋酒廠和台北第一酒廠正在試釀當中，只可惜尚未找到高明的師傅，所以一直沒有成功。