The devastation was such that there were fallen trees wherever one looked. The price of plums was low to begin with, the processing equipment had been damaged by the quake, and the agricultural producers 'cooperative building had collapsed, leaving only the supporting columns. It was only thanks to a retraining program offered by the farmers' association that the farmers began to learn how to make wine and run a winery.
梅價本來就低，梅子加工設備受震毀損，生產合作社崩塌只剩下柱子，經過農會輔導轉型，農友才開始學習釀酒與經營酒莊的知識。