In 1996, right before the tobacco and alcohol monopoly was abolished, the monopoly bureau stopped buying wine grapes, hoping that the Hung family and other growers would cut down the grapevines and switch to another crop.
1996 年，菸酒公賣制度將廢除前，公賣局停止收購釀酒葡萄，希望洪家與其他農友砍樹、轉作其他作物，一公頃補助 54 萬元。