Claim: Shaoxing wine, which originates from the region of Shaoxing, a prefecture-level city on the southern shore of Hangzhou Bay in eastern Zhejiang province, China, has been in production since dynastic times and is bottled for domestic consumption and for shipping internationally.
Evidence: It originates from the region of Shaoxing, in the Zhejiang province of eastern China. Shaoxing ([ʂâuɕíŋ (listen); Chinese: 绍兴) is a prefecture-level city on the southern shore of Hangzhou Bay in eastern Zhejiang province, China. Shaoxing wine has been in production since dynastic times. It is also bottled for domestic consumption and for shipping internationally.