whisky

Whisky wooing young Chinese away from ‘baijiu’ as top distillers target a growing market

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BEIJING — A distillery in southwestern China is aiming to tap a growing taste among young Chinese for whisky in place of the traditional “baijiu” liquor used to toast festive occasions. The more than $100 million distillery owned by Pernod Ricard at the UNESCO World Heritage site Mount Emei launched a pure-malt whisky, The Chuan, … Read more

Cheers! Bottle of Scotch whisky sells for a record $2.7 million at auction

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A bottle of Scotch whisky billed as “the most sought-after” in the world has sold for almost 2.2 million pounds ($2.7 million) ByThe Associated Press November 18, 2023, 11:17 AM FILE – A view of a bottle of Macallan Adami 1926 whisky, on display during a media preview at Sotheby’s auction house, in London, Thursday, … Read more