The Schoolhouse at Mutianyu, located at the foot of the Great Wall of China, will participate in World Baijiu Day on August 8. I interviewed Jim Spear, co-founder of The Schoolhouse, about the line of baijiu-inspired liqueurs the company produces. Boyce: You… Continue Reading
CBS in San Francisco posted a lengthy piece on prospects for baijiu in that city. It includes an introduction to the production and consumption of baijiu and notes the spirit’s limited exposure thus far: Baijiu is immensely popular in China but in the United… Continue Reading
The third post in the Confessions of a Baijiu Drinker series features Lao San, an American lawyer who lives in China and tweets under the name Black China Hand. What is your earliest memory of drinking baijiu? At the risk of… Continue Reading
Bloomberg reports on efforts to take Moutai to a wider market in the wake of a two-year government austerity campaign that has gutted sales to government officials and state-owned enterprise executives: [The campaign] led distributors of Moutai to slash prices by… Continue Reading
Deep-fried baijiu might sound weird, gross and even dangerous to some but it tastes pretty good, at least that’s what we discovered during a tasting session led by Windy City chef Dustin Merrett at Jing-A Taproom this morning. In short, after amassing an… Continue Reading
Private Cask Imports and Lumos Bar in New York are teaming up for an event called The Power of Baijiu on May 17: Come join the Lumos bar team, and learn about their baijiu cocktail philosophy. While baijiu’s reputation has… Continue Reading
(Finding baijiu outside China can be difficult. The “Buy Jiu” series aims to help. Feedback on the info in these posts is welcome.) In Canada, the Liquor Control Board of Ontario a.k.a. the LCBO lists a handful of baijiu options… Continue Reading
A few shots of baijiu news: The Moodie Report covered ByeJoe at this year’s IAADFS Duty Free Show of the Americas. “ByeJoe has created two lighter versions (40% abv) of the spirit, in a bid to make it more palatable… Continue Reading
The Schoolhouse at Mutianyu covers a lot of turf, including a 25-room hotel, guest houses, two restaurants, a gallery and ceramics workshop, and an orchard with farmers’ markets — all at the foot of the Great Wall of China. It also makes five… Continue Reading
A Nielsen study found that while baijiu sales rose in 2014, the long-term health of the industry will depend in part on how it deals with a younger generation of drinkers who have increasingly sophisticated tastes and spending power, reports Campaign Asia. “Our study shows that,… Continue Reading