wbd | World Baijiu Day

Lucky 8! Countdown to 8th World Baijiu Day

03/21/2022 wbd 0

The eight annual World Baijiu Day is slated for this summer. Hard to believe that what began as a $10 website domain purchase in 2015 […]

That’s the spirits | Four looks at Luzhou Laojiao

09/02/2021 wbd 0

Part of this year’s global ganbei involved a handful of people around the world getting samples of Luzhou Laojiao for examination, experimentation, evaluation and, ultimately, […]

Fruit forward | Luzhou Laojiao vs mangos, kiwis, peaches and more

08/29/2021 wbd 0

Tropical and citrus and stone fruit. Pineapple and lemon and peach. Banana and orange and plum. The kind of fruits you might see cited in […]

WBD wrap | Christchurch doubles down with Gin Gin & Taizi

08/23/2021 wbd 0

Christchurch doubled down for World Baijiu Day this year with a pair events that celebrated this unique spirit. On August 8, the day before World […]

白8 baijiu | Is it gin? Is it baijiu? Or can we call it GinJiu? Or BaiGin?

08/23/2021 wbd 0

A new spirit using three-year-old baijiu as a base and eight botanicals for aromatics and flavoring is aiming to be a hit with bartenders. 白8, […]

Luzhou Laojiao | Party like it’s 1573

08/18/2021 wbd 0

The year 1573. Future playwright William Shakespeare and scientist Galileo Galilei were schoolboys. The sprawling Songhai empire in West Africa was in its twilight years. […]

This Moutai is lit! Baijiu done Blue Blazer-style at Bar Choice

08/12/2021 wbd 0

Hot times–literally–at Bar Choice in Shenzhen this week for a warmup event with Chinese baijiu and Chinese natural wine. Trade members got together to test […]

WBD wrap: Baijiulato with Stikki Nikki & Lu Spirits in Stockholm

08/12/2021 wbd 0

The baijiulato came back! For a fourth straight year, Ludvig Saaf of baijiu distributor Lu Spirits teamed with gelato chain StikkiNikki in Stockholm to create a special […]