That’s the spirits | Four looks at Luzhou Laojiao
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, […]
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Fruit forward | Luzhou Laojiao vs mangos, kiwis, peaches and more
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
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?
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
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. […]
Baijiu 101 | Industry leaders, market share, export stats & more
Lorenzo Riccardi has visited all 193 member countries of the United Nations. Visited all of China’s 34 provincial-level areas. And all of its 56 UNESCO […]
Taizi takes two | New Zealand baijiu maker wins awards
Christchurch-based baijiu brand Taizi won the Best Overall and Best New Zealand awards in the Botanical and Other Spirits category during this year’s New Zealand […]
Hot stock | Moutai tops China exchange
Kweichou Moutai ranked as the most valuable company on China’s stock market earlier this month, higher than heavyweights like Industrial and Commercial Bank of China […]
Bai Jiu-ve! British farmer Pete Thompson to launch sorghum-based baijiu
British farmer Pete Thompson will soon launch a baijiu made with local sorghum, the most common grain used by the spirit’s producers in China. Harper’s […]
Red & blue | Iceland’s Eimverk Distillery makes two ‘baijius’
Iceland popped up on the World Baijiu Day radar last year after long-time WBD supporter Michael Ohlsson, of Dada Bar in Shanghai and Beijing spotted […]