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 […]
Producers
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 […]
Taste test | Guanyun baijiu from Jiangsu
Well, that was a surprise. Often when I go to a baijiu tasting, it’s ten brands that taste similar or a misguided attempt at pairing […]
Australia is making baijiu | East Coast in Brisbane
Taizi in New Zealand, Vinn in the United States and Dragon Mist in Canada rank among the rare companies making baijiu beyond China. But others […]
Ming River | Capital Spirits, Derek Sandhaus team up on baijiu
By Jim Boyce | Baijiu writer Derek Sandhaus has publicly thrown his hat in the ring with Ming River, a project that involves Bill Isler, Simon […]
Confucius Wisdom | Tasting baijiu with David Zhou
By Jim Boyce | David Zhou of Confucius Wisdom has supported World Baijiu Day since its founding in 2015 and we finally managed to meet […]
Yimuquan | A harbor for ‘jiu hai’ (wine sea) baijiu vessels
By Jim Boyce | How about a baijiu recipe that uses willow branches, cotton paper, egg whites and pig blood? In fact, those are only […]
Jiahu Wine Group | Spirit-ual history in Henan province
By Jim Boyce | I headed to Henan province in April for the first China Jiahu Culture Festival (中国贾湖文化节) and International Symposium on Jiahu Liquor Culture […]
Baijiu brands | Go for Yi Dan Liang erguotou
By Jim Boyce | While my friends back home in Canada tend to be curious about baijiu, I can’t say the same is true of […]