Events | Baijiu ice cream session with Gerard Taurin of France
I scream, you scream, we all scream for… baijiu ice cream? For one evening, a product typically served warm and in liquid form was used to […]
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Venues | Seven Cities, Nine Venues for World Baijiu Day as 88-Day Countdown Starts
Venues in seven cities — London, Los Angeles, New York, Melbourne, Taipei, Hong Kong and Beijing — are confirmed for World Baijiu Day as the […]
Events | The Map of World Baijiu Day Venues
Earlier this week, I began to add the venues for World Baijiu Day to a map to better show how this event aims to spread the spirit […]
Events | The Power of Baijiu in New York
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 […]
Buy Jiu | The LCBO in Ontario
(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, […]
Infusions | Five Baijiu Liqueurs from The Schoolhouse at Mutianyu
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 […]
Newz | Pandas Stumble Upon Sanctuary Workers’ Baijiu in Sichuan
Sichuan province in southwest China is known both for its pandas and its baijiu, and the two should never mix. Unfortunately, they did just that last weekend as a […]
Interview | Derek Sandhaus on Tips for Beginning Baijiu Drinkers
As author of the book Baijiu: The Essential Guide to Chinese Spirits and the blog 300 Shots at Greatness, it’s fair to say Derek Sandhaus has drunk his fair […]
Interview | Matt Trusch on joining the ‘UN bar’, millennials and food safety
(This is the second part of a two-part interview with Matt Trusch of Houston-based baijiu brand ByeJoe. Read the first part here.) Matt Trusch first […]
News | Wall Street Journal: A Baijiu-Themed Bar Opens in Beijing
The Wall Street Journal ranked among the first mainstream media outlets to report last fall’s opening of Beijing baijiu bar Capital Spirits. This article by Debra Bruno looks at the […]