Moutai-branded cocktails on a table next to cocktail shakers and Moutai Feitian bottles.

Baijiu Regains Its Investment Palate

Baijiu, the country’s home-grown firewater, accounts for more than a third of all spirits volumes drunk globally and more...

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Pink Baijiu cocktail with mint on top in a whisky glass decorated with painted fowl with mist spilling from the top.

1,000-Year-Old Chinese Liquor Wants to Be the New Tequila

The fiery Chinese grain liquor called baijiu has been distilled and quaffed in the homeland pretty much the same...

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Decanter wine reviews: Chateau Changyu Moser XV

Austrian winemaker Lenz Moser has been working with his Chinese colleague to create a range of wines worthy of...

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Baijiu, popular in China, pops up in Back Bay’s Red Lantern

Baijiu is the world’s most widely consumed spirit and, in the hands of celebrity mixologist Brother Cleve, it’s 
remaking...

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Victoria Moore: red dawn for Chinese wine

The domed caps of the creamy stone towers echo those at Valençay. The cherubbed fountains (faintly) evoke the Boboli...

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Why China is as much about wine production as wine consumption

Looking through the mist, Chris Losh can see China’s wine production efforts becoming of greater importance to the wine...

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Diagonal rows of Hong Kong Baijiu bottles on a table.

Rediscovering Baijiu

As you approach the towns known for making baijiu, the Chinese spirit that’s now the hottest cocktail ingredient in...

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Jian Nan Chun, Shui Jing Fang Wellbay, Moutai Feitian, Luzhou Laojiao Zisha Daqu, and Mianzhu Daqu baijiu bottles on a bar counter.

Growing appreciation for baijiu spurs exotic cocktails and business opportunities locally and abroad

For most foreigners who live in China, drinking baijiu (Chinese white liquor) and doing ganbei (bottoms up) is unavoidable,...

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Filled shot glass beside Moutai Feitian bottle on table.

‘Beyond Ganbei’: Baijiu Brands Woo Global Market with Shift to Cocktail Culture

It might come as a surprise to many people that the world’s top-selling spirit is not whisky or vodka,...

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Wine With A Passport

China’s giant Changyu winery is ready to change the global reputation of Chinese wines, making a big splash in...

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Cutlery and dinnerware laid out on a restaurant table around a Moutai-branded course list, bottle, and shot glass.

Baijiu: The Durian Fruit Of The Spirits World (Part 1)

Baijiu, a distilled spirit that originated in China, seems to me to be the Durian fruit of the spirits...

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Rows of baijiu earthenware jars sealed for maturation in a warehouse.

Baijiu Dives into the Mainstream

It was long hidden in the back of small liquor stores in Chinatowns across the US and was the...

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