https://www.scmp.com/rss/500130/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Whisky is a big business, and these days it’s about more than just world-famous brands like Scotland’s Johnnie Walker and Japan’s Suntory. Although these countries still produce much of the best whisky in the world, there’s an increasing number of other regions that have begun to cultivate their own whisky industry with impressive results. Too good to drink? How rare whisky became the tipple to trade But while the US – with its bourbon and the ridiculously rare and expensive Pappy Van Winkle –... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/news-trends/article/3157874/over-johnnie-walker-and-suntory-5-countries-giving?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/news-trends/article/3157874/over-johnnie-walker-and-suntory-5-countries-giving?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 30 Nov 2021 08:15:24 +0000 Taiwan’s Kavalan whisky distillery shows up on the global spirits stage each year, standing alone amid the competition from other regions steeped in whisky-making history. Usually when you think whisky, you think Scotland, Japan, or maybe American bourbon. But Kavalan has become an equal in just 10 years, having started in 2008. This year, it bagged nine gold medals at the San Francisco Spirits Competition, while founder Tien Tsai Lee and his son, Yu Ting Lee, were inducted into the Hall of Fame... https://www.scmp.com/food/science-behind-how-kavalan-hacked-whisky-making/article/2159919?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/food/science-behind-how-kavalan-hacked-whisky-making/article/2159919?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 16 Aug 2018 06:28:31 +0000