The Japanese whisky shortage has been covered in great detail over the last few years, with discontinuations of some of the most popular bottles from Suntory and Nikka making headline news. This was the result of the industry experiencing huge growth since the Yamazaki 12 Year Old picked up a Gold Award at the International […]
With the Rugby World Cup kicking off in Tokyo today, there’s plenty of buzz around Japan as people in cities around the country wait with bated breath to see a piece of the action. 20 countries from around the world will be competing, with the winner taking home the coveted trophy on November 2nd. This […]
Amidst the continuing shortages of Japanese Whisky and growing list of discontinuations to hit the Suntory lineup, many fans have worried the era of the Hibiki 21 might be coming to an end. With stocks of well matured liquid reported to be at all-time lows, enthusiasts have feared that the clock was running out on […]
With the surging global demand for Japanese whisky taking its toll on the availability and price point of many of the most popular bottles from the big producers such as Yamazaki, Hakushu, Hibiki, Yoichi and Mars Shinshu, it can sometimes be tough finding a good quality bottle that’s within your price range. Unless you have […]
Today we saw a busy day of whisky auctioning at Bonhams Hong Kong and it was a huge day for Japanese whisky, as the Ichiro’s Malt Full Card Series broke the world record for the most valuable Japanese whisky collection ever to go at auction, fetching a whopping $7,192,000 (US$0.92m). The Full Card Series broke […]
The Ichiro’s Malt Card Series is one of the rarest, most sought after collections in world whisky. Inspired by a deck of playing cards, it is made up of 54 different expressions, with each and every card represented, including the Jokers. Independent bottler, Ichiro’s Malt, was setup by Ichiro Akuto after the family business, founded […]
Here are the holidays that we have in Japan in 2019. While we always try our best to ship round the clock, there are many holidays throughout the year created to honour important days, events, people, wildlife and nature that hold important places in our culture. This means that on these days we take a […]
This week, we’ve been taking a look back at the year so far. We’ve already talked about our 10 favourite releases of Best Japanese Whisky 2019 to date, including some fantastic expressions from Chichibu, Akkeshi, Yamazaki and more and you can read all about them by following this link. Today however, we’re taking a different […]
We’re now over half way through 2019 and what a year it has been so far. We’ve tasted some fantastic whiskies, released a number of exciting exclusives, delivered tens of thousands of bottles of Japanese whisky to happy customers around the world and celebrated our 4th anniversary in style in Tokyo. The fact that we’re […]
Though demand growth of Japanese whisky remains strong in Japan, interest is quickly building elsewhere. Non-Japanese sales of Japanese whisky are now rising at an average pace of 9% annually, according to Euromonitor International. This growth is more than twice as fast as American, Canadian, Irish or Scotch whiskies, all of which are doing quite […]
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