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Photographed at Imperial Treasure Paris. The first distillery to be established on the Isle of Skye in 1830, Talisker went through several hands before being acquired by John Walker & Sons and John Dewar & Sons in 1916 and, today, is part of Diageo. Whisky, like wine, can be too …

Glenrothes has an uncanny ability to produce single malts of charm, finesse and tenacity in the same glass. Whisky Maker’s Cut has been sliced by Gordon Motion, Master Whisky Maker at the Speyside distillery since 2009, following an 11-year stint as right-hand man to predecessor John Ramsay. Continuity is important in delivering …

I first visited Courvoisier about 30 years ago. The cognac is not situated in Cognac but in Jarnac. The spirit produced in the two towns can carry the appellation Cognac. It’s a bit like Barsac and Sauternes, both being able to be known as Sauternes. Courvoisier is one of the best XOs …

The history of this baijiu dates to 1879 when the Wang Mao Distillery was established in Maotai, Guizhou Province. The story of Wang Mao baijiu goes back exactly 140 years. In 1879, WANG Rong founded Rong Tai He Distillery (aka Wang Mao Distillery) with two other business partners in the town of Maotai, Guizhou …

Tenuta Carlin de Paolo Moscato d’Asti 2018 When the first taste tells you it is an outstanding wine, it is like the first kiss. Admittedly the latter would be more special. So can the former, particularly when it seems a long time since we have encountered something genuinely uncluttered, unoaked, …

Mid-gold. Nutty, dried cooked orange peel, cinnamon and spice. Gently sweet. Smooth, rich, and round. Very Cognac-like. Produced from the marc of chardonnay and riesling of the 2013 vintage. 41% in alcohol.  JIANG Yanjun started as winemaker at Tiansai in 2013. Apart from wine, he also makes a brandy which …

A lawyer by training, CH’NG Poh Tiong published The Wine Review, the second oldest wine magazine in Asia from 1991, and the world’s first Guide to Bordeauxin Chinese from 2000 to 2014. Since then, he has migrated to websites and is publisher and writer of www.chngpohtiong.com and www.100chineserestaurants.com. ◆ Vice-Chairman – …

Lu Shan Tang in Xiamen, Fujian province, is the ancestral family temple of a famous Su clan. Family members have lived here since the time of the Five Dynasties, the period between the fall of the Tang dynasty in 907 and the founding of the Song dynasty in 960. Lu Shan Tang …

This is an unsual Single Malt. Although located on Islay, instead of relying on the special microclimate and terroir of the island to produce a peated malt, Bruichladdich has decided to ditch the rule book. And offer us an unpeated malt. Straw in colour. The nose is fruity and spirity at …

Light, bright gold. The nose is a burst of citrus peel, quince, star anise, soft vanilla, and the lingering notes of small yellow flowers. Incredibly, this is only 3 years old. The smoothness and gentle sweetness will have you think that it is more mature. Not that it matters – …