News & New Releases

Suntory is releasing its seasonal The Essence of Suntory series, this time Volume 5, is themed “Barley”, and will feature two Yamazaki Single Mal...

UK departmental store Harvey Nichols has released an 8 Year Old Single Cask Chichibu that was matured in red wine casks. It was bottled for Harve...

"My inspiration for Yamazaki 25 was the Yamazaki 1984 statement that was awarded the ultimate recognition of the Supreme Champion Spirit at the I...

  We previously reported on Nikka's new labels for a "Discovery Series", where we would see a non-peated Yoichi and a peated Miyagikyo. That's unc...

Intergalactic Series is a series of private Chichicbu bottlings for Austrian alcohol distributors Vienna Distribution and Salud Distribution. The...

Suntory, owner of popular whiskey brands such as Yamazaki, Hakushu and Hibiki, is investing US$900 million to move its operations fully onto rene...

Nikka appears to be preparing for a 2021 release of a set of limited edition bottlings under the name Nikka Discovery. It will consist of a set o...

Suntory gets approval for a new 25 Year Old Yamazaki, the new label is adorned with gold specks! This will be a blend of Japanese Oak, Spanish Oa...

Shizuoka Distillery belongs to a wave of Ji-whisky (Japanese craft whisky) distilleries making a comeback. Their focus is on delivering local cra...

Kanosuke Distillery belongs to Komasa Jyozo, which is originally a Shochu maker in Japan. The distillery is located in Kagoshima, which experien...

  Whisky swapping between distilleries is a uniquely Japanese practice and was started at beverage giants Suntory and Nikka.  This was done to ...

What you should know: Akkeshi Distillery is a craft whisky distillery (or known locally as Ji-whisky) from Hokkaido, Japan, and looks to use ingr...