News & New Releases

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...

Quick Take: Whisky’s increasing popularity has encouraged a bumper crop of new distilleries; Japan is seeing a record number of new distilleri...

Japanese whiskies have been amongst the biggest themes in whiskyland over the last couple of years. Demand skyrocketed to the point that even gia...

Chichibu has added a new expression to its regular core (if you call core, absurdly difficult to get) range, called “The First Ten”, that was rele...

Yamazaki has been fairly consistent with their annual limited edition special releases. Apart from typically being included in the broader ESSENCE ...

It has sure been a long wait as major Japanese whisky Suntory has been on a 3-4 year hiatus to rebuild its reserves. But the wait is finally over! ...