News & New Releases

Hombo Shuzo's Mars Shinshu Distillery is releasing a series of 365 individually hand-painted 30 Year Old single cask single distillery bottlings...

 A trio of Japanese whiskies have been released: Ichiro's Malt & Grain Classical Edition, Akkeshi's Lidong and Nagahama's Inazuma Extra Selec...

Suntory is releasing a limited edition commemorative bottling of the Hibiki Japanese Harmony, where it will carry a design evocative of Ryusui-Hy...

Shizuoka Distillery announces the release of their third bottling, Contact S, made using both their Pot Still K, salvaged from mothballed Karuiza...

LMDW has opened the ballot for the new Chichibu Paris Edition 2021. It is entitled Conquête, which means Conquest in French. It is composed of mu...

Hakushu is releasing a limited edition Spanish Oak 2021 NAS bottling via lottery. This bottle was matured in ex-Sherry Spanish Oak barrels to giv...

What you need to know Do you like old, sherried, Japanese whisky? The Whisky Exchange has opened their ballot to another edition of Karuizawa Geis...

Kanosuke announces their Second Edition, hot off the heels of signing a deal with Diageo to provide the Japanese distillery with sufficient resou...

Suntory is readying a global release of the Yamazaki 55 Year Old, the oldest Yamazaki yet. It first debuted as a 100-bottle release for the Japan...

You think Diageo was swayed by our WhiskyDex on Kanosuke Distillery? Was our storytelling and visuals so provocative they couldn't just stop at one...

Mars announces the release of their 2021 Komagatake Single Malt via lottery (link below) This edition will see 50,000 bottles released. It is a v...

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