Japanese whisky finally got a set of standards and regulations in 2021… that were completely voluntary. Then last year, those rules became official… except they were still voluntary. Still, many of ...

While Japanese whisky has its origins in Scotch, it is usually designed with balance in mind rather than a single dominant ...

However, since the JSLMA is a trade association, it doesn’t have the authority to compel companies to comply with its rules, so it’s currently still legal for companies to bottle imported whisky in ...

A spirits producers association is seeking to have its standards for Japanese whisky given legal force to stop products that ...

The shortage sent prices into the stratosphere. A set of 54 bottles from Ichiro’s Malt, a trailblazer in Japanese craft whisky, sold for $1.5 million in 2020 at a Hong Kong auction. Last week ...

In 1986, The Macallan bottled a 1926 Scotch whisky as part of a ... to have been destroyed during a Japanese earthquake in 2011, while another unlabelled bottle remains unaccounted for.

Securing exceptionally rare spirits is, by definition, an arduous task. If everybody could get their hands on the stuff, it ...

Enjoying good whiskey is a journey. It can take you around the world and fill your shelves with bottles that tell a story, whether bourbon, Scotch, rye whiskey, Japanese whisky, or Canadian whisky.

Since The West Wing concluded, Bernstein has amassed a collection of over 400 bottles of whiskey ranging from Irish and American whiskey to Scotch and Japanese—and even a few bottles of tequila.