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What is the difference between whisky and brandy? After reading it, don’t say that you don’t understand!
To understand whisky, you must know the barrels used, because most of the flavor of whisky comes from wooden barrels. To use an analogy, whisky is tea, and wooden barrels are tea bags. Whiskey, like Rum, is all Dark spirit. Originally, all distilled spirits are almost transparent after distillati...Read more -
September whisky auction inventory: High prices for wines commemorating the Queen’s 70th wedding
Recently, according to the secondary auction market data released by Whiskey Auction Magazine, many older wines appeared in September, and many popular models became the focus of the audience. Among them, the 1946 Macallan Selected Reserve (Macallan Selected Reserve) sold for the highest transact...Read more -
The sales of beer companies generally recovered in the third quarter, and the pressure on raw material costs is expected to ease
In the third quarter, the domestic beer market showed an accelerated recovery trend. On the morning of October 27, Budweiser Asia Pacific announced its third-quarter results. Although the impact of the epidemic has not yet ended, both sales and revenue in the Chinese market have improved in the t...Read more -
How to understand the life cycle of wine?
The aroma and taste of a good bottle of wine is never fixed, it changes over time, even within the duration of a party. Tasting and capturing these changes with heart is the joy of wine tasting. Today we are going to talk about the life cycle of wine. In the mature wine market, wine does not have...Read more -
French winery invests in vineyards in southern England to produce sparkling wine
According to foreign media reports, affected by climate warming, the southern part of the UK is more and more suitable for growing grapes to produce wine. At present, French wineries including Taittinger and Pommery, and German wine giant Henkell Freixenet are buying grapes in southern England. G...Read more -
How to choose the right decanter? Just remember these two tips
There are two factors to consider when choosing a decanter: first, whether you need to buy a special style; second, which wines are best for this style. First, I have some common tips for choosing a decanter. The shape of some decanters makes cleaning them very difficult. For wine, the cleanlines...Read more -
Weird! Cohiba’s Whiskey? Also from France?
Several readers in a WBO Spirits Business Watch reader group have questioned and sparked debate about a single malt whisky from France called Cohiba. There is no SC code on the back label of Cohiba whisky, and the barcode starts with 3. From this information, it can be seen that this is an import...Read more -
The wholesale price of Yamazaki and Hibiki fell by 10%-15%, and the bubble of Riwei is about to burst?
Recently, a number of whisky merchants told WBO Spirits Business Observation that the mainstream products of Riwei’s leading brands represented by Yamazaki and Hibiki have recently dropped by about 10%-15% in prices. Riwei big brand began to drop in price “Recently, the big brands of ...Read more -
How is the cost of wine calculated?
Perhaps every wine lover will have such a question. When you choose wine in a supermarket or shopping mall, the price of a bottle of wine can be as low as tens of thousands or as high as tens of thousands. Why is the price of wine so different? How much does a bottle of wine cost? These questions...Read more -
Horizontal or vertical? Is your wine on the right track?
The key to storing wine is the external environment in which it is stored. No one wants to spend a fortune and the “scent” of cooked raisins wafts all over the house. In order to better store wine, you don’t need to renovate an expensive cellar, all you need is the right way to ...Read more -
How to identify the aroma of wine?
We all know that wine is made from grapes, but why can we taste other fruits like cherries, pears and passion fruit in wine? Some wines can also smell buttery, smoky and violet. Where do these flavors come from? What are the most common aromas in wine? The source of wine aroma If you have a chan...Read more -
Are unvintage wines fake?
Sometimes, a friend suddenly asks a question: The vintage of the wine you bought cannot be found on the label, and you don’t know which year it was made? He thinks there may be something wrong with this wine, could it be fake wine? In fact, not all wines must be marked with a vintage, and w...Read more