spirits

Though they may privately fret about the potential effects of Beijing's current clampdown on public spending on high-end Chinese spirits at official banquets, home-grown liquor producers like Kweichow Moutai continued to record strong profits in the third quarter of the year. Read More

Adding yet another world-ranking badge to its sash, China is now the world’s largest importer of armagnac, displacing former reigning consumer Britain after a huge surge in sales in 2011. Read More

Though demand for fine wine, whisky, vodka and even craft beer continues to climb among China's expanding middle class, cognac remains the preferred tipple for many of the country's wealthier, typically older and male, drinkers. Read More

If there's one area of the Chinese market that has continued to do incredibly well regardless of all others, it's high-end imported spirits. Read More

The names Moutai and Wuliangye, tongue-twisters to non-Mandarin speakers, are known throughout their native country to even the most sober of Chinese. Read More

The much-hyped overseas march of baijiu may not have turned many heads in the US, but Diageo is confident that it'll find a receptive audience for its Sichuan-based baijiu brand Shui Jing Fang in the UK. Read More

Like every major cognac maker, Martell continues to invest significant amounts of time and money to better tap China's booming demand for the spirit, imports of which grew 21.5 percent to 2.3 million cases last year. Read More

The emergence of Chinese collectors as a major force in the wine auction market may be pushing prices for top Bordeaux and Burgundy higher and higher, but in China, their appetite for new investments has also caused prices for vintage Moutai to skyrocket. Read More

As the world's largest beer producer and consumer, the number two consumer of cognac and seventh-largest consumer of wine, China is rightfully considered a massive market for international drinks firms. Read More

Over the past two decades, Chinese beer drinkers have become spoiled for choice, with international brands like Carlsberg and Heineken becoming ubiquitous nationwide and a growing number of beers in the premium segment hitting bars and store shelves. Read More