WSJ: "China's local liquor market is booming, with foreign investors pushing new liquors into the market. But despite increasingly diverse offerings, a fiery traditional spirit - baijiu - is still a mainstay of Chinese drinkers."
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Did you know that Shanghai held its first ever vintage Moutai auction over the weekend? On Sunday, over a hundred bottles of the top shelf baijiu sold for a total of 5.22 million. Most of the Moutai was brewed during the 1970s and 1980s, but there was one Five Star Maotai, bottled in 1955, that was listed for 1.26 million RMB. Unfortunately, it seems that even Chinese people won't pay much to drink the stuff. It didn't get sold. more ›

Fans of TV show "Mad Men" might like to picture a scene where the boys (and girl) at Sterling Cooper try and come up with a way of selling Baijiu to non-Chinese drinkers. more ›

Current TV's Zach Mexico is quickly becoming our favourite wino. After his trip to the Tsingtao beer factory in Qingdao, Zach makes his way to a baijiu factory, hung out with the locals and got himself piss drunk again. Don't miss that money shot towards the end! more ›

(2008 Edition) brought to you courtesy of the nice people at Immersion Guides (affiliated with the unfortunately named That's BJ Magazine/website/thebeijinger.com). We have a lot of Chinese guidebooks, but we have yet to encounter one quite so thorough as this one. At just over 700 pages, it leaves no stone unturned*. Covering everything from buying art to child rearing, it's a valuable resource for tourists and residents alike. more ›

Most of the time when we need liquor we head to Carrefour, City Supermarket, or any of those types of places; but we are now happy to report that we found one more option: 9519, a Chinese somewhat upscale liquor store that's stocked with baijiu, huangjiu, vodka, gin, vermouth, red and white wines, beers, and even some fancy old-fashioned wine sets (ceramic, similar to a sake/wine set). The name is meant to sound like 酒,我要酒... more ›