Shinjiro Torii, Suntory’s founder who is Nobuhiro’s great-grandfather, set about building Japan’s first malt whisky distillery, the Yamazaki Distillery in Osaka Prefecture, in fall 1923.
This year has seen two hugely significant releases from Suntory, the owner of Yamazaki and Hakushu single malt distilleries, and the Hibiki blended Japanese whisky brand. The first of these is the ...
From that point, interest in Japanese whisky "exploded", with elusive bottles selling for hundreds of thousands of pounds at auction, and House of Suntory introducing a series of entry-level ...
"So we've been stockpiling the products in Europe, but it's not enough. How long would it last? I think at least a year," Suntory Holdings CEO Tak Niinami told Yahoo Finance at the World Economic ...
Of the many unique types of whiskey, Japanese distillers have created a spirit all their own. Japanese whisky is known for its Scotch-like character but with less of the smoky, peat-forward notes ...