true ,
the Japanese are producing quality whisky ,
the Japapanese have been producing qualtiy whisky since 1965 .
I was invited by the Managing director of Itoh Chu Co. London
branch
for dinner in his London appartment where he served good
quality Japanese whisky in 1967 .
Japanese whisky was smoother in taste than Scotch whisky .
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> The Times, UKhttp://www.timesonline.co.uk
> 1 May 2008
>
> Ochone! Japanese whisky is voted the best in world
> Stuart MacDonald and Shota U****o
>
> Like English wine, it has suffered from the taint of inauthenticity
> and has been the butt of condescending jokes. Now Japanese whisky has
> finally scotched all criticism by being voted the best in the world,
> ahead of its Highland rivals.
>
> Yoichi 20 years old, distilled on the shores of the Sea of Japan, has
> become the first variety produced outside Scotland to win the coveted
> single malt award in an international competition run by Whisky
> Magazine, the main industry publication.
>
> The whisky, distilled near the city of Sap****o on the northern
> Japanese island of Hokkaido, beat dozens of other varieties, including
> last year=92s winner, Talisker 18 years old, produced on the Isle of
> Skye.
>
> Suntory Hibiki, the brand advertised by the washed-up actor played by
> Bill Murray in the film Lost in Translation, scooped the award for the
> world=92s best blended whisky. The historic double for Japanese whiskies
> has provoked consternation in Scotland, where whisky is as integral to
> a certain strand of national identity as bagpipes, haggis and the
> kilt.
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> * Whisky war looms as high taxes price Scotch out of Indian market
> Yoichi 20 years old, which sells for =A3150 a bottle, was praised by the
> judges for its =93amazing mix of big smoke and sweet blackcurrant=94,
> =93explosive aroma=94 and =93big, long and sweet finish=94.
>
> The decision to give the top prize to Yoichi followed a blind tasting
> of more than 200 of the world=92s finest varieties by a panel of 16 of
> the world=92s leading whisky experts.
>
> The judges said Japanese distillers had succeeded in producing top
> Scotch thanks to the variable climate in Japan, which assists
> maturation and creates a purer whisky with a heightened aroma.
>
> Traditional distilling apparatus such as coal-fired pot stills, used
> widely in Japan but rarely seen in Scotland, was also praised for
> producing a superior dram.
>
> =93Japanese whiskies performed magnificently and they are really
> starting to make waves,=94 said Rob Allanson, editor of Whisky Magazine.
>
> Nikka, the company that produces Yoichi, and Suntory, the biggest
> spirits company in Japan, are making inroads into the British whisky
> market.
>
> Tetsuji Hisamitsu, chief blender at the Yoichi distillery, said he was
> =93very moved=94 by the award.
> +++++++++++++
>
> Whisky war looms as high taxes price Scotch out of Indian market
> Local taxes add up to 550 per cent to the price of spirits in parts of
> India
> Rhys Blakely Bombay
>
> Scottish distillers are threatening to set in motion a dispute
> procedure that could lead to sanctions against India by the World
> Trade Organisation (WTO) if they are not given fair access to the
> Indian whisky market - the world's largest.
>
> The Scotch Whisky Association has waged a 20-year battle against
> India's draconian tariffs on im****ted spirits. It won a verdict
> against the country at the WTO last year under which central
> government taxes were lowered to 150 per cent from 550 per cent, but
> says that that ruling is now being cir***vented by new levies imposed
> by individual Indian states.
>
> The dispute led to a bitter exchange this week between two of the
> trade's leading figures.
>
> Paul Walsh, the Diageo chief executive and chairman of the Scotch
> Whisky Association, gave warning that =93the industry will not hesitate
> to return to the WTO=94 if states do not drop discriminatory taxes. The
> WTO could force India to act by imposing sanctions on other areas of
> trade. The association has written to the European Union to highlight
> its concerns.
>
> Vijay Mallya, the billionaire head of UB Group, India's largest
> spirits producer, accused the association of being =93paranoid=94 about
> India and cautioned that its =93heavy handed=94 approach could
jeopardise
> Scottish distilleries' prospects in the country.
>
> Mr Mallya, who bought Whyte & Mackay for =A3595million in 2006, controls
> about 60 per cent of the Indian whisky market.
>
> Just 1 per cent of the estimated 1billion litres of whisky downed in
> India each year is produced outside the country, as im****t duties
> ****eld =93Indian-made foreign liquor=94 - domestic brands that resemble
> international products. Their sales are increasing by an estimated 9
> per cent a year.
>
> India, already the world's largest consumer of spirits, is also
> developing a taste for wine, but here, too, foreign producers are
> being locked out by sky-high tariffs. Only 25 per cent of the wine
> drunk in India is im****ted.
>
> The subcontinent is expected to triple its wine consumption in the
> next three years to about 188,000 hectolitres, according to the trade
> consultancy International Wine and Spirits Record. The rise is being
> driven by soaring numbers of foreign residents, tourism, and an
> increasingly well-heeled domestic middle class.
>
> India's total alcohol market is worth about =A37billion a year.
>
> In 2006, the European Union filed a case at the WTO over the regional
> tariffs imposed in India, which increased duties on wines to as much
> as 260 per cent and on spirits to 550 per cent. The taxes represented
> =93some of the highest duties for any products anywhere in the world=94,
> it said.
>
> However, Indian officials say that those who feel the pinch - rich
> consumers - can afford to pay. Westerners flocking to live in cities
> such as Bombay, India's commercial capital, find the cost of living
> much lower than at home. Only rents and im****ted alcohol cost more.
>
> Meanwhile, with the growth of sales of alcoholic drinks expected to
> remain lacklustre in Western markets, foreign producers continue to
> eye India as a prime target for sales.
>
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