China, home to liquors like baijiu (white liquor) and huangjiu (yellow wine), is not a place where consumers would expect to find locally produced malt whisky, especially since it has a much smaller group of fans.
Pernod Ricard recently unveiled The Chuan Malt Whisky Distillery in Emeishan, China. It is being noted as the first international spirits and wines group to establish a fully operational malt whisky distillery in that nation.
Completed in 2021 in Emeishan, China. Images by Hao Chen. For over a thousand years Mount Emei has persisted as one of the most deeply spiritual places in China and was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in.