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In a bid to minimise mislabelling and confusion over what can be called Japanese whisky, the Japan Spirits and Liqueurs Makers Association have just announced that new regulations defining the product will come into effect from April 1, 2021. The new rules set out terms that are painfully obvious but never enforced: “Japanese whisky” needs to use raw ingredients extracted in Japan; in terms of the production method, everything from the fermentation to ageing (for a minimum of three years) and bottling must be carried out in Japan. Pundits have seen it as an attempt to tackle the problem o...

With so much already being put on hold, Elliot Faber, founder of Sake Central, and his fiancé Tiffany Ung decided that their commitment to each other wasn’t going to be one of them. “I had all these visions of grandeur to [propose] in Japan or on a plane, but of course, because of Covid, we couldn’t travel,” says Faber, who proposed to Ung at The Peak in April. “I had the ring, so I just did it. It was my way of saying Covid can’t get in the way of true love and doing what we want to do, even if it’s in an adapted, safe and responsible way.”