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Comment - Taiwan: The Future for Whiskey? 13 Mar 2012

There’s a large and very prominently displayed sign at the entrance of Kavalan’s visitor centre in their distillery at Yi-Lan, Taiwan. “The New Homeland of Whisky”, it reads. Now, it would be easy to dismiss that as marketing hyperbole or simple self-aggrandisement, were it not that around 1m people a year see the sign.

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William Grant poaches Diageo exec for GTR team 10 Oct 2016

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Taiwan has joined the list of high-value markets where Scotch is registered as a trademark.

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C&C Group has agreed a distribution deal for Magners in Taiwan as it continues to strengthen the cider's global footprint.

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Royal Salute Tribute to Honour hits Asia 18 Jul 2012

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