Inside the Rise of Korean Whisky

That discovery was Korean whisky, introduced to me by organizer and head buyer for The Whisky Exchange Trade, Dawn Davies, who confidently called it as ‘the next Japan in whisky’.

When it comes to Asia and whisky, there are four countries which immediately spring to mind: Japan, for its cult following; India for its magnitude; Taiwan for its ingenuity; and most recently China, for its buy-in by the big guns. So, when the International Wine and Spirit Competition announced that the winner of its 2025 Worldwide Whiskey Trophy was a peated single malt from South Korea, eyes turned to a quietly confident industry making small but sure waves in th...