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...Drinking patterns in India are unlike those of any other major market. Hard liquor is far more popular than beer and wine, with spirits accounting for about 70% of the market. Nearly all of that is whiskey - a legacy of the colonial fondness for Scotch. India is the largest whiskey market in the world, so American whiskey producers figure they've got a head start in India compared to other new markets. "Indians are preordained whiskey drinkers," says Frank Coleman, senior vice president of the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States, a trade group for American spirits makers. "They...
CLEMENT: RHUM CANNE BLEUE Not all white rums are tasteless tipples. By using a single sugarcane variety - blue cane - Martinique's Clément created a super smooth liquor loaded with citrus, almond and floral flavors. See details at rhum-clement.com...
...pinch of gunpowder.) Now artisan rum producers from Antigua to Venezuela are persuading sophisticated sippers to dump the mixers and drink like Captain Kidd once more. These master distillers specialize in dark, aged rums that are big on nose and character, and far removed from the clear, bland liquor normally found in cocktails. Caribbean connoisseurs recommend sampling élite rums at room temperature, like a single malt or cognac. Adding an ice cube or splash of water to the glass is also acceptable. The holiday season gives you the perfect excuse to experiment, of course. If you're glugging...
Urizun With over 100 varieties of awamori, the 30-year-old Urizun bar and restaurant, tel: (81-98) 885 2178, in Okinawa's capital Naha is an institution and a world away from tourist haunts. The liquor goes down well with mimigaa - boiled, chilled and thinly sliced pigs' ears - or boiled trotters (chock-full of youth-enhancing collagen). The Okinawans love a drink and a good time, so expect to be invited to join in an impromptu sing-along...
...eatery, all run by Chinese. When I ask about visas, he laughs and says immigration issues are not a problem in Papua New Guinea. "The locals don't know how to do trade, and the government knows that," says Liu. "If locals get money, they spend it immediately on liquor. The Chinese don't come here to enjoy life. We only come to make money...