Derek Sandhaus is an American writer. He is the author of three books, most recently Baijiu: The Essential Guide to Chinese Spirits (Penguin, 2014). His writing has appeared in magazines, anthologies and literary journals. He is also the editor of numerous titles, including the memoirs of controversial sinologist Sir Edmund Trelawny Backhouse, Décadence Mandchoue (Earnshaw, 2011). He lives in Buenos Aires.
Wine, Baijiu and the East-West Flavor Divide
Sauce aroma? Light aroma? Phoenix aroma? As China becomes a bigger player in the worlds of wine and spirits, the differences between Eastern and Western flavors—not only in familiarity and…
- story: Derek Sandhaus
- illustration: Yoonhwa Jang
