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Places

Unearthing China’s Ancient Terroir in Maotai

China's traditional grain spirit, baijiu, has evolved—mostly in obscurity—along a trajectory that has no Western equivalent. Derek Sandhaus travels to one of its most famous production zones to discover why…

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  • story: Derek Sandhaus
  • photos: Kweichow Moutai + Derek Sandhaus
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Places

In Search of a Bar in Islamabad

While traveling on assignment to Pakistan's capital, Islamabad, Lawrence Osborne seeks out one of the city's more risky evening activities—drinking—and discovers that in this religious and dangerous city of one…

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  • story: Lawrence Osborne
  • illustration: Peregrine Honig
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Cocktails

Inside Hong Kong’s Underground Bar Boom

While American speakeasies are often born of nostalgia, Hong Kong's underground bar scene has become a way to escape high rents and the city's grandiose nightlife scene. From a bar…

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  • story: Talia Baiocchi
  • photos: Sharon Radisch
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Cocktails

Honolulu’s Second Golden Age of Tropical Drinking

For decades, Honolulu has been a city synonymous with orchid garnishes and syrupy Mai Tais. But a craft cocktail scene is percolating just beyond Waikiki—and with it, a new era…

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  • story: Alia Akkam
  • photo: AZ Adam
Beer

The Hotel Minibar Is Not Dead

A recent study showed a decline in hotel minibar sales across the country, a sure sign for many that the in-room service might be taking its last breath just four…

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  • story: Nevin Martell
  • photo: Lisa Larson-Walker
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Places

Entrée Libre: Thierry Breton Reinvents the Paris Wine Bar

No phone, no reservations, no service, a megaphone and its own sovereign currency. La Pointe du Grouin is Paris’s most chaotic—and, inadvertently, its most revolutionary—new drinking experience.

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  • story: Aaron Ayscough
  • photos: Owen Franken
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