num_pages: 320
description: 2020 Gourmand Award in SpiritsGold Medal winner in the Independent Book Publishers AwardsChina is one of the worlds leading producers and consumers of liquor with alcohol infusing all aspects of its culture from religion and literature to business and warfare. Yet to the outside world Chinas most famous spirit baijiu remains a mystery. This is about to change as baijiu is now being served in cocktail bars beyond its borders.Drunk in China follows Derek Sandhauss journey of discovery into the worlds oldest drinking culture. He travels throughout the country and around the globe to meet with distillers brewers snake-oil salesmen archaeologists and ordinary drinkers. He examines the many ways in which alcohol has shaped Chinese society and its rituals. He visits production floors karaoke parlors hotpot joints and speakeasies. Along the way he uncovers a tradition spanning more than nine thousand years and explores how recent economic and political developments have conspired to push Chinese alcohol beyond the nations borders for the first time. As Chinese society becomes increasingly international its drinking culture must also adapt to the times. Can the West also adapt and clink glasses with China? Read Drunk in China and find out.
language: English
title: Drunk in China: Baijiu and the World's Oldest Drinking Culture
publisher: POTOMAC BOOKS