{"id":61855,"date":"2023-01-24T13:53:04","date_gmt":"2023-01-24T13:53:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/?p=61855"},"modified":"2023-01-24T13:53:04","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T13:53:04","slug":"bowmore-unveils-duty-free-exclusive-lunar-new-year-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/bowmore-unveils-duty-free-exclusive-lunar-new-year-release\/","title":{"rendered":"Bowmore unveils duty-free exclusive Lunar New Year release"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Scotch whisky producer Bowmore has released a Lunar New Year bottling exclusively to Global Travel Retail.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\nThe 18-year-old Bowmore Lunar New Year release has been matured in a combination of oloroso and Pedro Xim\u00e9nez Sherry casks.<\/p>\n<p>Manuel Gonz\u00e1lez, marketing director of global travel retail for Beam Suntory, said: <em>\u201cWe are thrilled to unveil the 18-year-old Bowmore Lunar New Year Limited Edition exclusively to global travel retail across Asia for a second year in a row.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cLunar New Year and journeys are inextricably linked \u2013 as millions around the world embark on a journey home to be reunited with loved ones. We wanted to make sure that shoppers could find in Bowmore the perfect match and the perfect gift for these celebrations.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Bottled at a strength of 43% ABV, Bowmore Lunar New Year offers aromas of rich dark chocolate, treacle toffee and date oil.<\/p>\n<p>Notes of bitter-sweet orange peel and peat-smoke roasted coffee can be found on the palate, before a velvet mocha and macadamia nut chocolate finish.<\/p>\n<p>The bottle is presented in an illustrated box that is said to focus on \u2018reunions\u2019 and align with what the Lunar New Year symbolises.<\/p>\n<p>The design includes an illustration of the Bowmore distillery sitting atop a swell of waves, with key elements such as barley, casks, and peat smoke all representing the features that define Bowmore whisky.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the box features depictions of the water rabbit, in a nod the lunar calendar\u2019s Year of the Rabbit.<\/p>\n<p>The design takes inspiration from traditional brushstrokes of Chinese paintings with a focus on flow and fluidity.<\/p>\n<p>Bowmore Lunar New Year is available exclusively in duty-free stores across China, Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Thailand, and Malaysia, for an RRP of US$145.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Reunions, celebrations, and memorable moments with those that matter the most. <\/p>\n<p>Here&#39;s to the Year of The Rabbit.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Bowmore?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Bowmore<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BowmoreMoments?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BowmoreMoments<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LunarNewYear?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LunarNewYear<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UO4zR5IDj4\">pic.twitter.com\/UO4zR5IDj4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bowmore Whisky (@bowmore) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bowmore\/status\/1617596792983388178?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 23, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scotch whisky producer Bowmore has released a Lunar New Year bottling exclusively to Global Travel Retail.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":61856,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2597,1,477,7099,7097],"tags":[497,377,466,2763,12304,4532,69,39,216,103],"class_list":["post-61855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-best-selling-brands-in-duty-free","category-latest-news","category-latest-promotions-in-duty-free","category-spirits","category-wines-spirits","tag-airport-duty-free","tag-airport-shopping","tag-beam-suntory","tag-bowmore-duty-free","tag-bowmore-lunar-new-year","tag-bowmore-whisky","tag-duty-free","tag-dutyfree","tag-travel-retail","tag-whisky"],"acf":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61855","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61855"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61855\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61858,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61855\/revisions\/61858"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}