The new Johnnie Walker Blue Label Year of the Rat is a special bottling of this popular blended Scotch designed to celebrate the upcoming Chinese New Year.
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Three recent Johnnie Walker limited editions showcase temporal significance. The renowned blended Scotch brand just released Year of the Ox, a special packaging of Blue Label that honors the Chinese New Year that begins today. The other two John Walker & Sons Celebratory Blend and The Legendary Eight Blue Label were designed for the company’s 200th anniversary and evoke whiskies from long ago.
The limited “Ox” bottling could not have been better timed given recent history, and all who have endured 2020 hope the message on the packaging is correct. The huge beast of burden is a symbol of strength in the Chinese 12-year cycle and the wording on the box heralds a year of good fortune, prosperity and growth. The bottle illustration, created by the artist Shirley Gong, is colorful with the rearing ox posed high
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Johnnie Walker Has Two Limited Whisky Releases For Chinese New Year
Johnnie Walker Has Two Limited Whisky Releases For Chinese New Year
Johnnie Walker recently announced two very limited edition releases to help celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year: a fresh batch of their Blue Label Scotch whisky and a first-of-its-kind John Walker & Sons King George V.
The former continues the distillery’s long-running history of Chinese New Year release, with a new bottle design and packaging meant to reflect the year’s Zodiac sign. With 2021 set to be the Year of the Ox, both the bottle and gift box feature a stunning rendering of that animal, created by Chinese artist Shirley Gong.