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Q: Favourite imported alcohol for Chinese men?
It obviously depends on the man, but generally what do Chinese men like when it comes to imported alcohol. What makes a good gift for them when coming back to China?
Just get something that comes in a pretty package or box. More than likely, they'll keep it just like that, for display purposes.
But if they do decide to drink it, it won't really matter what it is. It will get gan bei'd in the exact same manner no matter what. Case in point, I brought over a fairly nice bottle of wine for a colleague and her husband one time. We used the same half glasses as used for beer, and I don't think that bottle of wine lasted half the meal. What a waste.
They don't care about the taste. Actually, they have no clue what good red wine or scotch should taste like. Just get a bottle that looks expensive and well decorated.
If you are not sure what to get, buy a bottle of cooking wine, and put it in a hard box that is decorated with golden patterns. You'll have a new best friend.
I have a friend who likes me to bring bottles of Penfolds Bin 707 Cab Sav. This is an Australian red with a very good reputation in China. It retails for around $300 a bottle in Australia and from what i have heard it is at least 3000Y in China. I don't think he has any idea if it tastes good but as is the norm likes the face/guanxi that it brings when he gives it to clients/business associates. It is only available on limited release in Australia and the last 6 bottles I ordered from the company cellar door. Strangely his wife contacted my partner recently and said that he had given a bottle to some business associate recently and they thought it was fake. Shows that they mostly know SFA about wine.
Do NOT give them expensive brandy!!!
They will mix it with coke......
i have a hard enough time getting them to drink red wine with dark meat and white wine with fish and chicken, getting them to appreciate a good scotch make take another generation
I never found any Chinese liquor that I liked, my grandpa would dump it, thinking it was a bad batch of home brew. Some Chinese wines are not bad, but I wonder how much of imported stuff is fake. The last bottle of Baileys I drank didn't even give me a buzz.
For a gift, I'd give something with a nice looking label and bottle, I don't think they have taste and just chug anything. They wouldn't appreciate something that tastes good. I brought a nice bottle of champagne to share with my girl friend, not too dry. You would think she was drinking battery acid by the look on her face.
