{"id":859385,"date":"2025-09-11T20:00:55","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T12:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ztylezman.com\/?p=859385"},"modified":"2025-09-12T10:43:04","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T02:43:04","slug":"korean-spirits-industry-ki-one-whisky-2025-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ztylezman.com\/en\/lifestyle-en-2\/food-drink-en-2\/korean-spirits-industry-ki-one-whisky-2025-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Korean Spirit Industry Achieves Global Milestones with Ki One Whisky’s 2025 International Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/amp-img><\/amp-img><\/amp-img><\/amp-carousel>\n\n\n\n

Recently, the Korean spirits industry has reached a significant milestone as the country\u2019s first single malt distillery, Ki One Whisky, won Worldwide Whisky Trophy at the 2025 International Wine and Spirits Competition. The brand’s CEO, Bryan Do, remarked that this record-breaking victory officially puts Korean whisky on the global stage.<\/p>

The international wine and spirits competition, known as The Oscars of the Liquor Industry, awards just one trophy in each category, showcasing just how fierce the competition really is. This year, the champion, Ki One Unicorn, has been rated as An unforgettable experience and is considered one of the best whiskies in the world outside of Scotland, Ireland, and bourbon. This relatively new brand has rapidly become one of the most dazzling names in the single malt whisky scene.<\/p>

In addition, Ki One’s other products have also excelled, with Ki One Tiger and Ki One Eagle winning silver and bronze medals respectively at the IWSC, and clinching gold and silver at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition. This series of achievements not only highlights the strength of Ki One’s product line but also signifies the long-term competitiveness and potential of Korean whiskey, proving it\u2019s not just a fleeting trend.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Korean whisky brand Ki One Whisky makes history with its victory at the 2025 International Wine and Spirits Competition, earning the Worldwide Whisky Trophy and elevating Korea on the global spirits stage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":857756,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"The Korean spirits industry has seen remarkable growth with Ki One Whisky winning the 2025 International Wine and Spirits Competition's Worldwide Whisky Trophy, marking Korea's entry into the global premium whisky scene. This accomplishment is notable as the IWSC awards only one trophy per category, emphasizing the significance of Ki One's win. Additionally, the brand's other products, such as Ki One Tiger and Ki One Eagle, secured medals at the IWSC and the San Francisco World Spirits Competition, underlining Korea's rising competitiveness in the spirits market, traditionally dominated by Scotland, Ireland, and the United States."},"categories":[5045],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-859385","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-food-drink-en-2"},"raw_content":"<\/amp-img><\/amp-img><\/amp-img><\/amp-carousel>\n\n\n\n

Recently, the Korean spirits industry has reached a significant milestone as the country\u2019s first single malt distillery, Ki One Whisky, won Worldwide Whisky Trophy at the 2025 International Wine and Spirits Competition. The brand's CEO, Bryan Do, remarked that this record-breaking victory officially puts Korean whisky on the global stage.<\/p>

The international wine and spirits competition, known as The Oscars of the Liquor Industry, awards just one trophy in each category, showcasing just how fierce the competition really is. This year, the champion, Ki One Unicorn, has been rated as An unforgettable experience and is considered one of the best whiskies in the world outside of Scotland, Ireland, and bourbon. This relatively new brand has rapidly become one of the most dazzling names in the single malt whisky scene.<\/p>

In addition, Ki One's other products have also excelled, with Ki One Tiger and Ki One Eagle winning silver and bronze medals respectively at the IWSC, and clinching gold and silver at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition. This series of achievements not only highlights the strength of Ki One's product line but also signifies the long-term competitiveness and potential of Korean whiskey, proving it\u2019s not just a fleeting trend.<\/p>","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ztylezman.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/859385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ztylezman.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ztylezman.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ztylezman.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ztylezman.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=859385"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ztylezman.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/859385\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ztylezman.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/857756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ztylezman.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=859385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ztylezman.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=859385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ztylezman.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=859385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}