Suntory World Whisky Ao has been available in the Japanese and Global Travel Retail markets in the past, however, it was announced that in 2023 it would also arrive in the markets of Canada, Taiwan, Singapore, Korea, and the United States. According to the company’s press release, “blended using whisky from Suntory Group’s own distilleries in five of the world’s most renowned whisky-regions: Scotland, Ireland, Canada, Japan and the US, Suntory World Whisky Ao, meaning blue, is named after the oceans that connect these whiskies of the world together. The bottle is five-sided in honor of the five major whisky-making regions. The calligraphic lettering was written by Japanese calligrapher Tansetsu Ogino with an intent to represent the whiskies’ global origins and Japanese craftsmanship.”
