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Percentage of the world’s ten most valuable spirits brands that are Chinese, according to a report by the consulting company Brand Finance. The number 1 spirit brand in the world is Moutai, a producer of baijiu (a clear spirit usually distilled from fermented sorghum) valued at $45.3 billion. The second, third, fourth, and fifth place spirit brands are also all Chinese. Number 6 is Jack Daniels, followed by Hennessy, Smirnoff, Bacardi, and Johnnie Walker.

One Minute On: Drink Now or Later?

“One day her mother said to her, ‘Come, Little Red Riding Hood, here is a piece of cake and a bottle of wine. Take them to your grandmother, she is ill and weak, and they will do her good.’ “

—“Rotkäpchen” (Little Red Riding Hood or Little Red-Cap)
Printed in Kinder-und Hausmärchen, a collection of German fairy tales first published in 1812 by the Brothers Grimm

In 1989 and 1990, two California school districts in Culver City and Empire, respectively, banned this version of the tale over concerns about the mention of alcohol in the story.

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