01.11.19
Witches, Ghosties and Ghoulies
31st October 2019 Those are three things not featuring in this month’s column but Happy Hallowe’en anyway. Should we really say Happy Hallowe’en or, better, Spooky or Creepy? Whichever, there …
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30.09.19
Cognac Rocks, New Bruichladdichs and Tomatins & More
Hello I’d like to start this month by singing the praises of Martell Cognac and having a little comparison look at some aspects of cognac and whisky. It’s always good …
30.08.19
Profile: The Vintage Malt Whisky Company
In an occasional series I’ll be looking at some of the independent companies who don’t make the noise or have the shelf dominance of the big guys but are quietly …
31.07.19
Holyrood Gem Opens and an International Flavour to Tasting This Month
Hello all and I hope you’re enjoying a good summer or not too hard a winter wherever you’re reading this. On Tuesday 30th July, I was fortunate enough to attend …
30.06.19
Scotch Maturation Flexes; Tourism Boom; OBE for Diageo’s Dr. Jim Beveridge; New Expressions from Compass Box, Whyte & Mackay & Glengoyne and Much More
Well, I opened last month with news of the ballot for The Macallan Estate. For the first time I was successful and needed to contact them to acknowledge and …
25.06.19
Wemyss Malts add two new Highland Malt Whiskies to their Family Collection range
Family run whisky makers Wemyss Malts have released two additional bottlings into its Family Collection range of blended Scotch malt whiskies. They have named them ‘Blooming Gorse’ and ‘Flaming Feast’ …
31.05.19
Two Bens, Wandering Ducks, A Twisted Tattoo, No Name No. 2, Macallan Ballot, Podcasts & Whyte & Mackay Go Low
May, 2019 Hello! Just in today is news of a new Macallan expression The Macallan Estate and you can enter a ballot to buy one of the first bottles. However, …
30.04.19
New from Tobermory, Big Peat and Compass Box, Blue Sky Thinking from Whyte & Mackay, Diageo Archives & More
Well, now that we’re properly into spring here in Scotland, more tasty new expressions are coming out to tempt you and your customers. As I was just starting to type …
30.03.19
New Kilchoman Early Preview, Highland Park Gets Tattooed, New Blends from Whyte & Mackay, Environmental Initiatives at Bruichladdich and Glenmorangie & More
30th March, 2019 I signed off last month saying the weather for spring would probably be worse and here we are. It’s still warming dram weather even on balmier days …
28.02.19
Two New Visitor Centres, Many Whiskies (New & Old)
First off, after the plans launched last month for the new Port Ellen and Rosebank distilleries, we have new visitor centre for Bunnahabhain Distillery on Islay and proposed Johnnie Walker …