19.12.22
Hello everyone Good news for December starts with word that Kirsten Grant Meikle of Wm. Grant, producers of Glenfiddich, Balvenie, Grant‘s Scotch Whisky, Ailsa Bay, Monkey Shoulder, Hendrick‘s Gin, Tullamore …
30.11.22
Hello Everyone I‘d just like to start this week by paying my own small tribute to Dominic Roskrow who recently passed away suddenly at the age of 61. Many of …
19.11.22
Well, we‘ll soon be at partridge in a pear tree time again and you might be looking for something to give your true love or for them to give you, …
31.10.22
Hello everyone I did say last time that I have a backlog of whiskies to taste due to holidays and a bad cold. Well, we‘ll try to make inroads into …
21.10.22
Hello everyone I have a backlog of whisky samples to nose/taste and write about which have turned up in the last month and hoped to include a number of them …
23.09.22
Hello everyone First tasting note is a new expression that Jo from The Whisky Ambassador has purchased to bottle and be made available to successful TWA course delegates. All I …
30.08.22
Hello everyone First of all congratulations must go to David Stewart of Wm. Grant & Sons, now being feted for his 60 years in the industry. Such an achievement. I‘ve …
16.08.22
It seems the Green Party influence in Scottish government has expanded even further into Scotch Whisky. They already don‘t like peat use even though its application in Scotch Whisky accounts …
31.07.22
Hello everyone In my Sunday newspaper magazine today there are two (two, dammit!) ads for whisky cask investment companies. No escaping these people! One of them has been in the …
18.07.22
While over on Islay for Feis Ile, I managed to meet new (well, since November) manager, Barry MacAffer who agreed to an interview which we managed to do a couple …