Whisky
Meet the latest spirit to join the collection
Tullibardine has unveiled the sixth addition to its award-winning Marquess Collection – The Murray (2007). Distilled in 2007 and bottled this year at 56.6 per cent volume, The Murray (2007) is the highly anticipated addition to the range of exceptional whiskies in the Marquess Collection, crafted with expert care at Tullibardine’s Highland distillery in Blackford,…
Read MoreMaking the expensive drams available to all
Cheaper By The Dram recently released its first two bottles of whisky to the public, splitting over £1300 of fine and rare whisky into 41 individual drams. Whisky drinkers can buy them online and they will then be delivered to their door. Cheaper By The Dram splits fine and rare bottles of whisky into individual…
Read MoreCask Trade gears up for its first whisky auction
Peter Ranscombe meets Simon Aron, who has created a platform to put barrels of Scotch under the hammer. BARELY a week goes passed when a whisky auction doesn’t hit the headlines, with investors bidding for record-breaking Scotch in London, New York and Hong Kong. Yet the vast majority of those spirits swap hands in bottles,…
Read MoreA travel retail whisky trio with different cask finishes
Whyte & Mackay Travel Retail has revealed three new, permanent global travel retail exclusive additions from its prestigious single malt brand, The Dalmore. They were announced at the recent TFWA World Exhibition & Conference in Cannes. The three new expressions – The Trio, The Quartet and The Quintet – feature a three-cask, four-cask and 5-five…
Read MoreScottish Field readers choose favourite drams
Scottish Field has announced the winners of our Readers’ Whisky Challenge 2019. A panel of Scottish Field readers sampled 54 whiskies on the judging day – and now we can reveal the winning whiskies. The results are announced in the November issue of Scottish Field which has just hit shelves and doormats across Scotland. The…
Read MoreThe Whisky Works bottles new boutique whiskies
The second wave of whiskies produced by new boutique blending and bottling house, The Whisky Works, has been revealed. Two new, limited edition whiskies will be released later this month – a classic, 20 Year-Old Speyside Single Malt finished in Cognac casks and an experimental, 11 Year-Old blended whisky called Quartermaster. The Whisky Works is…
Read MoreWhisky firm reveal new look for 175th birthday year
Whyte & Mackay have revealed their new look bottle design as part of their 175th birthday celebrations. The taller, contemporary bottle is expected to give the brand even more shelf stand out against competitors and appeal to a younger consumer, as well as loyal Whyte & Mackay drinkers, with its splashes of red, gold and…
Read MoreDekantā celebrates Japanese whisky’s 100th birthday
Scottish Field drinks blogger Peter Ranscombe raises a glass to the centenary of Japan’s whisky with some unique bottles. ONLINE retailer Dekantā last night toasted the Japanese whisky industry’s 100th birthday with the launch of its second single-cask bottling. In 1919, Eigashima became the first distillery in Japan to be granted a licence to make…
Read MoreGlen Scotia push reaches UK parliament
Glen Scotia Distillery’s push to position Campbeltown as the “whiskiest place in the world” has made it all the way to Westminster, where the campaign has been recognised by a parliamentary motion. The Early Day Motion asks that “this House commends the campaign led by the Glen Scotia Distillery in Campbeltown, Argyll and Bute,…
Read MoreAdding a splash of amber to the Granite City
Peter Ranscombe toasts a new high-end whisky bar in Aberdeen and is impressed with its hotel setting too. WHEN it comes to whisky, I sometimes feel sorry for Aberdeen; with names like “Speyside”, “Islay” and “Campbeltown” crowding into the Pantheon of Scotch, it seems that the Granite City often gets left out. Which is a…
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