Posts Tagged ‘production’
Surreal art is inspiration for the new Macallan
Inspiration for a new whisky can come from many places, and The Macallan Concept No. 1 is perhaps a little different. The first release in a new limited edition series, exclusive to travellers, is inspired by surreal art, celebrating the world’s visionaries by daring to disrupt the whisky making process. Created from whiskies matured first…
Read MoreDenis Lawson coming home in the name of ART
Scots actor Denis Lawson, Nigel Havers and Stephen Tompkinson are to star in the 2019 UK tour of ART. After breaking box office records in 2018, David Pugh and Dafydd Rogers will produce the 2019 UK tour of the Old Vic production of Yasmina Reza’s Olivier, Tony and Moliere award-winning comedy ART, translated by Christopher…
Read MoreYou could have Outlander shot at your home
Scotland has featured in plenty of big and small screen TV series over the past couple of years. In particular, Edinburgh has played host to a number of film and television shoots, from cult hit Trainspotting T2, and blockbuster Avengers: Infinity War to TV shows Outlander and Clique. However not many people know that production…
Read MoreExperienced hand to guide heritage trust forward
A woman who has cared for some of the most important industrial heritage in the world has been appointed as chief executive of a Moray-based heritage trust. As chief executive of the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust, a World Heritage Site in Shropshire, England, Anna Brennand brings a wealth of experience having led a series of…
Read MoreRum distillery set to open its doors to the public
Rum is flowing again from a commercial still in Glasgow for the first time in 300 years. Wester Spirit Co. opened their innovative new distillery last month, and visitors will be welcome to see the process for themselves from next next month. The cutting-edge technology used creates a truly unique, premium spirit which is inspired…
Read MoreDistillery’s tree is something rather special
If you’re working in a distillery and don’t have a Christmas tree to hand, what are you going to do? The team at the Isle of Raasay Distillery are an enterprising bunch, so when the festive season approached and they didn’t have their own, they made do with the best materials to hand – casks!…
Read MoreDance adaptation of The Mother set for debut
A thrilling dance adaptation based on Hans Christian Andersen’s The Story of the Mother arrives for its debut in Edinburgh this weekend. Starring internationally acclaimed principle ballerina, Natalia Osipova, this enchanting production, The Mother, has a strictly limited run of only two performances. The Mother will be performed at the Pentland Theatre, Pleasance at EICC,…
Read MoreCrabbie’s whisky back in Edinburgh after a century
John Crabbie’s single malt whisky production has begun in Edinburgh for the first time in nearly 100 years. Halewood Wines & Spirits, owners of Whitley Neill Gin, Crabbie’s and the Crabbie malt whisky brand, announced that spirit production has commenced at its new distillery in the capital. Halewood, which celebrated its 40th anniversary earlier this…
Read MoreTaking horse power back to its original meaning
In this age of mechanised timber extraction, Andrew Whitaker is one of the few to take ‘horse power’ quite literally into the world of forest management. On first sight, five-year-old Ghalm seems surprisingly small for a draught horse, as compared to our leggier Scottish Clydesdales. On running an eye over his conformation, however, one can appreciate the…
Read MoreDistillery manager crowned whisky icon of the year
A distillery manager from Speyside has been crowned the best in Scotland as part of Whisky Magazine’s Icons of Whisky 2019 awards. Sandy McIntyre, who is distillery manager for Tamdhu Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky, near Aberlour, was named whisky icon of the year at a special awards ceremony in Edinburgh. Sandy joined Ian Macleod…
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