Posts Tagged ‘whisky’
Handy guidebook that’s on the nose for whisky lovers
Iconic Whisky provides a tremendous amount of knowledge on the nature of a thousand whiskies from around the globe. It takes a visual approach ensuring easy recognition of the foremost aromas, with tasting notes and flavour charts for 1000 of the world’s best whiskies. A handy guidebook for whisky amateurs or connoisseurs, it discusses production,…
Read MoreSearch is on for the Chivas Masters Global Champion
Chivas blended Scotch whisky has launched its search for the 2019 Chivas Masters Global Champion. Launched six years ago, the Chivas Masters is a global competition that celebrates the individual blend that makes world class bartenders who they are – while championing the spirit of collaboration that drives this creative community to achieve even greater…
Read MoreBringing the world to see beautiful Cairngorms
A new campaign is looking to showcase the Cairngorms National Park to the world. With the support of VisitScotland, Discover the Cairngorms National Park is a campaign to inspire the international travel trade to list the UK’s largest National Park as a must visit destination, whic has received a £40,000 Growth Fund award from the…
Read MoreOld cobblers: bad things happen to good brogues
Archie Hume of A Hume Country Clothing discusses the enduring relationship between a man and his brogues. The day arrives in every man’s life when he has to step up – and out of his old trainers – when he realises that the joys of a wild misspent youth can’t go on forever. As J.M.…
Read MoreCelebrate the autumn at a new whisky festival
The first Whisky Colours Festival will be held later in Scotland this year. From 10 to 14 October, it will be a celebration of all things whisky and is centred in Dufftown, the malt whisky capital of the world. The festival will allow attendees to get up close and personal with some of the biggest…
Read MoreWhat will the experts think of our 60 Second Dram?
In Scotland, we love our whisky – and we know that our readers all over the world do too. With new expressions being released on what seems like a daily basis, we have asked two of Scotland’s most in-the-know men when it comes to whisky, Blair Bowman and James Robertson, to give us their thoughts…
Read MoreGame of Thrones Scotch whiskies are now available
The wait is over – the Game of Thrones Single Malt Scotch Whisky Collection as it is officially available across Scotland and the UK. As fans patiently look forward to the highly-anticipated return of Game of Thrones this April, to celebrate the eighth and final season of the critically-acclaimed TV series, Game of Thrones, Diageo…
Read MoreRare Macallan expected to sell for half a million
A bottle of the very rare Macallan 60 year old 1926, with a label designed by the eminent, internationally acclaimed, British pop artist Sir Peter Blake, leads Bonhams Whisky sale. Estimated at £500,000-700,000, it has been consigned by a UK collector who acquired the bottle on its release in 1986. The whisky lay at Macallan…
Read MoreA special bottle of whisky is all set to be opened
The founding member of The Scotch Malt Whisky Society will be hosting a special event at the whisky club’s spiritual home next week. Philip ‘Pip’ Hills will be at The Vaults where he will be cracking open their first ever single cask bottling 1.1. As part of the exclusive sold-out tasting on Monday, 18 February,…
Read MoreFive of the best from Domaine des Tourelles
Peter Ranscombe picks his favourite bottles from a Lebanese winery that traces its roots back to 1868. HAVING grown up in the 1980s, it’s hard not to think of Lebanon without remembering the country’s long-running civil war. From the kidnapping of Brian Keenan, John McCarthy and Terry Waite through to “Beirut” becoming a byword for…
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