Whisky Focus - Whisky Tasting Live From Everest Base Camp

The world's highest whisky tasting will be broadcast live from Everest Base Camp, as Walking With The Wounded team take part in ground-breaking broadcast from The Glenfiddich Yurt.

On Thursday 10th May 2012 at 7pm (BST), the 'Walking with the Wounded' Everest team will take part in the world's highest ever Whisky Tasting.

The tasting follows a nationwide competition run by Glenfiddich which gave four lucky winners the chance to trek to Everest Base Camp and meet the Walking With The Wounded team. The ‘Glenfiddich Pioneers’ will hand deliver a number of malts for the tasting, including the core range of 12, 15 and 18 Year Old single malts, as well as the recently released 19 Year Old Age Of Discovery Madeira Cask Finish.

The Glenfiddich Pioneers:

• David Burke, a 64 year old retired air-force pilot from Antrim, Northern Ireland.
• Stewart Gibson, a 34 year old airline pilot from Castle Douglas, Scotland.
• Emily Stranger, a 28 year old costume production manager from London, England.
• Roger Jones, a 46 year old bricklayer from Llandudno, Wales.

The tasting will be broadcast live from Everest Base Camp at 5364m, where the team will 'nose' and 'taste' a selection of Glenfiddich's finest single malt reserves. They will be joined by an eminent panel of guests live from The London Stock Exchange.

Glenfiddich Brand Ambassador Jamie Milne will be joined in the London studio by a panel of special guests, including Mark Thomson of Dramatic Whisky and Co-Founders of Walking With The Wounded, Ed Parker and Simon Daglish. Jamie will be talking us through the different flavour profiles of the Glenfiddich whiskies.

They’ll also be giving away five prizes of a Glenfiddich fleece and Walking With The Wounded t-shirt to those of you who ask the expedition team the best questions via Twitter. The winners will be announced live on air during the tasting, so get thinking now about what you’d like to ask. Best of luck to everyone.

Viewers tuning in will receive a introduction to Whisky Tasting, hear more from the Walking with the Wounded team on their Everest climb and, a lucky few, will be able to ask the team questions via Twitter using the hashtag #WWTWLive.

The 45 minute show will be streamed live on the Internet, on Telegraph.co.uk, on Absolute Radio's website as well as a special the Glenfiddich website.

Update 9th May 2012

It has been announced that the team has had to postpone its Everest summit attempt due to the weather conditions. However, the team will toast their last day at Everest Base Camp by taking part in this ground breaking whisky tasting.

Private Jaco Van Gass, comments, "As a team, we are all deeply disappointed not to be assaulting the summit during this year’s climbing season, however, we are all really looking forward to toasting our last day at Everest Base Camp and breaking the world record for the highest ever whisky tasting."
 

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