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- 22nd
December 2010
The Glengoyne Christmas Cask - A
World's First
Available from Tuesday 28th
December 2010, The Glengoyne
Christmas Cask will be released each
Christmas until 2014. Just 100
bottles will be released at a time,
exclusively available to buy in
person from the distillery shop.
- 21st
December 2010
Dalmore EOS
Dalmore
Eos is sister to Selene, Dalmores
highly prized 1951 vintage and was
selected from the same two
outstanding sherry casks.
- 21st
December 2010
Two
New Winter Warmers From BenRiach
It's
the winter solstice today December 21st,
so it's serendipitous that BenRiach is
launching two exciting new products
bearing these inspirational names. The
BenRiach Solstice and the BenRiach
Horizons.
- 20th
December 2010
Isle of Skye Raises a Glass to
Musselburgh
Isle of Skye is giving lucky
race goers attending the Christmas
and New Year events at Musselburgh a
chance to win a special VIP
experience at Musselburgh Race
Course on 16th February.
- 15th
December 2010
Dalmore
Aurora
The
Northern Lights is a shimmering,
kaleidoscope of colours often seen from
the Dalmore distillery and the
inspiration for the Dalmore Aurora, a
sublime 45 year old single malt that is
both rare and magical.
- 10th
December 2010
The
Botanist Islay Gin From
Bruichladdich
Islay, the Scottish island famous
for its whisky, now has an artisanal
gin. Bruichladdich, renowned for
their single malts, has distilled
The Botanist, a gin with true island
pedigree.
- 9th
December 2010
Balblair Collaborates With Acclaimed
Tailor
Balblair Scotch Whisky has partnered
with Scotland’s foremost bespoke
tailor Peter Johnston to create a
specially designed Balblair tie. The
bespoke tie represents the shared
philosophy of both Balblair single
malt whisky and Peter Johnston.
- 8th
December 2010
The
Old Pulteney Ice Boat is Unveiled
Old Pulteney Single Malt Scotch Whisky
and explorer Jock Wishart, yesterday
unveiled a specially designed ‘ice
boat’ which will be rowed in a
pioneering arctic expedition – The
Old Pulteney Row to the Pole.
- 8th
December 2010
Diageo Is Grand Scotch Whisky Master
The coveted prize of Grand Scotch Whisky
Master has been awarded to Diageo for
the success of their Single Malt Scotch
and Blended Scotch Whiskies.
- 7th
December 2010
Jameson Sets The Pace With 3 Million
Cases Sold
Jameson further strengthened
its position as the world’s leading
Irish whiskey, with the announcement
today of three million nine litre
case sale globally.
- 7th
December 2010
GlenDronach 38 Year Old Gets Top
Award
A GlenDronach 38 year old has
become the highest scoring whisky
out of 262 entries in the 2010 Malt
Maniacs Awards.
- 3rd
December 2010
Talisker And Lagavulin Best Daily
Drams
Malt Maniacs has awarded Lagavulin
16 year old their top award "the Non Plus Ultra Award 2010" and Talisker 10 year old their
"Best
Natural Cask Award 2010" in the ‘Daily
Drams’ category.
- 1st
December 2010
The Worlds Best Whiskies By Dominic
Roskrow
A well illustrated whisky
book covering most of the whiskies
we are likely to encounter. The
straight forward unpretentious
tasting notes and whisky anecdotes
make this a comprehensive and
entertaining guide.
- 30th
November 2010
Alcohol
Duty Review Is A Missed Opportunity
The Scotch Whisky Association says
the Treasury alcohol duty review is
a missed opportunity to introduce a
modern alcohol duty system that is
simple and transparent.
- 30th
November 2010
Old Pulteney Row To The North Pole
Finalists
Old Pulteney Single Malt
Scotch Whisky put 48 international
adventurers to the ultimate test in
the Pole Position Live Finals.
The unique global competition
offers one extraordinary person the
once in a lifetime opportunity to
become an active crew member in a
record breaking expedition.
- 29th
November 2010
Compass Box Celebrates 10th
Anniversary
Innovative independent whisky
bottler
Compass Box celebrates its
10th anniversary with the release of
3 stunning special edition whiskies.
- 25th
November 2010
anCnoc Single Malt is Festival
Favourite
anCnoc Highland Single Malt
Scotch Whisky have celebrated their
third successful year as lead
sponsors of the renowned Leeds
International Film Festival.
- 24th
November 2010
Glengoyne 21 Year Old Wins Gold
Glengoyne 21 Years Old has
scooped a prestigious gold award in
the £30 - £75 category at the highly
respected Scottish Field Whisky
Challenge for the third year in a
row.
- 23rd
November 2010
Panama Protects Scotch Whisky
Authorities in Panama have
granted an application by The Scotch
Whisky Association for "Scotch
Whisky" to be registered and
protected as a geographical
indication of origin.
- 23rd
November 2010
Diageo may seek its Fortune with Jim
Beam
Diageo is poised to be the
leader in a race for Fortune Brands
$8 billion plus Jim Beam spirits
business if the U.S. conglomerate is
pressed into breaking itself up.
- 22nd
November 2010
GlenDronach Latest Single Cask
Bottlings
Just in time for Christmas, GlenDronach,
the richly-sherried Highland single
malt, is issuing its latest batch of
single cask bottlings. As always, it’s
very limited, of exceptional quality and
available worldwide.
- 22nd
November 2010
GlenDronach Targets Corporate Sector
GlenDronach distillery shows it's just
as enterprising today...by hiring out
its historic premises to the corporate
sector.
- 18th
November 2010
Macallan 64 Years Old In Lalique
Fetches £288000
A bottle of Macallan 64 year old Scotch
whisky, housed within a Lalique crystal
decanter, far exceeded its pre-sale
estimate of $100,000 (£62,500) with
a winning bid of $460,000 (£288,000)
at Sotheby's in New York
- 18th
November 2010
Cooley
Champions of Europe Again
Cooley Distillery has been
named European Distiller of the Year for
the third year running at the 2010
International Wine and Spirit
Competition Awards banquet in London
last night.
- 18th
November 2010
Dufftown Songs Inspired By The
Glenfiddich
Richard Hawley’s stunning new
EP "Dufftown Songs" have
been released on the Glenfiddich
website, where fans can download them
for free, win tickets to an intimate
live performance and watch exclusive
footage of Richard at the Glenfiddich
distillery and in the studio.
- 17th
November 2010
Bruichladdich Distillery Powered By
Whisky Waste
Drink Bruichladdich and save
the planet! Bruichladdich has
installed a pioneering new system to
get volts from malts to power its
distillery exclusively from recycled
whisky waste.
- 17th
November 2010
Jameson Launches Easy Going Irish
Print Campaign
Jameson, the world’s No 1
Irish whiskey, has launched a new
series of global print
advertisements as an extension of
its successful international ‘Easy
Going Irish’ campaign.
- 17th
November 2010
The Unofficial Drambuie Royal
Engagement Cocktail
In an audacious display of commercial
bandwaggonism, Jamie Stephenson, Brand
Ambassador for Drambuie Liqueur has
created the Engaging Dram to celebrate
the announcement of Prince William's
engagement to Miss Catherine Middleton.
- 16th
November 2010
Ballantine’s Finest Centenary Year
Closes
International guests gathered in
Scotland this month for a two day
event to celebrate the centenary
year of Ballantine’s Finest which
was first produced in 1910.
- 15th
November 2010
Balblair
Releases Millennium Malt
Balblair Highland
Single Malt Scotch Whisky has unveiled
its latest vintage expression – the Balblair
2000 which is the first of Balblair's vintage
selection from this century.
- 10th
November 2010
Minimum Pricing Rejected By Scottish
Parliament
Today’s decisive vote to reject
minimum pricing by the Scottish
Parliament has been warmly welcomed
by Scotch Whisky distillers.
- 9th
November 2010
MSPs Urged To Reject Minimum Price
Plan
Scotch
Whisky distillers have urged MSPs to
reject minimum pricing for alcohol when
the Scottish Parliament votes at the
final stage of the Alcohol Bill’s
parliamentary process tomorrow.
- 9th
November 2010
Octomore Scotch Single Malt of the
Year
The world’s peatiest whisky is now
voted the world’s best. Whisky guru
Jim Murray has named the Octomore
Orpheus 3 as his Scotch Single Malt
of the Year 2011 in his definitive
whisky guide, the Whisky Bible.
- 9th
November 2010
Octomore Orpheus 3
Octomore Orpheus the worlds
peatiest whisky has just got peatier.
This third annual release is
certified to an extraordinary
152ppm. The Iron Fist in a Velvet
Glove.
- 8th
November 2010
China To Protect Scotch Whisky
China, an important market
for Scotch Whisky has announced that
it will recognise and protect
"Scotch Whisky" as a product of
Scotland.
- 5th
November 2010
Scotch Whisky Bolsters Economy
Nine out of Scotch Whisky’s
top ten export markets grew in value
over the first six months of 2010,
according to new figures published
today by The Scotch Whisky
Association.
- 4th
November 2010
Auchentoshan Sundays at The Lock
Tavern
This Winter Londoners should
prepare to challenge their
perceptions with some unique Sundays
at The Lock Tavern with
Auchentoshan.
- 2nd
November 2010
Glenfiddich Snow Phoenix
Glenfiddich, the UK’s number one malt
Scotch whisky, has announced the launch
of Snow Phoenix - a unique whisky born
of chance and adversity, which
commemorates a moment of drama in
Glenfiddich's long history.
- 27th
October 2010
Glengoyne Christmas Food and Whisky
Festival
Glengoyne Christmas Food and Whisky
Festival is a fun day with
entertainment and stalls for all the
family, with local, like-minded food
and drink partners, showcasing the
best local produce from the area.
- 20th
October 2010
A
Quartet of Awards for Drambuie 15
Drambuie is celebrating winning two Gold
Medals in the prestigious Drinks
International Travel Retail Excellence
Awards at TFWA Cannes for its new
innovative addition to its Travel Retail
range – Drambuie 15 year old.
- 19th
October 2010
Become A Glenrothes Whisky Maker
The Glenrothes Single Malt Whisky is
launching a global competition to
find four candidates who could
become The Glenrothes Whisky Makers.
And one of them could be you.
- 14th
October 2010
Dalmore 64 Trinitas Sells For
£100,000
Dalmore 64 Trinitas ehe worlds most
expensive whisky and the first
bottle of whisky in the world to
break the six figure price barrier
was revealed today by The Dalmore
distillery which has sold two
bottles for £100,000 each.
- 14th
October 2010
Smokehead In Search For The Greatest
Rock Band
Smokehead Whisky, in
association with Marshall and Lick
Library, is sponsoring the greatest
unsigned rock band battle of all
time, with the most coveted prize in
the music industry: The Marshall
Ultimate Band Contest.
- 13th
October 2010
New Limited Edition Chivas Regal 18
Year Old
Chivas Regal and Christian
Lacroix extend luxury partnership
with with the launch of a new
limited edition Chivas Regal 18 year
old bottle.
- 12th
October 2010
BenRiach Distillery Company Boosts
Sales Team
The BenRiach Distillery
Company, owners of the BenRiach and
GlenDronach brands, is beefing up
its sales team to allow them to
further expand the availability of
their malt brands worldwide.
- 11th
October 2010
Diageo Special Releases 2010
It is that time of year once again.
Every autumn, Diageo unveils a small and highly
desirable collection of limited edition
single malt Scotch whiskies destined for
the world’s top bars and the collections
of single malt whisky connoisseurs.
- 11th
October 2010
Whisky
Bible 2011 World Whisky Award
Winners
Jim Murray’s World Whisky Awards
2011. The winners of the Whisky
Bible 2011 World Whisky awards
are...
- 11th
October 2010
Whisky Bible 2011 Ballantine’s Takes
Top Honours
Ballantine’s 17 year old has topped all
other whiskies in this year’s
publication, which includes 4,500
different brands – of which over 1,000
new entries were tasted by Jim Murray in
six months.
- 6th
October 2010
The English Merchants Choice
Glengoyne Distillery has
challenged some of England’s best
known and highly respected
independent whisky retailers to
select a rare limited edition single
cask from the Glengoyne warehouses.
- 5th
October 2010
Christmas Launch of ‘Art of
Glengoyne’ Range
Glengoyne Highland Single
Malt Scotch Whisky is launching the first in a new
range of special collectible tins, just
in time for Christmas.
- 4th
October 2010
Ballantine’s Christmas Reserve
Ballantine's, the world’s No
2 range of blended Scotch whiskies,
has added its first seasonal limited
edition expression to the range,
with the unveiling of Ballantine’s
Christmas Reserve.
- 1st
October 2010
Highland Park 50 Year Old Revealed
Highland Park distillery has
unveiled the oldest ever island single
malt whisky - Highland Park 50 year old
– launched exclusively at Harrods,
London.
- 1st
October 2010
Roseisle Produces Over 10 Million
Litres
Roseisle the first large new
scotch whisky distillery for more
than 30 years has produced more than
10 million litres of spirit in its
first year.
- 30th
September 2010
Bruichladdich The Organic 2010
Release
Islay's only organic whisky
has now been released as a full
scale world-wide bottling.
Bruichladdich The Organic follows
the inaugural, limited-edition
bottling released last year by the
distillery.
- 29th
September 2010
Whyte & Mackay 30 Year Old For Less
Than £15
Whisky lovers wanting to enjoy a dram
may get more for their money this week
as Whyte & Mackay releases hundreds of
bottles of Whyte & Mackay 30 year old,
for the price of the Whyte & Mackay
Special blend.
- 24th
September 2010
GlenDronach Visitor Centre Gets Four
Stars
VisitScotland has awarded GlenDronach’s
Visitor Centre four stars in recognition
of its excellent facilities and
services, making the Aberdeenshire
distillery one of Scotland's top tourist
attractions.
- 24th
September 2010
New
Look For The Six Isles
The Six Isles premium Blended
Malt Scotch Whisky from independent
bottler and distiller, Ian Macleod
Distillers, has undergone a
redesign.
- 23rd
September 2010
Bowmore 40 Year Old Unveiled
Just 53 bottles of the
limited edition Bowmore 40 Years Old
will be released for sale worldwide.
Priced at £6,500 per bottle, this is
the ultimate luxury gift for the
Single Malt whisky connoisseur.
- 23rd
September 2010
Bowmore
1981 Vintage Series Limited Edition
The Bowmore 1981 is the first
in the Bowmore vintage series. This
rare and limited release of only 402
bottles worldwide makes it a
collectors’ must-have.
- 23rd
September 2010
Introducing GlenDronach Distillery
Managers Cask
Visitors to the GlenDronach
Distillery in Aberdeenshire this
autumn can now fill their own
special bottle from the Distillery
Manager’s Cask.
- 23rd
September 2010
Elvis to Appear at the Jura Music
Festival
A surprise addition to the Jura music
festival was announced today as
organisers revealed that Elvis will be
making an appearance.
- 22nd
September 2010
Glengoyne Where They Do Things
Slowly
Glengoyne has
announced a recent 25% increase in case
sales. So what does Glengoyne attribute
this increase to? Simple, the
quality of its smooth tasting malt
whisky which they attribute to their
unique SLOW method of production.
- 22nd
September 2010
Distillers Welcome Minimum Price
Vote
Scotch
Whisky distillers welcomed today’s vote
by the Scottish Parliament Health &
Sport Committee to remove minimum
pricing from the Alcohol (Scotland)
Bill.
- 21st
September 2010
Laphroaig Live 2010 From Jerez Spain
On September 23rd 2010 Laphroaig
will be holding a live internet
Laphroaig broadcast from the
Harvey's bodegas in Jerez, Spain.
They will be sampling some special
Laphroaig expressions as well as
some matured exclusively in Sherry
barrels.
- 21st
September 2010
Isle of Skye Reward Success At Ayr
Gold Cup
Isle of Skye 8 Years Old Blended
Scotch Whisky was the dram of choice
at this year’s William Hill (Ayr)
Gold Cup Festival (16-18 September),
toasting the success of race
champions and competition winners
alike.
- 21st
September 2010
Dr
Whisky Appointed Balvenie Brand
Ambassador
Family-owned distiller William Grant &
Sons Ltd. has announced the appointment of
Dr. Whisky, Samuel J Simmons, PhD., as
Global Brand Ambassador for The Balvenie
Single Malt Scotch whisky.
- 20th
September 2010
Record Visitors At Morrison Bowmore
Distilleries
Morrison Bowmore has announced a record
whisky tourism season for its three
whisky distillery visitor centres this
year and for the company’s second
Auchentoshan whisky festival in August.
- 20th
September 2010
Isle of Skye Whisky the toast of the
Clan MacLeod
Isle of Skye Blended Scotch
Whisky, owned by independent family
company Ian Macleod Distillers Ltd,
was the Official Whisky Sponsor of
the Clan MacLeod Parliament World
Gathering 2010.
- 17th
September 2010
Whisky In The Sky Takes Grants To A
New Level
As part of The Grant’s ‘Discover a
different angle’ campaign, several
whisky tastings took place 40 metres in
the air above the Southbank, London last
week.
- 16th
September 2010
New Venue For Ballantines
Championship
Ballantine’s, the No 1
ultra-premium Scotch whisky in Asia
Pacific, will further benefit from
its ongoing commitment to golf with
the announcement that Korea’s
largest golf event, the Ballantine’s
Championship, is to move to newly
built Blackstone Golf Club in Icheon,
South Korea.
- 13th
September 2010
Gold
Medals Pile Up For Diageo’s Scotch
Whiskies
With the 2010 results now announced by
the major spirits competitions, Diageo
is celebrating the 34 Gold Medals won
for its Classic Malts Selection Single
Malt Scotch Whiskies in 2010.
- 9th
September 2010
Glenfiddich 50 Year Old 2nd Release
Glenfiddich has announced the second
release of the rare Glenfiddich 50
Year Old. With a strictly limited
supply of just 450 bottles just
fifty bottles are released worldwide
each year.
- 9th
September 2010
Islay
Mist Range Gets New Packaging
Islay Mist, the award winning Blended
Scotch, is introducing new packaging
across the range for the second half of
2010.
- 7th
September 2010
Scottish Minimum Price Plan Is
Illegal
Scotch Whisky
producers believe minimum pricing
would breach EU and international
trade rules.
- 7th
September 2010
Over
£1 Billion Boost From Duty Reform
Taxing all alcoholic drinks at the
same rate by alcohol content
addresses concerns over low pricing
and could raise over £1 billion
extra revenue a year for the
Government, according to the Scotch
Whisky Association.
- 6th
September 2010
Jura
Launches Online Pub Quiz
Jura has launched the Jura Pub Quiz.
Every week for 12 months, Jura will
be giving away one bottle of Jura to
a different lucky recipient for
correctly answering the Question of
the Week.
- 3rd
September 2010
Glengoyne Launch Of Eat Scottish
Venison Day
Scottish Venison
and Glengoyne have joined together
to promote Eat Scottish Venison Day
on 4th September 2010, with Chef Tom
Lewis of Monachyle Mhor
demonstrating, with two new dishes,
how whisky and venison are a perfect
partnership.
- 1st
September 2010
Glengoyne Launches New Port Cask
Finish
Glengoyne will
now have a special
cask finish as a permanent addition to
their core range,
with a different limited edition finish
always on offer to the consumer. The
first of the new cask finishes to be
launched is a limited edition 13
Year Old Port Cask Finish.
- 27th
August 2010
The Balblair Vintage Lounge
Balblair Whisky has collaborated with
internationally acclaimed Jazz and Blues
singer Niki King for the launch of The
Balblair Vintage Lounge – a new event
that will match Balblair Vintage
expressions with classic jazz
performances in an evocative lounge
setting.
- 27th
August 2010
BenRiach Single Cask Bottlings Now
Available
BenRiach is issuing its
latest batch of single cask
bottlings this week. Available
worldwide, Batch 7 maintains
BenRiach’s reputation for
encapsulating both quality and
rarity in a glass.
- 23rd
August 2010
Smokehead Takes Gold at San
Francisco
Hot on the heels of a Gold Medal for its
explosive, peaty flavours from the
highly respected Beverage Testing
Institute (BTI), Smokehead, has been
honoured with another Gold Medal, this
time from the San Francisco World Spirits
Competition.
- 18th
August 2010
Highland Park 1970 Orcadian Vintage
Series
Highland Park, have launched
the third bottling from the
distillery's Orcadian Vintage Series
- a 1970 Vintage.
- 17th
August 2010
Famous Grouse Launches Premixed Cans
The Famous Grouse, Scotland's best
selling whisky, is
launching the brand's first premixed can. The
can will contain
The Famous Grouse mixed with
cola, in a new handy format.
- 13th
August 2010
GlenDronach Cask In A Van Belgium
Tour
Last year, GlenDronach malt whisky
selected a single cask from its
Aberdeenshire distillery and took it
round Belgium in the back of a van!
The quirky tasting tour - called Cask
in a Van proved so successful that
they're repeating it again this year.
- 12th
August 2010
Lagavulin Warehouseman 40 Years In
The Business
Iain McArthur, warehouseman
at Lagavulin Distillery marked 40
years in the whisky business on 4
August 2010. Watch Iain's video
interview recorded with Dave Broom.
- 11th
August 2010
Edrington Malt Range Celebrates IWSC
Success
The Macallan and Highland Park are
celebrating an impressive haul of four
gold best in class awards at this year's
International Wine and Spirit
Competition.
- 10th
August 2010
The
Balvenie Peated Cask 17 Year Old
The Balvenie has announced the launch of a new limited
edition expression: The Balvenie Peated
Cask aged 17 years, an exciting marriage
of single malt Scotch whiskies finished
in peated casks and new American oak.
- 10th
August 2010
New Glenfiddich Explorers website
Glenfiddich, today announced
exciting new developments to its
Explorers programme. Glenfiddich is
inspiring its members with a new
website, enabling them to explore
the world of whisky and adventures
through some truly pioneering
content.
- 9th
August 2010
Glengoyne Launches Two New Limited
Editions
Glengoyne is expanding its award-winning
whisky portfolio with the launch of two
new Limited Edition Single Cask Malts.
The new 13 Years Old and 23 Years
Old Glengoyne Highland Single Malts
were handpicked by a team of experts
at Glengoyne.
- 9th
August 2010
Chivas Launches Limited Edition Tin
By Alex Trochut
Chivas Regal, the world’s leading luxury
Scotch whisky, has teamed up with award-
winning graphic designer and illustrator
Alex Trochut, to launch a limited
edition gift tin for its 12 Year Old
expression.
- 6th
August 2010
Bruichladdich Distils First Islay
Gin
Gin has been distilled on the famous
whisky island of Islay for the first
time.
Bruichladdich distillery has distilled a
genuine, artisanal Islay gin.
- 2nd
August 2010
BenRiach Releases 2010 Wood Finishes
BenRiach has this month released three
exciting new Wood Finish expressions
from its Speyside Distillery. Matured in the traditional style in
American bourbon barrels, these whiskies
have then been "finished" in either
Rioja, Claret or Burgundy wine
barrels.
- 2nd
August 2010
GlenDronach Releases 4 New Wood
Finishes
More good news from
GlenDronach. The distillery has
announced the forthcoming release of
four new wood finishes – the first
of their kind ever to be released by
the distillery in its 180 year
history.
- 2nd
August 2010
Raise A Glass To 2nd Auchentoshan
Festival
Following the success of the
first Auchentoshan Whisky Festival
last year, Morrison Bowmore
Distillers has announced a 2nd 2010
Festival at Auchentoshan.
- 2nd
August 2010
GlenDronach 7 New Single Cask
Bottlings
GlenDronach, the richly-sherried
Highland malt, has released Batch 2 of
its single cask bottlings which includes
seven rare and very limited expressions.
- 29th
July 2010
Glenmorangie Receives "Best in
Class"
Iconic whisky distiller
Glenmorangie has picked up multiple
gold "Best in Class" wins at this
year’s International Wine & Spirit
Competition.
- 28th
July 2010
Cooley
Collects 10 Gold Medals
Cooley Distillery, Ireland’s
only independent Irish whiskey
distillery, has matched the record
it set in 2009 by winning 10 Gold
Medals at the 2010 International
Wine & Spirits Competition.
- 26th
July 2010
Lagavulin Islay Jazz Festival 2010
Diageo has announced that its iconic
Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky
Lagavulin is sponsoring this year’s
Islay Jazz Festival.
- 6th
July 2010
Molinari Leaves Impression At
Scottish Open
A
bottle of Ballantine’s 30 Year Old
whisky was presented to Edoardo Molinari
in recognition of his Barclays
Scottish Open victory on Sunday 11
July.
- 12th
July 2010
Glenfarclas 105 Gets A New Look
More than 40 years after the first
bottling of Glenfarclas 105 Cask
Strength, J. &
G. Grant have released new
packaging which
incorporates a bespoke bottle and
contemporary repeat 105 pattern.
- 6th
July 2010
The Six Isles Limited Edition
Pomerol Finish
Independent bottler and distiller, Ian Macleod Distillers, has launched a new Limited Edition Pomerol Finish of its award winning Blended Malt Scotch Whisky, The Six Isles.
- 6th
July 2010
Ardbeg Whisky Fit For Heroes
Lord Robertson donates his special
cask of Ardbeg whisky to veterans’
charity Erskine.
202 bottles have been signed
by Lord Robertson of Port Ellen and
will go on sale at the Ardbeg
Distillery on 7th July.
- 1st
July 2010
Aberlour Whisky Given New Look
Aberlour, one of the world's
most popular malt whiskies, has been
given a more contemporary and luxe
look to the Aberlour 12 Year Old, 16
Year Old, 18 Year Old and A'bunadh.
- 28th
June 2010
The Age Matters
Chivas Brothers, is today launching
a global campaign to advocate the
importance and value of whisky age
statements to consumers.
- 28th
June 2010
Bruichladdich Whisky Earns
Environmental Award
Bruichladdich whisky distiller has
earned an environmental award from
Scottish farmers for its green
credentials and barley provisioning
policy.
- 28th
June 2010
Only Girls Allowed Whisky Tasting
Ian Murray of First Drinks
presented what is believed to be the
first ever ladies only whisky
tasting in the UK.
- 25th
June 2010
The
Whisky Show 2010
The Whisky Show is a luxury
whisky event. After the roaring
success of the inaugural Show in
2009, the organisers are delighted
to be putting on The Whisky Show
again. This year’s event will be
held at The Brewery in London on
29th-30th October 2010.
- 23rd
June 2010
French
Love Affair With Whisky Celebrated
In Paris
Scotch Whisky’s growing
popularity in France – more than 5
bottles every second are shipped to
the country - will be toasted at a
reception in the British
Ambassador’s Residence in Paris
tonight.
- 23rd
June 2010
Famous Grouse Gets Packaging Update
The Famous Grouse has
invested in a complete packaging
update as it enters its 30th year as
Scotland´s number one whisky.
- 22nd
June 2010
Caol
Ila New 25 Year Old
A new member of the Caol Ila family
of single malt Scotch whiskies has
been announced by Diageo. A 25 year
old single malt Scotch Whisky is now
joining this highly popular and
award-winning collection.
- 22nd
June 2010
Whisky Industry Backs Plans For Duty
Review
The Scotch Whisky Association
has welcomed the Chancellor’s decision to freeze the excise duty on alcohol and to press ahead with a review of the system this autumn.
- 22nd
June 2010
US
Open Winner Celebrates With A
Ballantine's
US Open winner Graeme
McDowell celebrates his first major
win in style with a limited edition
Ballantine's Scotch whisky.
- 21st
June 2010
Ballantine’s New Look Prestige Range
Ballantine’s, the world’s No 2 range
of blended Scotch whiskies, is set
to leave an impression with the
unveiling of new packaging for its
multi-award winning prestige range.
- 18th
June 2010
Discover Scotland - Discover
GlenDronach Whisky
Why not discover Scotland and
its malt whisky this summer. And one of the best places to start discovering Scotland's extraordinary liquor is at the remarkable GlenDronach Distillery in Aberdeenshire.
- 16th
June 2010
101 Whiskies to Try Before You Die
This new book from whisky
expert Ian Buxton is simply, as it
says in the title a guide to 101
whiskies that whisky enthusiasts
simply must seek out and try, love
them or hate them, to complete
their whisky education.
- 11th
June 2010
Ballantine’s Tees Up For Scottish
Open
Ballantine’s,
the world’s No 2 range of blended Scotch
whisky, is reinforcing its commitment to
international golf with a three-year
extension of its official sponsorship of
the Barclays Scottish Open.
- 10th
June 2010
GlenDronach Releases New Single Cask
Bottlings
World Cup memories kick off as
GlenDronach releases 7 new single
cask bottlings.
- 10th
June 2010
Smokehead Rocks Out
Smokehead, the rich and
powerful Single Malt Whisky by Ian
Macleod Distillers, has been named
the official whisky sponsor of
Classic Rock Magazine.
- 7th
June 2010
Ian Macleod Announces Significant
Profit Increase
Ian Macleod Distillers, one of the
largest independent family companies in
the UK spirits industry, has announced
its financial results to 30 September
2009.
- 7th
June 2010
English Whisky Companys First Peated
Malt Whisky
The English Whisky Company,
England's only whisky distillery
will begin selling the first ever
peated English malt whisky on
Tuesday 8th June.
- 4th
June 2010
Glenlivet Bids For Global Leadership
£10 Million distillery expansion
signals The Glenlivets bid for
global leadership in single malt
Scotch whisky.
- 4th
June 2010
Prince Charles Officially Opens
Glenlivet Expansion
His Royal Highness The Prince
of Wales today opened a new
expansion to The Glenlivet
Distillery on Friday 4 June during a
visit to Speyside, Scotland.
- 2nd
June 2010
Taste
of Gold for Smokehead
Ian Macleod Distillers
Smokehead Islay Single Malt Scotch
Whisky, has been awarded an
International Review of Spirits Gold
Medal.
- 1st
June 2010
Isle
of Skye Offers VIP Treatment
Isle of Skye 8 Years Old
Blended Scotch Whisky is offering
the chance to win a VIP day at the
William Hill Ayr Gold Cup along with
an overnight stay.
- 31st
May 2010
Ardbeg Supernova Returns
Ardbeg has launched the second
edition of its award winning single
malt Supernova, The Ardbeg SN2010 is
described by the company as “the
peatiest Ardbeg ever”.
- 28th
May 2010
Balvenie 40 Year Old Unveiled
William Grant & Sons has
unveiled a limited edition 40 year
old expression of The Balvenie
Single Malt Scotch Whisky available
exclusively in travel retail
outlets.
- 27th
May 2010
The Famous Grouse Marks 30 Years At
Number One
The
Famous Grouse has unveiled a limited
edition gift box for the final 1980
bottles of its award-winning 30 year old
blended malt.
- 27th
May 2010
The Famous Grouse Taste Challenge
The Famous Grouse has launched a
tasting challenge in travel retail
outlets. The tasting spans The
Famous Grouse and both its variants
The Black Grouse and The Snow
Grouse.
- 26th
May 2010
New GlenDronach Wood Finishes
GlenDonach Distillery have
announced the launch of a series of
GlenDronach wood finishes –
Sauternes, Virgin Oak, Moscatel and
Tawny Port.
- 25th
May 2010
GlenDronach Spirit Sales Sore
Since being launched last
spring, the Aberdeenshire
distillery’s new range of single
malts has sold some 25,000 cases
worldwide, yielding extra sales of
some £2.4 million.
- 21st
May 2010
Royal Highnesses To Open Glenlivet
Expansion
Their Royal Highnesses The
Prince of Wales and The Duchess of
Cornwall will open a new expansion
to The Glenlivet Distillery on Friday 4
June during a visit to Speyside,
Scotland.
- 21st
May 2010
Four New Whiskies Announced By
Diageo
Diageo has announced four additions
to their extensive range that will
only be available to visitors to
their Scottish distilleries.
Lagavulin, Glenkinchie, Oban and
Blair Athol distilleries will
shortly be selling these special
bottlings that won't be available
anywhere else in the world.
- 19th
May 2010
Diageo Managers Choice 4th And Final
Release
Following earlier batches launched
in September, January and April,
Diageo are now launching the fourth
and final set of their exclusive
single-cask collection of Single
Malt Scotch Whiskies.
- 17th
May 2010
Diageo Reveal 2010 Islay Festival
Bottlings
Diageo has now revealed the two
limited-edition single cask
bottlings of Lagavulin and Caol Ila
which will be sold at this year's
Islay Festival of Malt and Music.
- 10th
May 2010
Scotch
Whisky Dominates Power 100 Drinks
List
Scotch whisky brands continue
to dominate the annual The Power 100
table of the world’s leading
alcoholic drinks brands.
- 10th
May 2010
Scotch Whisky Makers Toast Growth In
Brazil
A 56% increase in exports confirmed
Scotch Whisky’s growing popularity in
Brazil in 2009, according to new figures
published by the UK-based Scotch Whisky
Association.
- 7th
May 2010
Rare
Glenfiddich 1937 For Sale
An exceptionally rare bottle of
Glenfiddich distilled in 1937 is
expeceted to fetch as much as £20000
when it goes up for sale in
Edinburgh on 16 June 2010.
- 4th
May 2010
Cutty Sark Gets New Brand Controller
The Edrington Group announced today
that Jason Craig has been appointed
brand controller with the
newly-acquired Cutty Sark blended
Scotch whisky brand.
- 28th
April 2010
Discovering Scotland's Distilleries
Discovering Scotland's Distilleries
is a new
whisky guide book which is set to hit the shelves
on 28th May
2010. Covering every operating malt
whisky distillery in Scotland and
listing full tour details and
visitors information for those that
are open for tours.
- 21st
April 2010
Local Man Takes Over At Springbank
Springbank, the iconic Campbeltown
whisky distillery, has this week
announced a summertime change of
management that will see the first
locally-born man take charge of
production in over 60 years.
- 20th
April 2010
Glenfarclas 40 Year Old
Family owned Glenfarclas have
added a new 40 Years Old whisky to
their portfolio of premium Highland
Single Malt Scotch Whiskies. It will
be launched during the 2010 Spirit
of Speyside festival.
- 13th
April 2010
Glengoyne Distillery Launch New
Tours
Glengoyne is now offering a
fantastic NEW range of comprehensive
Guided Tours that take you behind
the scenes at the distillery and
give you an amazing insight into the
production of scotch whisky.
- 12th
April 2010
Talisker Bounty Boat Re-enactment Of
Captain Bligh
The Talisker Bounty Boat and its
crew are attempting the first ever
authentic re-enactment of Captain Bligh's "Mutiny On The Bounty" journey and at the same time
attempting to raise money for The
Sheffield Institute Foundation for
Motor Neurone Disease.
- 7th
April 2010
Diageo Managers Choice 3rd Release
Diageo has launched the 3rd batch of
their first ever single cask
collection of Single Malt Scotch
Whiskies named The Managers Choice.
- 31st
March 2010
Dave Broom At The Glenlivet
Distillery
Whisky writer and connoisseur Dave
Broom recently visited The Glenlivet
Distillery in preparation for his
Whisky Master Classes at the
forthcoming Spirit of Speyside
Whisky Festival, which takes place
from 29th April – 3rd May 2010.
- 25th
March 2010
Macallan Ice Ball Serve
The Macallan has thrown its
hat into the ring by creating an
innovative serving method expressly
for those who like their whisky with
ice.
- 25th
March 2010
Four New Highland Park Vintages
Highland Park has launched a new
Highland Park Vintage Editions range
exclusive to Global Travel Retail,
consisting of four single malt
whiskies distilled in
1998,
1994,
1990 and
1973.
- 24th
March 2010
Dalmore Mackenzie Limited Edition
Dalmore has released 3,000
limited edition bottles of this new
highland single malt to mark a new
era in the distillery’s long
affiliation with The Mackenzie Clan.
- 23rd
March 2010
The
Macallan 21 Year Old Wins Ultimate
Trophy
The
Macallan Fine Oak 21 year old single
malt scooped the top prize, the esteemed
Ultimate Spirits Chairman's Trophy, at
the Ultimate Spirits Challenge.
- 18th
March 2010
Batch Three of The Balvenie
Signature Released
World-renowned Malt Master,
David Stewart, today announces the
release of ‘Batch Three’ of his
award-winning Balvenie Signature
single malt whisky.
- 17th
March 2010
Grant’s Conducts a Classic Night Out
As part of its on-going
partnership with Classic FM, Grant’s
– the UK’s number three blended
whisky – sponsored Classic FM Live
at the Royal Albert Hall on Monday
15th March for the second successive
year.
- 11th
March 2010
Mortlach 70 Years Old The Worlds
Oldest Whisky
Released under independent bottler
Gordon & MacPhail's Generations
range, Mortlach 70 Years Old is the
oldest bottled single malt Scotch
whisky in the world.
- 5th
March 2010
Ardbeg’s Winning Streak
Ardbeg has announced that
Ardbeg Corryvreckan has just won two coveted
awards: World’s Best Single Malt Whisky
at the World Whisky Awards and Single
Malt of the Year by Malt Advocate
Magazine.
- 4th
March 2010
A Double
Dram of Gold for Smokehead
Smokehead, Ian Macleod Distiller’s
Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky, has
been awarded two Gold Medals in the
highly respected Beverage Testing
Institutes’ International Review of
Spirits Packaging Competition.
- 3rd
March 2010
Icons Of Arran Second Release The
Rowan Tree
Isle of Arran distillery have
announced the forthcoming release of
the The Rowan Tree which is the
Second edition of the Icons of Arran
Limited Edition Series and a
follow-up to the very highly rated
Arran Peacock.
- 25th
February 2010
New
Glenfiddich Rich Oak 14 Year Old
Whisky
Glenfiddich today honours the
distillery’s long history of wood
mastery with the release of the 14
year old Glenfiddich Rich Oak Single
Malt Scotch Whisky.
- 12th
February 2010
Glenfiddich Hands Over Precious 50
Year Old
Whisky history was in the making
when Glenfiddich handed over a
bottle of the precious Glenfiddich
50 year old to Rajbir Singh Sawhney
from The Whisky Exchange.
- 12th
February 2010
Cooley Named Malt Advocate
Distillery Of The Year
Cooley Distillery, Ireland’s only
independent whiskey distiller, has
been named Distillery of the Year at
the 16th Annual Malt Advocate Whisky
Awards.
- 12th
February 2010
Ardbeg Committee Celebrates 10th
Anniversary
Ardbeg have announced the release of
a special bottling to named Ardbeg
Rollercoaster to mark the 10th
anniversary of its ardent follower’s
society – the Ardbeg Committee.
- 3rd
February 2010
Edrington To Buy Cutty Sark Brand
Edrington Group today
announced that they will buy the
Cutty Sark brand from Berry Bros. &
Rudd.
Under the deal, BB&R will acquire The
Glenrothes single malt brand from
Edrington.
- 3rd
February 2010
Bruichladdich Install The Ugliest
Still In Scotland
Bruichladdich have announced
the installation of an unusual fifth
still which has been named Ugly
Betty and with good reason.
- 1st
February 2010
Bruichladdich Re-install Scotland's
Oldest Pot Still
Bruichladdich distillery have
re-installed Scotland's oldest pot
still. Commissioned in 1880 it is
likely to be the oldest pot still in
use in Scotland at 130 years old.
- 26th
January 2010
6th Release Of Rare Glenfiddich 40
Year Old
Glenfiddich today announced
the 6th release of the rare
Glenfiddich 40 Year Old, with only
600 bottles released worldwide.
- 26th
January 2010
Glenfiddich Unveils New 30 Year Old
Glenfiddich today announced a
new release of the highly
sought-after Glenfiddich 30 Year Old
Single Malt Scotch whisky.
- 19th
January 2010
Bruichladdich To Convert Waste To
Electricity
Bruichladdich Distillery on Islay is
to build an anaerobic digester which
will convert waste into methane gas,
which will be burned to make
electricity.
- 15th
January 2010
Diageo Managers Choice 2nd Release
Diageo has launched the 2nd batch of
their first ever single cask
collection of Single Malt Scotch
Whiskies named The Managers Choice.
- 14th
January 2010
Old
Pulteney Launch WK499 Isabella
Fortuna
Inver House Distillers has launched
a limited-edition variant of Old
Pulteney Scotch whisky named "WK499 Isabella Fortuna"
exclusively for travel retailers.
- 12th
January 2010
Johnnie Walker Double Black
Diageo today announced the test
launch of a new deluxe variant of
Johnnie Walker Black Label. The new
Johnnie Walker Double Black is a
peatier version of Johnnie Walker
Black Label will be tested in global
travel retail outlets.
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