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- 20th
December 2012
GlenDronach 7th Batch of Single Cask
Bottlings
GlenDronach releases 7th batch of
single cask bottlings.
Ranging from 18 to 40 years old,
they are now available in the UK and
will be released in export markets
from January 2013.
- 19th
December 2012
Bowmore 1957 Sells For £100,000
A bottle of Bowmore 1957 54 year
old, the oldest ever Islay single
malt whisky has sold for £100,000.
Five Scottish Charities will each
receive £11,000 for Christmas from
this sale.
- 19th
December 2012
Glenfiddich Bottle Christmas Tree
Glenfiddich distillery workers mark
125th anniversary of the original
Christmas spirit with a Glenfiddich
bottle Christmas tree.
- 18th
December 2012
The Bowmore Room At The Caledonian
Club
Raise a dram with Bowmore to
celebrate the arrival of The Bowmore
Room at the Caledonian Club in the
heart of London, London's only
Scottish private members club.
- 14th
December 2012
BenRiach & GlenDronach Malt Maniacs
Awards
The BenRiach Distillery Company, which
produces the award-winning BenRiach and
GlenDronach single malts, has won two
main awards and eight medals in the 2012
“Malt Maniacs” Awards.
- 14th
December 2012
Glenfarclas Appoints New Distillery
Manager
J. & G. Grant have announced
the appointment of Callum Fraser as
the new Production Manager at the
Glenfarclas Distillery.
- 13th
December 2012
The
Balvenie Fifty Now Available At LAX
Continuing the celebration of
Malt Master David Stewart's 50th
year at The Balvenie distillery, on
November 27th The Balvenie Fifty was
unveiled at Los Angeles
International Airport.
- 13th
December 2012
Teeling Whiskey Company Releases
Premium Poitín
Independent
Irish whiskey maker, the Teeling Whiskey
Company, has launched a new Premium
Poitín bottling to showcase the Original
Spirit of Ireland.
- 13th
December 2012
Facundo Pieres Signs With Royal
Salute
Facundo Pieres, son of
legendary polo player Gonzalo Pieres
Sr. has signed with Royal Salute,
after leading the Ellerstina team to
victory in the 119th Campeonato
Argentino Abierto de Polo in Buenos
Aires last week.
- 10th
December 2012
Glenfiddich Celebration 125th
Anniversary Edition
William Grant have launched the
Glenfiddich Celebration 125th
Anniversary Edition, a new travel retail
exclusive limited edition bottling to
mark the 125th anniversary of the
Glenfiddich.
- 7th
December 2012
Diageo Sponsor Free New Years Eve
Travel
This
Hogmanay Diageo will be once
again be sponsoring free travel in
London and for the first time free
travel in Edinburgh for the Hogmanay
celebrations.
- 7th
December 2012
Johnnie Walker The Spice Road
Johnnie
Walker have launched Johnnie Walker The
Spice Road the first release in the
new Johnnie Walker Explorers' Club
Collection, a new range which is
exclusive to travel retail.
- 6th
December 2012
Auchentoshan Unveils Three New
Expressions
Auchentoshan, the only triple
distilled Single Malt Scotch Whisky, have
recently
released three new limited
editions -
the very rare
Auchentoshan 1966 and
Auchentoshan 1979, and the second small
batch release of the
Auchentoshan Valinch 2012.
- 4th
December 2012
GlenDronach Cask Strength Batch 1
In a first for GlenDronach,
the award-winning Aberdeenshire
distillery has produced a new cask
strength expression
- 30th
November 2012
The Balvenie Triple Cask 12, 16 & 25
Year Old
Introducing the new Balvenie Triple
Cask range which will be exclusive
to travel retail. The Balvenie
Triple Cask range comprises of a 12
year old, 16 year old and 25 year
old expression.
- 30th
November 2012
Glenfiddich Crystal Stag Finds Home
In Zurich
Glenfiddich Crystal Stag has found
its next home in the Nuance Duty
Free Store at Zurich Airport. This
is the
seventh Glenfiddich Crystal
Stag Gondola to be unveiled by
William Grant & Sons.
- 29th
November 2012
Benromach Gift Packs For Whisky
Lovers
Speyside’s
smallest distillery, Benromach, has
launched a gift pack which will allow
whisky lovers to get the most out of
Benromach’s flagship single malt, the 10
Years Old.
- 29th
November 2012
Ballantine's Leave An Impression
Campaign
Ballantine’s is highlighting
its associations with music and
personal expression with the launch
of Ballantine’s Loud Blue, a social
media platform that invites brand
fans worldwide to ‘leave an
impression through music in a unique
and creative way’.
- 28th
November 2012
Glenfiddich 2012 Malt Mastermind
Winner
Lee Potter Cavanagh of Mark’s Bar at HIX
in London has emerged victorious at this
year’s Glenfiddich Malt Mastermind
competition. Now in its third year and
with more than double the entries to
last year, the final which was held
this week at The Savoy was more
competitive than ever.
- 27th
November 2012
Ballantine's Christmas Reserve In
Demand
Ballantine’s, the No 1 Scotch
whisky in Europe, is rolling out
Ballantine’s Christmas Reserve
Limited Edition to more markets than
ever before this year, due to
increased demand from markets
looking to capitalise on the
lucrative festive season.
- 23rd
November 2012
Jameson Hits 4 Million Cases
Jameson Irish Whiskey has
reinforced its position as the
world’s No 1 Irish whiskey with the
announcement today that it has
reached the significant landmark of
four million case sales globally.
- 23rd
November 2012
William Grant & Sons Crowned Grand
Spirit Master
William Grant & Sons has won
the Grand Spirit Master for the
second consecutive year and the
Scotch Whisky Grand Master awards
for its premium drinks brands at
this year’s Spirits Masters, a
highly respected drinks competition
by The Spirit Business.
- 21st
November 2012
Glenmorangie Named World's Best
Distiller
The Glenmorangie Company was
the toast of the prestigious
International Wine & Spirit
Competition this week after being
named 2012 Distiller of the Year.
- 21st
November 2012
Jameson First Shot Short Film
Competition 2013
Building on the success of
its inaugural year, Jameson is
launching ‘Jameson First Shot’ short
film competition for 2013, with two
major Hollywood actors now involved
in the project.
- 21st
November 2012
Chivas Brothers Appoints M&C Saatchi
Chivas Brothers has announced
the appointment of M&C Saatchi as
the new global advertising agency
for Ballantine’s, the No. 1 whisky
in Europe, and the world’s No. 2
Scotch whisky by volume.
- 16th
November 2012
GlenDronach Picks Up Top Scottish
Field Award
A GlenDronach 1990 single cask
bottling has won three top awards in
this year’s prestigious Scottish
Field Whisky Challenge.
- 16th
November 2012
Glenfiddich Malt Mastermind
Finalists 2012
Now in its third year the Glenfiddich
Malt Mastermind cocktail competition
2012 final will be held at the Beaufort
Bar at The Savoy on Monday 26th
November. Eight talented finalists
will be creating their twist on the
classic whisky cocktail ‘Blood & Sand’
as well as their own signature serve
using either Glenfiddich 12, 15 or 18
Year Old Single Malt.
- 15th
November 2012
The
Balvenie Dipping Dog
The Balvenie has introduced
The Balvenie Dipping Dog, a new way
of serving its premium whisky brand.
The Balvenie Dipping Dog can be
found in a number of high-end bars
and restaurants.
- 13th
November 2012
Remaining Glenlivet 70 Year Old
Released In UK
The last remaining bottles of
the world’s joint oldest single malt
Scotch whisky, Gordon & MacPhail
Generations Glenlivet 70 year old go
on sale worldwide today.
- 10th
November 2012
Dewar's The Drinking Man's Scotch
Dewar's have announced a
break from the tired conventions of
the category for the launch of its
new campaign – "Dewar's: The
Drinking Man's Scotch." The new
Dewar's campaign will challenge the
norm by bringing sensual taste,
intellectual stimulation in a new
advert featuring a beautiful,
alluring and mysterious woman played
by Claire Forlani.
- 10th
November 2012
Crown Royal Introduces Maple
Finished Whisky
Crown Royal have added
another branch to the family tree
with the announcement of the brand's
first foray into the rapidly growing
flavoured whisky category with the
release of Crown Royal Maple
Finished.
- 9th
November 2012
Diageo Take 27% Shareholding In
United Spirits
Diageo plc, United Breweries
(Holdings) Limited and United Spirits
Limited have today announced agreements
under which Diageo would acquire a 27.4%
stake in USL, the leading spirits
company in India.
- 9th
November 2012
Hankey Bannister Named Supreme
Champion Spirit
Earlier this week the premium
Scotch blended whisky Hankey Bannister 40 Year Old was
named ‘Supreme Champion Spirit’ in
the prestigious International
Spirits Challenge 2012.
- 7th
November 2012
BenRiach Re-starts Its Own Maltings
BenRiach started making its
own malt again this week which means
the Elgin distillery is now one of
only a handful of distilleries in
Scotland with its own maltings.
- 6th
November 2012
Jura Whisky 'Penny' Treasure Hunt in
UK Cities
Jura Whisky has today
launched a penny treasure hunt in
four cities across the UK, with
forty bottles of Jura Superstition
to be given away to the forty lucky
finders.
- 5th
November 2012
Rare Bunnahabhain 40 Year Old
Bunnahabhain distillery has
announced that it will release a
one-off rare limited edition
Bunnahabhain 40 year old single
malt.
- 1st
November 2012
Irish Whiskey Society Single Cask
Whiskey
Irish distillers and the Irish
Whiskey Society unveil exclusive
bottling of Single Cask Whiskey. The
Irish Whiskey Society Single Cask
Whiskey is a 17 Year Old Single Pot
Still Whiskey.
- 1st
November 2012
Ballantine's Change The Plan
Ballantine's encourages consumers to
Change the Plan with new advertising
campaign and the release of this
new
Ballantine's Change the Plan
television commercial.
- 1st
November 2012
Benromach 10 Scoops Top Award In
Hong Kong
Benromach 10 year old scooped a top
award at the Cathay Pacific Hong
Kong International Wine & Spirit
Competition.
- 31st
October 2012
Malt Whisky Yearbook 2013 Review
Beautifully illustrated with over 500
photographs and most of them new since
last years edition, the Malt Whisky
Yearbook 2013 is more than just a
reference guide for any serious whisky
drinker it is also a fascinating look
into the world of whisky and the people
who make it. A book that any whisky
enthusiast, whether a beginner or
connoisseur can read for pleasure.
- 29th
October 2012
Great King Street New York Blend
Compass
Box have announced the release of the
first in a series of one-off, regional
Scotch whisky blends under their Great
King Street label - the Great King
Street New York Blend.
- 27th
October 2012
Mackinlay's Shackleton 2nd Edition
The Journey
Whyte & Mackay yesterday
launched a new version of its world
famous Mackinlay’s malt at Whisky
Fest in New York - the Mackinlay's
Shackleton 2nd Edition is called
Mackinlay’s The Journey.
- 27th
October 2012
Jura Whisky Win a Million Pennies
Competition
Jura Whisky has launched its
biggest ever online competition,
providing its legion of honorary Diurachs across the UK with
the chance to win £10,000.
- 26th
October 2012
The Balvenie Tun 1401 Batch 6
The Balvenie has introduced
another whisky in to the Tun 1401
range, The Balvenie Tun 1401 Batch 6
is available exclusively in the
United States.
- 25th
October 2012
Benromach Launch 20cl Triple Gift
Pack
Benromach, has launched a
gift pack which will allow whisky
lovers to sample three of its most
popular expressions - Benromach 10
year old, Benromach Peat Smoke and
the Benromach Organic.
- 25th
October 2012
Benromach Supports Arts & Business
Awards
Speyside’s
smallest whisky distillery, Benromach,
celebrated two of Scotland’s best
assets, whisky and the arts with its
sponsorship of the Arts and Business
Awards 2012.
- 25th
October 2012
Glen Ord Distillery Expansion Plan
Diageo
have submitted a planning
application for the expansion of the
Glen Ord distillery near Muir of Ord.
The expansion plan will double the
current production capacity of 5
million litres of alcohol per annum.
- 24th
October 2012
Old Pulteney 40 Year Old
Old Pulteney single malt Scotch
whisky has unveiled its oldest
expression to date – a new limited
edition Old Pulteney 40 Year Old
single malt.
- 22nd
October 2012
Gordon & MacPhail Adds To Its
Private Collection
Independent whisky bottler Gordon &
MacPhail adds a Ledaig St Joseph
Wood Finish and Balblair Crozes-Hermitage
Wood Finish to its Private
Collection.
- 18th
October 2012
Chivas Brothers Planning New
Speyside Distillery
Chivas Brothers has announced its intention to
build a new malt whisky distillery and
has begun the planning process for a
site in Speyside. The company is
consulting the local community and
planners regarding a location on the
banks of the River Spey near Carron on
the site of the silent Imperial
distillery.
- 18th
October 2012
New Teeling Hybrid Malt Whiskey
The Teeling Whiskey Company has
announced its entry in to the
marketplace by creating a whole new
whiskey category with the launch of
Hybrid Malt Whiskey made up of
Cooley and Bruichladdich whisky.
- 18th
October 2012
Glengoyne New Range Unveiled
The team at
Glengoyne have been hard at work over
the past 18 months creating a new
range of Glengoyne Whisky for us to
enjoy. The new look Glengoyne range
includes a number of new whiskies as
well as some old favourites that you
already know.
- 17th
October 2012
Balvenie Launches 17 Year Old
DoubleWood
The Balvenie range of single malt
whiskies has just gotten bigger with
the addition of The Balvenie 17 year
old Doublewood. So has the
Doublewood come of age, read on.
- 12th
October 2012
Octomore 10 Year Old
The world’s peatiest whisky comes of
age. Octomore 10 year old is a
landmark and highly limited release
of the cult Islay spirit and for the
first time at 10 aged years.
- 12th
October 2012
Port Charlotte 10 Year Old
This release of Port Charlotte
10 year old is a milestone for the Bruichladdich
distillery, rather than just a limited
edition the Port Charlotte 10 year
old joins the core range of whiskies
from the Bruichladdich distillery
and is here to stay.
- 12th
October 2012
Octomore 5
Fifth Annual Release
The world’s peatiest whisky just got
peatier. Octomore 5 is the fifth
annual release is peated to an
extraordinary 169ppm. The iron fist
in a velvet glove.
- 11th
October 2012
Ballantine's Unveils Premium Gift
Offerings
Christmas is coming as Ballantine's
unveils premium offerings for the
gifting season with the launch
of a trio of stylish gift packs for its
Ballantine’s Finest and Ballantine’s 12
year old expressions ahead of the
festive period.
- 9th
October 2012
Glenlivet Master Distiller Receives
Top Award
Glenlivet Master Distiller Alan
Winchester's contribution to
Speyside and whisky has been
recognised by the industry and the
Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival,
Alan is this year’s recipient of the
Ambassador of the Year Award.
- 8th
October 2012
Rare 1974 AOIBHINN Ardbeg Sells For
£27000
St Columba’s Hospice Live Life Ball
raises £400k including £27,000 for
exclusive bottle of rare 1974
‘AOIBHINN’ Ardbeg Reserve.
- 8th
October 2012
Jura Standing Stone 30 Year Old
Jura are set to launch Jura Standing
Stone 30 year old in time for
Christmas.
- 3rd
October 2012
Scotch Whisky Exports Remain at
Record Levels
Scotch whisky exports remain at
record levels. There was a 13% boost
in demand from the US, while sales
were also up strongly to Russia and
Venezuela. But with the eurozone
economy struggling, exports to Spain
fell by 24%.
- 2nd
October 2012
Sazerac Caribou Crossing Single
Barrel
Sazerac Caribou Crossing Single
Barrel is a luxury Canadian whisky
brand which is turning heads in the
whisky world.
- 1st
October 2012
The Chivas Brothers Blend
Chivas Regal today launched
The Chivas Brothers’ Blend, the new
whisky is exclusively to the global
travel retail channel. This unique
12 year old blend uses a carefully
selected range of malt whiskies
including Strathisla and Longmorn.
- 28th
September 2012
Tullibardine To Make Whisky Fuel For
Cars
Tullibardine is aiming to turn its
by-products into biofuel and become
the world's first whisky distillery
to fuel car and trucks in a move
which could see Scotland's 100-plus
distilleries feed a new
60-million-pound industry.
- 28th
September 2012
Diageo In Talks For Stake Of United
Spirits
Diageo is in talks to acquire a
stake in Indian billionaire Vijay
Mallya's United Spirits Ltd,
reviving an on-again, off-again
courtship that would ramp up its
presence in the world's largest
whisky market. However there is no
certainty that these discussions
will lead to a transaction.
- 20th
September 2012
Last Remaining Glenlivet 70 Year Old
Goes On Sale
The last remaining bottles of one of
the world’s oldest and most
exclusive single malt Scotch
whiskies The Glenlivet 70 year old
from Gordon & MacPhail is set to go
on sale at a special event in Canada
today
at Vancouver International
Airport.
- 19th
September 2012
The Age Matters Debate - Great
Things Take Time
'The Age Matters Debate' took place to
coincide with the unveiling of a new
global education campaign from Chivas
Brothers, 'Great Things Take Time' aimed at informing consumers
about the true value of high aged Scotch
whiskies.
- 19th
September 2012
Whisky Age Statement Knowledge Gap
Chivas Brothers, who has more than
85% of the market share of Scotch
whisky sold aged 21 years old and
over commissioned independent market
research into consumers opinions of
age statements and found a
considerable knowledge gap.
- 17th
September 2012
Bowmore
1957 Oldest Ever Islay Whisky
Released
Bowmore have today announced the
forthcoming release of its oldest ever
expression this October; the
exceptionally rare Bowmore 1957 54
Years Old. Not only is this the oldest
whisky the distillery has ever
released, it is also the oldest
Islay Single Malt ever released.
- 17th
September 2012
Chivas Regal 12 Year Old Made for
Gentlemen
Chivas
Regal has teamed up with British luxury
shoe designer, Tim Little, to launch a
limited edition collectible tin. Chivas
Regal 12 Year Old Made for Gentlemen by
Tim Little is the first in a series of
annual collaborations with modern
craftsmen who share a passion for style,
discernment, heritage and creativity.
- 14th
September 2012
Rare Bowmore Whisky Coming Soon
(Part Three)
Here is
part three of a teaser video this time
focusing on the craftsmanship that went
into the hand blown glass bottle
that will hold the soon to be released
rare expression of Bowmore whisky.
- 13th
September 2012
Compass Box Flaming Heart 4th
Release
I know many of you, like
myself will be very pleased to hear
that the guys at Compass Box have
bottled and released their fourth
edition of the outstanding blended
malt Scotch whisky Flaming Heart.
- 12th
September 2012
anCnoc Peter Arkle Second Edition
Release
The remARKabLE Partnership Continues
with
the second in the series of
Limited Edition releases from its
collaboration with internationally
renowned Scottish illustrator, Peter Arkle.
- 10th
September 2012
Rare Bowmore Whisky Coming Soon
(Part Two)
As
I have already mentioned, later this month Bowmore will launch
a very rare whisky and
here is part two of a teaser video
this time focusing on the
craftsmanship of the box that will
contain the new rare Bowmore whisky.
- 10th
September 2012
Lagavulin Islay Jazz Ferstival 2012
Following last year’s
exceptionally well-received limited
edition release of Lagavulin to mark
the Islay Jazz Festival, a special
limited-edition bottling of
Lagavulin will be released again
this year, sourced from a single
Refill Sherry Butt filled on 7th May
1997.
- 10th
September 2012
Johnnie Walker Where Flavour Is King
Johnnie Walker, the world’s number
one Blended Scotch Whisky, is this
week launching a new global
advertising campaign. Entitled
‘Where Flavour Is King’, the
campaign focuses on the array of
rich and intense flavours that are
found in each blend of Johnnie
Walker whisky.
- 10th
September 2012
Rare
Bowmore Whisky Coming Soon (Part
One)
I have been informed that
later this month Bowmore will launch
a very rare whisky but meanwhile
here is part one of a teaser video.
- 6th
September 2012
St Columba’s Hospice Auctions Rare
Ardbeg Whisky
AOIBHINN,
a rare Ardbeg 1974 Single Malt
Scotch whisky bottled in a unique
bottle designed by Maeve Gillies is
to be auctioned to raise funds for
an essential rebuild of St Columba’s
Hospice in Edinburgh.
- 5th
September 2012
Balvenie 50 Marks Half Century For
David Stewart
Exactly 50 years to the day
that David joined the Balvenie
distillery as a seventeen year old
apprentice, The Balvenie have
released a rare cask of The Balvenie
single malt distilled in 1962. Just
88 bottles of The Balvenie 50 year
old will be available.
- 5th
September 2012
Johnnie Walker Launch New App On
Facebook Page
Johnnie Walker, the world’s
best-selling whisky brand, is
launching a new application on its
global Facebook page this September
which is set to give Instagram
photos hidden in people’s pockets an
audience of millions.
- 4th
September 2012
Chivas Introduce The Night Magnum
Chivas Regal has launched a permanent
bottle exclusively for the on-trade –
Chivas Regal 12 Year Old Night Magnum.
- 1st
September 2012
Ardbeg
Galileo Has Lift Off
You have heard the rumours about a
new out of this world bottling from
Ardbeg, well it has arrived the Ardbeg
Galileo has lift off. The Ardbeg Galileo
has been launched today to celebrate Ardbeg’s
first ever experiment in space.
- 30th
August 2012
A Strong Year for Chivas Brothers
Whisky
Chivas Brothers, the Scotch
whisky and premium gin business of
Pernod Ricard have confirmed strong
performances for all of its
strategic brands over the last
financial year.
- 30th
August 2012
Bowmore Partners with River
Cottage's Chef
Bowmore whisky has teamed up
with John Wright, the UK’s leading
foraging expert, and top chef Gill Meller, both from Hugh
Fearnley-Whittingstall’s River Cottage,
to launch a series of delicious seafood
and dessert recipes to match perfectly
with Islay’s first Single Malt.
- 29th
August 2012
Scotch Whisky Industry Now In A
Golden Age
Billy
Walker, the scotch whisky veteran who
resurrected the fortunes of BenRiach and
GlenDronach, believes the industry has
entered "a golden age".
- 28th
August 2012
Diageo 2012 Special Releases
Diageo has announced its
Single Malt Scotch Whiskies to be
released in limited edition this
autumn in the Special Releases
series.
- 24th
August 2012
Glenfiddich Sponsor Harrys Mountain
Heroes
ITN Productions has produced
Glenfiddich's first ever television
sponsorship idents for the upcoming
documentary Harry’s Mountain Heroes,
which airs on 27th August at 9pm on
ITV1.
- 20th
August 2012
Nico Hülkenberg Gets a Bespoke
Birthday Gift
Sahara Force India Formula One Team
driver Nico Hülkenberg celebrated his
25th birthday yesterday with a bespoke
bottle of Whyte & Mackay whisky that was
personally crafted for him by Master
Blender Richard Paterson.
- 16th
August 2012
SWA Staff Use Pedal Power For
Charity
Employees from the SWA's
Edinburgh head office are taking on
the challenge of cycling to all 108
distilleries in Scotland to raise
money for two nominated charities,
Macmillan Cancer Support in Scotland
and WaterAid.
- 16th
August 2012
Whisky - Local Hero or International
Ambassador?
The event Scotch Whisky -
Local Hero or International
Ambassador?, from the Scotch Whisky
Association and the Scottish
Parliament's Cross Party Group on
Scotch Whisky, is being held at the
Parliament in Edinburgh on Friday 17
August.
- 15th
August 2012
Whisky Luxe Edinburgh 2012
Whisky
Luxe is the new luxury whisky tasting
event for passionate whisky
drinkers, whisky enthusiasts and
collectors. The new event launches
of September 7th at The Scotch
Whisky Experience which is located
just minutes from Edinburgh Castle.
- 15th
August 2012
Trace Your Family Tree With Grant's
Whisky
Grant's whisky tells its own family
story and offers you a £10 voucher
to family history website,
findmypast.co.uk to help trace your
story.
- 9th
August 2012
Jameson Great Urban Escapes Limited
Edition
Jameson highlights the World’s
Greatest Urban Escapes with the
launch of a new travel retail
exclusive limited edition bottling.
- 8th
August 2012
Gold Medal Rush For Chivas Brothers
Whiskies
Chivas Brothers has scooped an impressive total of 16
Gold medals at two of the world’s most
prestigious spirits competitions: the
International Wine and Spirit
Competition (IWSC) 2012, and the
International Spirits Challenge (ISC)
2012.
- 7th
August 2012
BenRiach Latest Batch of Single Cask
Bottlings
BenRiach has released the
latest batch, its ninth, of single
cask bottlings. Ranging from 22 to
35 years, the release demonstrates
the range of multi-layered
expressions for which BenRiach is
renowned.
- 7th
August 2012
Diageo Whiskies Pick Up 12 Golds At
IWSC
The Singleton of Glen Ord 15
year old scored a Trophy - the
ultimate prize - and a Gold
Outstanding citation, and other
Diageo whiskies walked away with 12
Gold and Gold Outstanding Medals and
23 Silver and Silver Outstanding
Medals at the International Wine &
Spirit Competition
- 31st
July 2012
The Balvenie 14 Year Old Caribbean
Cask
The Balvenie today announced
the latest addition to its
collection of award-winning single
malts in the UK – The Balvenie 14
Year Old Caribbean Cask.
- 31st
July 2012
Glenfiddich Scoops Six Gold Medals
at IWSC 2012
Glenfiddich Single Malt
Scotch Whisky has been awarded a
total of six ‘gold outstanding’ and
‘gold’ medals in the 2012
International Wine & Spirit
Competition.
- 30th
July 2012
Bowmore 1964 & 1985 Limited
Editions
Bowmore have announced the
release of two prized limited
editions,
the very rare
Bowmore
1964 and
Bowmore
1985 which joins the acclaimed
1980s Vintage Series.
- 30th
July 2012
Special RAF Whisky Raises £10k For
Charity
The Last Hunter is an
exclusive blended malt whisky produced by independent
bottlers, Gordon & MacPhail, to
commemorate RAF Kinloss has raised
£10,000 for charities.
The Limited Edition Blended Malt ‘The
Last Hunter’ was produced and named to
mark the closure of RAF Kinloss.
- 30th
July 2012
First Dalmore Constellation
Collection Sold
The world’s first Dalmore
Constellation Collection has been
sold through The Whisky Shop in the
UK to a US based investor, Mahesh
Patel.
- 20th
July 2012
Glenfiddich Millennium Vintage Limited Edition
The Glenfiddich Millennium
Vintage Limited Edition single malt
whisky is the latest exclusive from
Glenfiddich, a UK travel retail
exclusive Glenfiddich vintage to
celebrate 2012.
- 18th
July 2012
Bunnahabhain Toiteach Is Released In
the US
Bunnahabhain Toiteach the first
heavily peated distillery bottling
of Bunnahabhain is to be introduced
in the United States.
- 16th
July 2012
Ballantine’s 40 Year Old
Ballantine’s is celebrating craftsmanship
and expertise with the global launch of
Ballantine’s 40 Year Old, its most
exclusive blended Scotch whisky ever
created.
- 16th
July 2012
Port Charlotte The Peat Project
Available from the end of
July, Port Charlotte
The Peat Project replaces the previous
releases of 3D, PEAT and An Turas Mor
bottlings.
- 16th
July 2012
Ballantine's Toast 30 Years of
Scottish Open
Ballantine’s celebrated its sixth
successful year as an Official Sponsor
of the Aberdeen Asset Management
Scottish Open at the weekend, as India’s Jeev Milkha Singh was named the overall
winner of the tournament.
- 13th
July 2012
Glendronach Latest Batch of Single
Cask Whisky
GlenDronach today, released
its
latest batch of single cask bottlings.
This is the sixth batch of GlenDronach
single casks to be released by the
award-winning Aberdeenshire distillery.
- 13th
July 2012
First Drinks Reports On Market
Trends
First Drinks has published
its annual Market Report which looks
at the spirits and Champagne
categories in the UK. The second
report of its kind released by the
company, takes a look at current
trends and dynamics impacting the on
and off-trade.
- 11th
July 2012
Benromach's Stillmen
Two
Scottish distillery workers have been
penned by the Scottish illustrator, Jill
Calder, to feature at the heart of a new
design concept set to showcase the
secret of Benromach, Speyside’s smallest
distillery.
- 10th
July 2012
Glenfiddich Partners With Institute
Of Directors
Glenfiddich will mark its 125th
anniversary by partnering with the
Institute of Directors (IoD) to sponsor
the prestigious Director of the Year
awards 2012.
- 9th
July 2012
Remy Cointreau In Negotiations With
Bruichladdich
French spirits group Remy Cointreau
is in exclusive talks to buy Scottish
whisky maker Bruichladdich Distillery as
it looks to tap booming demand for
premium whisky from emerging markets in
Asia.
- 6th
July 2012
Bruichladdich Islay Barley 2006
Dunlossit Farm
The latest edition of
Bruichladdich's Islay Barley Series,
this one from Dunlossit Farm, was
released today.
- 6th
July 2012
Glenfiddich Malt Mastermind
Competition Returns
Glenfiddich is calling for
the on-trade’s most passionate malt
enthusiasts to come forward and
enter its annual competition -
Glenfiddich Malt Mastermind – a
chance for individuals to showcase
their knowledge, passion and
enthusiasm for whisky.
- 5th
July 2012
GlenDronach 1993 Single Cask
Distillery Exclusives
The GlenDronach distillery has just
bottled its latest distillery
exclusive, a single cask 1993. Also new at GlenDronach this summer is
the latest Distillery
Manager’s cask, also a 1993 vintage
which visitors can hand-fill their
own bottle at the distillery.
- 4th
July 2012
Success Leads To Expansion At
Glencairn Crystal
Demand from luxury drinks market
leads to success and expansion for
family firm Glencairn Crystal.
- 4th
July 2012
Lifetime Achievement Award For David
Urquhart
Joint
Managing Director of Gordon & MacPhail,
David Urquhart, has been honoured by his
industry peers with a lifetime
achievement award for his services to
the Scottish Licensed Trade.
- 3rd
July 2012
Auchentoshan Presents Events For
2012
Auchentoshan Presents started life
as a series of parties in 2010. For
2012, the events have evolved. This
series will bring to life
Auchentoshan's Classically Modern
platform by working alongside
partners who have, like the whisky,
mixed the very best of the past with
the very best of the future. From
pop-up barbershops, to supper clubs,
to a workshop in fashion. Events
will be taking place in Glasgow,
Edinburgh, Leeds, Manchester, London
and Brighton.
- 2nd
July 2012
Dalmore The Worlds Fastest Growing
Malt
The Dalmore is officially the
world’s fastest growing single malt,
according to new figures from leading
research analysts IWSR.
- 28th
June 2012
The Balvenie Tun 1401 Batch 5
The latest release from David
Stewart, Scotch whisky’s most
experienced Malt Master, is The
Balvenie Tun 1401 Batch 5, a single
malt married from just nine casks of
the distillery’s characteristic
spirit.
- 27th
June 2012
Old Pulteney WK217 Spectrum
Old Pulteney launch WK217 Spectrum,
the latest and final limited edition
in the Old Pulteney "WK" series for
travel retail.
- 26th
June 2012
Compass Box The World Record That
Wasn’t
You may recall last month we
told you about Compass Box and The
Whisky Shop teaming up in an attempt
to set a whisky tasting world
record, well this is how it went.
- 26th
June 2012
Priceless Bottle Of Malt Mill Whisky
Unveiled
The world's only known bottle of
Malt Mill new-make spirit was
unveiled yesterday Monday 25th June
for enthusiasts and whisky pilgrims
at the Lagavulin distillery. Thought
to have disappeared forever, Malt
Mill is the basis of the plot for
the award-winning Ken Loach film,
The Angels' Share.
- 26th
June 2012
SWA Celebrates 100 Years Through
Verse
The Scotch Whisky Association have
launched its Centenary celebrations
with the reading of a
specially-commissioned poem "Freedom
an Whisky gang thegither" by the
Makar, or Scottish National Poet,
Liz Lochhead.
- 22nd
June 2012
Winning Year For Morrison Bowmore
Distillers
Since leaving the blended
scotch market in 2006, Morrison
Bowmore Distillers has focused
solely on the development of its
Single Malt brands. This year a
series of prestigious industry
awards for its spirits has further
exemplified MBD's company vision as
the Single Malt Specialist.
- 19th
June 2012
Drama
At Benromach Speyside's Smallest
Distillery
The Strange Undoing of Prudencia
Hart returns to Scotland hot from US
performances, the production will
now perform for the first time at a
distillery venue with two new dates
(Friday 6 and Saturday 7 July 2012)
set for the Benromach Visitor Centre
in Forres.
- 15th
June 2012
Diageo Leads Pernod In Race Into New
Markets
Diageo is leading the race into
emerging markets ahead of French rival
Pernod Ricard and looks set to be first
to get half its sales from these growth
areas as it serves drinkers from Moscow
to Mumbai.
- 11th
June 2012
Jura Whisky Photography Competition
Jura whisky, in partnership
with Olympus, is launching an online
photography competition
to find images from across the world
that best embody the theme of ‘community
spirit’.
- 8th
June 2012
Diageo Acquires Cabin Fever Maple
Whisky
Diageo targets the flavoured whisky
and craft distilling trends in the
US with the acquisition of Cabin
Fever Maple Whisky.
- 8th
June 2012
GlenDronach’s Cask In A Van Heads
For Belgium
For the fourth year running,
award-winning GlenDronach has selected a
rare single cask from its Aberdeenshire
distillery and will tour it around
Belgium next week…in the back of a small
van!
- 6th
June 2012
Diageo To Invest £1 Billion In
Scotch Whisky
Diageo has set out a £1billion
Scotch whisky investment plan which
includes a new malt whisky
distillery and major expansion of
existing distilleries, substantial
warehousing expansion to store
maturing spirit and hundreds of jobs
created in Diageo and wider Scottish
economy.
- 31st
May 2012
Chivas Brothers Invests for a Bright
Future
With a new luxury bottling plant and
plans to reopen Glen Keith
distillery Chivas Brothers is
predicting a bright future for
Scotch as consumers are showing a
thirst for premium spirits.
- 31st
May 2012
Compass Box Goes For Whisky Tasting
Record
Compass Box is embarking on a
journey from Inverness to Brighton,
via 8 cities, 8 Whisky Shops and 8
different tastings, in an attempt to
set a whisky tasting world record
and raise money for charity along
the way. The twist? The whole tour
will happen in just ONE day. Do you
want to be part of it?
- 31st
May 2012
Lagavulin Gets Behind Islay Jazz
Festival Again
Lagavulin will once again be the
headline sponsor of the Islay Jazz
Festival in 2012, the brand’s owner
Diageo has announced, following its
highly successful and widely welcomed
sponsorship of the event in the last two
years.
- 30th
May 2012
First Drinks Team Walk For Charity
Well done to the First Drinks
staff who have successfully
participated in a virtual walk from
the company’s Head Office in Hook,
Hampshire to the Glenfiddich
Distillery in Dufftown, Scotland –
all in aid of the Walking With The
Wounded charity.
- 28th
May 2012
New Packaging For The Dalmore Core
Range
More new packaging. The
Dalmore is introducing new packaging
across its core range – 12,
15, 18, Cigar Malt Reserve and King
Alexander III.
- 28th
May 2012
New
Look for Isle of Skye Blend
Independent bottlers and
distillers, Ian Macleod Distillers,
has revealed a new design for the
core expressions of its
award-winning Isle of Skye Blended
Scotch Whisky range.
- 28th
May 2012
Cuba Gooding Jr Backs Chivas FilmAid
Campaign
Cuba Gooding Jr. backs Chivas
Regal’s campaign to raise awareness
of FilmAid International.
- 25th
May 2012
The Balvenie Masters of Craft
The Balvenie Masters of Craft
is back for a second year to once
again look for the most talented
craftspeople from across the United
Kingdom. The awards are designed to
celebrate the varied range of
handcrafted skills that are
currently thriving across Great
Britain and Northern Ireland. Only
one week left for nominations!
- 25th
May 2012
Jura Whisky Festival Going Live
The Jura whisky festival, part of the
26th annual Feis Ile, will be broadcast
live from the Isle of Jura for the very
first time this year.
- 24th
May 2012
Yellow
Spot Pot Still Irish Whiskey Returns
Irish Distillers has
announced a return to the fold for
the Yellow Spot 12 year old Single
Pot Still Irish Whiskey, which has
been recreated by the team at
Midleton Distillery in Cork.
- 23rd
May 2012
Lagavulin & Caol Ila 2012 Islay
Festival Bottlings
The 2012 Islay Festival
bottlings will be a Lagavulin 14
year old and a Caol Ila 11 year old. The
two limited edition single-cask
individually numbered bottlings will
be released for the 2012 Islay
Festival this weekend, Diageo has
announced.
- 23rd
May 2012
BenRiach Appoints First Brand
Ambassador
The BenRiach Distillery
Company has appointed Dumbarton-born
Stewart Buchanan as its first own
Brand Ambassador.
- 22nd
May 2012
Peter Capaldi Performs At Whisky
Stramash
As the final touches are being put
in place for 2012’s most unique
whisky event, the inaugural
Edinburgh Whisky Stramash, which
takes place at Surgeons’ Hall on
26th & 27th May it has been
announced that Peter Capaldi will
perform at the Whisky Stramash.
- 22nd
May 2012
Belfast Crumlin Prison Reinvented As
A Distillery
A notorious Belfast prison
that held Irish Republican Army
inmates during the worst of the
city's sectarian strife is to be
transformed into a Whiskey
distillery.
- 18th
May 2012
The Angels' Share - The Movie
View a trailer of The Angels' Share,
a new movie from Ken Loach. It has
been dubbed Scotland’s answer to the
Full Monty.
- 17th
May 2012
Short Film by Chivas Regal to be
Unveiled in Cannes
A short film by Chivas Regal is to
be unveiled in Cannes. The film is
part of new plans to raise awareness
of FilmAid International.
- 17th
May 2012
Glengoyne Auld Enemy Diamond Jubilee
Golf Day
Glengoyne is
encouraging people to tee off for
England or Scotland in the Glengoyne
Auld Enemy Diamond Jubilee Golf Day and
Black Tie Gala Dinner on 24th August
2012, to help raise money for Help for
Heroes.
- 16th
May 2012
Awards For Benromach Peat Smoke and
Organic
Benromach
has another duo of top awards to
celebrate, its Single Malt
Scotch Whiskies, Benromach Peat
Smoke and Organic, has won a gold
and silver medal respectively in the
Scotch Whisky Masters 2012
competition.
- 11th
May 2012
Ballantine's Partners With Designer
Lee Broom
Ballantine's 12 year old launches
second partnership with British
Designer of the Year Lee Broom.
- 10th
May 2012
Bowmore Small Batch Reserve
Bowmore launches new expression,
Bowmore Small Batch Reserve. Created
from a selection of the first- and
second-fill bourbon casks, and
brought together for an extended
period of maturation.
- 10th
May 2012
Glenlivet 70 Nominated For
Excellence Award
The Glenlivet 70 year old from
Gordon and MacPhail's Generations
range is the only whisky to be
shortlisted in this year’s Scotland
Food and Drink Excellence Awards.
- 8th
May 2012
World's Highest Whisky Tasting
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.
- 3rd
May 2012
Ardbeg Distillery Launches U.S.
Rocket Tour
Following on from the space
experiment the Ardbeg Distillery
have announced the U.S. Ardbeg
Rocket Tour. The tour, which will
showcase a life-size rocket will
stop in 22 states in 28 weeks.
- 2nd
May 2012
The
Macallan 1824 MMXII
The Macallan 1824 Collection Limited
Release MMXII, the third in this
elite series, consists of just 1,824
decanters of a single malt whisky
that has been selected from some of
the rarest casks which have been
maturing at The Macallan Estate.
- 1st
May 2012
Highland Park Adds To Its Vintage
Collection
Highland Park introduces two new
travel retail exclusives to there
Vintage Collection, the Highland
Park 1991 and 2001 will replace the
1990 and 1998.
- 1st
May 2012
The Dalmore Constellation Collection
Launching
exclusively today with World
Duty Free The Dalmore Constellation
Collection brings together, for the
first time, a spectrum of vintages
created at the Dalmore Highland
distillery between the years 1964 and
1992.
- 30th
April 2012
Wiesberger Toasts Maiden Victory
With Ballantine’s
Austrian, Bernd Wiesberger toasts
maiden victory with rare
Ballantine’s 2012 Championship
Blend.
- 30th
April 2012
New Chairman For William Grant &
Sons
Global premium spirits business and
independent family distillers William
Grant & Sons Holdings Ltd has announced
the appointment of Glenn Gordon as its
new non-Executive Chairman.
- 30th
April 2012
The Strange Undoing of Prudencia
Hart
Benromach Single Malt Whisky is set
to go overseas with the National
Theatre of Scotland as it continues
to sponsor an international tour of
the Strange Undoing of Prudencia
Hart in America.
- 26th
April 2012
Ballantine’s Championship Tee's Off
Today
British Open champion Darren
Clarke and YE Yang, the first Asian
to win a Major, headlined a gallery
of stars at the official photo call
ahead of this week’s €2.2 million
Ballantine’s Championship, which
teed off today.
- 25th
April 2012
New Managers For Highland Park & The
Macallan
The Edrington Group has announced two
significant changes in personnel for its
single malt brands with the appointment
of new distillery managers for both
Highland Park and The Macallan.
- 25th
April 2012
Isle of Skye Winner At The Scottish Grand National
Scotland’s number one
National Hunt trainer, Lucinda
Russell, owner of Arlary House
Stables was presented with the Isle
of Skye Blended Scotch Whisky
Scottish Jump Trainers’ Championship
Award at Saturday’s Scottish Grand
National at Ayr.
- 24th
April 2012
Royal Salute Partners With Historic
Royal Palaces
Royal Salute Scotch Whisky
has become the first ever brand to
be officially associated with the
Royal Gun Salutes at the Tower of
London. The partnership will support
the work of Historic Royal Palaces,
the independent charity responsible
for the Tower of London.
- 18th
April 2012
Chivas
Presents The Art of Hosting
Chivas Regal has teamed up
with the founders of Le Baron
nightclubs, to create a limited
edition pack which was designed to
provide you with the tools to
perfectly master the art of hosting
at home.
- 17th
April 2012
Bell's Diamond Jubilee Decanter 2012
Bell's Decanters has a tradition of
releasing limited edition decanters to
commemorate Royal occasions and to mark
Queen Elizabeth II 60th year on the
throne Bells have released the Bells
2012 Diamond Jubilee Decanter.
- 17th
April 2012
Highland Park 21 Year Old Returns To
UK Market
Originally created
exclusively for global travel retail
and duty free markets, Highland Park
have reintroduced its 21 year old
single malt in the UK two years
after it was removed from global
distribution.
- 10th
April 2012
Glenlivet Release Rare Single Cask
Editions
The Glenlivet is to release a
series of rare expressions as part
of its Single Cask Editions range,
highlighting the subtle, complex and
elegant style of The Glenlivet. The
new range will include The Glenlivet
Guardians, Helios, Josie, Inveravon,
Kilimanjaro and Legacy Single Cask
Editions.
- 10th
April 2012
Ardbeg Out of This World
Ardbeg Distillery on Islay provides
crafted molecules in a World First
Space Experiment. Pioneering
research project on board
International Space Station set to
be unveiled at Edinburgh’s
International Science Festival today
Tuesday 10 April.
- 3rd
April 2012
Chivas Regal Supports Cannes Film
Festival
Chivas Regal is set to
reinforce its role as official
partner of the Cannes Film Festival,
after extending its support of the
iconic event until at least 2014.
Cannes 2012 will also see Chivas
Regal reaffirm its commitment to the
charity FilmAid.
- 2nd
April 2012
Laphroaig PX Cask Travel Retail
Exclusive
The Laphroaig PX Cask is a travel
retail exclusive bottling and the
first Laphroaig single malt whisky
to be matured in Pedro Ximénez
sherry casks.
- 2nd
April 2012
Benromach Putting The Dram Into
Drama
Benromach is building
on its successful partnership with the
National Theatre of Scotland as it
continues to sponsor a UK tour of the
Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart 2012
tour, following its support of the
production at the Edinburgh Festival
Fringe last year.
- 2nd
April 2012
Edrington Group Focuses On Middle
East
The Edrington Group is
reorganising the senior management
responsible for duty free and travel
retail in the Middle East to assist
the development of its portfolio of
premium brands in the region.
- 30th
March 2012
Scotch Whisky Distillers Make Whisky
In US
Three of Scotland’s top
whisky distillers took part in a
whisky making and barrel filling
ceremony at George Washington’s
Distillery in the US this week to
celebrate the Centenary of the
Scotch Whisky Association.
- 30th
March 2012
Dunkeld Atholl Brose Voted World’s
Best Liqueur
Elgin
based whisky, wine and spirit merchant,
Gordon & MacPhail have announced that Dunkeld Atholl
Brose has been crowned ‘World’s Best
Whisky Liqueur’ at the World Whisky
Awards 2012.
- 30th
March 2012
Ballantine's Marks Championship With
Rare Blend
Ballantine's launches the
Ballantine’s 2012 Championship Blend
which contains a selection of the
rarest whiskies, aged for at least
41 years. Only 10 individually
numbered bottles of the whisky will
be produced.
- 28th
March 2012
New Tullamore Dew Distillery To Be
Built
William Grant the owner of
Tullamore Dew Irish Whiskey have
announced it will invest in a new,
state of the art pot still whiskey
and malt whiskey distillery in
Tullamore, bringing whiskey
production back to the town for the
first time since the original
distillery closed in 1954.
- 27th
March 2012
Scotch Whisky Exports Break New
Records
Scotch Whisky exports
continued to grow last year hitting
a record £4.2billion in shipment
value, up 23% on 2010 according to
figures unveiled today by the Scotch
Whisky Association. Exports to USA
break £600m mark for first time.
- 27th
March 2012
Royal Salute Diamond Jubilee Limited
Edition
Created in 1953 to mark the
coronation of Queen Elizabeth II,
Royal Salute is this year continuing
with tradition by celebrating the
Queen’s 60 year reign with the
launch of the Royal Salute Diamond
Jubilee Limited Edition.
- 26th
March 2012
Irish Distillers Sweeps The Board
Irish Distillers, makers of
Jameson, has been named Whiskey
Distiller of the Year and Whiskey Brand
Innovator of the Year at the Icons of
Whiskey Awards 2012. Single pot still
whiskey Powers John’s Lane Release was
also recognised, scooping the prize for
Best Pot Still Whiskey.
- 23rd
March 2012
Join Bowmore on a Theatrical &
Immersive Journey
This year Bowmore is launching an
exciting marketing campaign Magic
Happens on the ‘Darkest’ Nights to
support the growth of its
multi-award winning core expression,
Bowmore 15 Years Old ‘Darkest’. The
new integrated campaign will see a
series of innovative activities
rolled out globally. (Details on
first event below).
- 23rd
March 2012
Bowmore “Magic Happens on the
Darkest Nights”
If you are in or around London on
this April 25th or 26th then why not
join Bowmore on a theatrical and
immersive journey that brings to
life the essence of Bowmore 15 Years
Old Darkest in this the first of
Bowmore's planned events to promote
its popular 15 year old expression.
- 23rd
March 2012
Monkey Shoulder Chocolate Trail
Monkey Shoulder has announced the launch
of its Chocolate Trail, a subversive
take on the traditional Easter-egg hunt.
The Monkey Shoulder Chocolate Trail will
be held at 63 Broadwick Street, Soho,
London for four days over Easter Friday 6th to Monday 9th April.
- 22nd
March 2012
Glenfiddich 1974 Vintage Reserve
Review
This is the third premium
Glenfiddich whisky I have tasted
this week and this is the by far
rarest of the three. It is a
deliciously inviting rich, smooth,
sweet, fruity, spicy whisky plus
amazingly fresh for a whisky of 36
years.
- 22nd
March 2012
A
Mixed Budget For Whisky Distillers
Disappointment at excise duty rise
in the 2012 budget but distillers
welcome corporation tax reduction.
- 21st
March 2012
BenRiach Goes Back To The Future
Over the last few months, the
BenRiach distillery
has been working to come up with a
revamped, definitive range of four
peated expressions that will be
available on an ongoing basis. The final
line-up can now be confirmed as Birnie
Moss, Curiositas aged 10 year old, Septendecim aged 17 year old and Authenticus aged 25 year old.
- 21st
March 2012
Glenfiddich 19 Age Of Discovery
Review
After spending a year exclusive to
travel retail the Glenfiddich 19 Age
of Discovery Madeira Cask Finish has
now gone on general release so I
thought I would take a look at it.
- 20th
March 2012
Glenfiddich 21 Gran Reserva Review
This
is not a review of a new whisky, the
Glenfiddich 21 year old has been around
for some time now. I thought as
Glenfiddich have recently updated the
packaging for the Glenfiddich 21 year
old I would take another look at it
including what is
now in the bottle.
- 19th
March 2012
Glenfiddich Breaks World Record at
Auction
A bottle of Glenfiddich Janet Sheed
Roberts Reserve sells for a record
breaking US$94,000 (£59,000) at
exclusive charity auction hosted by
Adrian Grenier.
- 16th
March 2012
Benromach Peat Smoke Bold And
Beautiful
Benromach Peat Smoke has been described
as a ‘bold and beautiful malt’, scoring
93 points out of 100 in the Single Malt
Scotch Whisky category of the Ultimate
Spirits Challenge 2012.
- 16th
March 2012
St Patricks Day - What Will You Be
Drinking
With St Patricks Day tomorrow 17th March
and with Irish whiskey having something
of a renaissance in recent times I
thought we would take a look at the
whiskey Ireland has to offer.
- 15th
March 2012
Johnnie Walker Platinum Label
Johnnie Walker Platinum Label
is the latest addition to Diageo's
popular Johnnie Walker whisky range.
- 15th
March 2012
Ballantine’s Golf Limited Edition
Pack
Ballantine’s is set to launch
a new Ballantine’s Golf Limited
Edition pack for its 17 and 21 Year
Old blends. The pack will reinforce
the brand’s strong association with
world-class golf ahead of the fifth
consecutive Ballantine’s
Championship, one of Asia’s most
prestigious golfing events.
- 12th
March 2012
Benromach European Pipe Band
Championships
The beautiful market town of
Forres is set to host the Benromach
European Pipe Band Championships for
three consecutive years, bringing a
projected £1.2 million of economic
benefits to the town and the
surrounding area.
- 12th
March 2012
Prince Harry Sentebale Royal Salute
Polo Cup
Prince Harry’s first visit to Brazil
culminated in triumph yesterday at the
Sentebale Royal Salute Polo Cup, which
took place at Haras Larissa, Campinas,
São Paulo.
- 9th
March 2012
Bowmore Spring Tide Review
We take a look at
Bowmore Spring Tide, Bowmore's new
premium entry into their travel
retail range.
- 9th March 2012
Bowmore 100 Degrees Proof Review
We take a look at Bowmore's
new cask strength un-chillfiltered
whisky which is one of three new
travel retail exclusive expressions
released in March 2012 by Bowmore.
-
8th March 2012
anCnoc 1998
Vintage
anCnoc
1998 Vintage is a new addition to Knockdhu
Distillery’s Limited Edition Vintage
release series.
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7th March 2012
Scotch Whisky Association Celebrates
100 Years
The Scotch Whisky Association
roots date back to October 1912
therefore it will be celebrating its
centenary this year. One of the
highlights is set to be a major
exhibition, Scotch Whisky: From
Grain to Glass, in the Scottish
Parliament.
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5th March 2012
Compass Box And Albannach Join
Forces
Compass Box Whisky Co. and Albannach
join forces to raise funds &
awareness for The Girl Effect at
“Whisky and Women Unite”
celebration. A whisky and cocktail party open to the
public will be held at Albannach, a
stylish temple to whisky overlooking
Trafalgar Square in the heart of London.
Guests can purchase International
Women’s Day Compass Box cocktails
created by the Albannach team.
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2nd March 2012
Five New Auchentoshan Travel Retail
Whiskies
Auchentoshan, Scotland’s only
triple distilled Single Malt whisky,
will launch a new and exclusive
range for the travel retail sector,
consisting of four core permanent
expressions supplemented by two
limited editions released each year.
The new Auchentoashan travel retail
range is:
Auchentoshan Springwood
Auchentoshan Heartwood
Auchentoshan
Cooper’s Reserve
Auchentoshan Solera
Auchentoshan Silveroak (Limited
Edition)
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2nd March 2012
Glenfiddich 1974 Vintage Reserve
Glenfiddich has unveiled its
first-ever vatted vintage reserve
the Glenfiddich 1974 Vintage Reserve
which was selected by a global panel
of 16 Glenfiddich experts.
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2nd March 2012
Whisky Outperforms Gold
The market for Investment
Grade Scotch (IGS) is continuing to
outperform other alternative
investments and commodities such as
gold, according to new figures to be
released today by whisky valuation
experts.
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2nd March 2012
New Look For Glenfiddich 21 Year Old
Glenfiddich has unveiled
stunning new packaging for its 21
Year Old Gran Reserva.
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29th February 2012
Smokehead The Rock Edition
Smokehead the official drinks
sponsor of The Marshall Ultimate
Band Contest has released Smokehead
The Rock Edition which is a
new limited edition design of
Smokeheads existing metal
presentation tin to celebrate its
credentials as the rock n’ roll
spirit of choice for 2012.
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22nd February 2012
Ballantine’s New Signature
Distillery Editions
Ballantine’s is set to unveil two
Signature Distillery Editions of
Ballantine’s 17 Year Old as part of a new
four-strong collection of innovative
whiskies that highlight the influence of
the signature malts that provide the
depth to Ballantine’s 17 Year Old. The
first two editions - Scapa and Glenburgie
will be followed by Miltonduff and Glentauchers
each limited edition aims to
showcase the unique contribution to
the Ballantine’s blend by accentuating their characteristics
within the limited edition blend.
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22nd February 2012
Royal Salute Targets China
Royal Salute launches majestic
advertising campaign in China.
The world’s leading luxury Scotch
whisky, has unveiled a new
television advertising campaign in
China to further underline the
brand’s luxury status.
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22nd February 2012
Ballantine’s Championship Fifth
Anniversary
Stars set to toast Ballantine’s
Championship. Major Champions Darren
Clarke and YE Yang will help toast
the fifth anniversary of the
Ballantine’s Championship when they
headline an impressive blend of star
names at Blackstone Golf Club, in
the Korea.
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22nd February 2012
Kilchoman Machir Bay
Kilchoman launch Machir Bay, the
first general release from the
Islays newest distillery. It
will be available throughout 2012.
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20th February 2012
Jura
Whisky Pursuit
Jura launches "Whisky Pursuit" to
win a free bottle every week for a
year. It is the second version of
Jura's Pub Quiz aimed at testing the
knowledge of its community of
honorary Diurachs.
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17th February 2012
St Patrick's Day Celebrations With
Jameson
St Patrick's Day celebrations go
global with Jameson as
fans from around the world are being
encouraged to party with the Irish this
St Patrick’s Day. Jameson have unveiled
an exciting line-up of activities as
well a limited edition St Patrick’s
Day bottle which they first
introduced last year.
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17th February 2012
Benromach Three Tens Continues for
Fifth Year
Benromach has been announced
by No Fuss Events as headline
sponsor for the legendry Three Ten
Series cross country mountain bike
races for the fifth consecutive
year.
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16th February 2012
Balvenie Once-in-a-lifetime Rare
Craft Fellowship
The Balvenie have announced
the launch of The Balvenie Rare
Craft Fellowship – a
once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for
American craftsmen across the US to
earn a money-can't-buy trip to
Scotland.
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13th February 2012
Icons Of Arran The Eagle
Isle of Arran whisky have announced the
fourth and final bottling in
there popular Icons of Arran series, The
Eagle.
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13th February 2012
Do Valentine’s The Ballantine’s
Way
Ballantine’s gives the
traditional Valentine’s Day card
a make-over. Valentine’s
Day should be a day to share
with everyone you love,
including friends, so for those
looking to rise above the
clichéd messages and send
something fun, Ballantine’s have
created two light-hearted
alternative Valentine’s Day
e-cards.
- 13th February 2012
Glengoyne Auld Enemy Dram
Scotland rugby legend
Scott Hastings has teamed up
with Glengoyne to launch a new
limited edition Glengoyne Auld
Enemy Dram in aid of charity.
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13th February 2012
Glenfiddich Auction Raises
£44000
Glenfiddich raised an
extraordinary £44,000 for the
charity Walking with the Wounded
on Friday, when it auctioned off
the second bottle of one of its
rarest-ever whiskies, the
Glenfiddich 55 year old Janet
Sheed Roberts Reserve Whisky.
- 9th
February 2012
Auchentoshan - A Look Back At 2011
As 2011 has drawn to an end,
Auchentoshan looks back at the
successes and of course the whisky
of 2011.
- 8th
February 2012
Gordon & MacPhail Drinks Wholesaler
of the Year
Well done to Elgin based
whisky, wine and spirit merchant,
Gordon & MacPhail, who has been
named Drinks Wholesaler of the Year
at the Drinks Retailing Awards 2012.
- 7th
February 2012
Glen Grant 60 Year Old Diamond
Jubilee
Gordon & MacPhail release a rare
Glen Grant 60 year old whisky in
honour and celebration of Queen
Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee.
- 6th
February 2012
Diamond Jubilee By John Walker &
Sons
Today, Monday 6th February
2012 in Royal Deeside, Scotland,
sixty years to the day since The
Queen's accession, John Walker &
Sons celebrates the occasion with
the bottling of Diamond Jubilee By
John Walker & Sons.
- 6th
February 2012
Bowmore Whisky Range Gets A New Look
Bowmore today unveiled brand
new packaging for its entire
domestic and global travel retail /
duty free range.
- 6th
February 2012
Bowmore Three New Travel Retail
Expressions
Bowmore has also announced
three new additions exclusive to the
global travel retail sector -
Bowmore 100 Degrees Proof, Bowmore
Spring Tide and the limited edition
Bowmore 1983.
- 6th
February 2012
The
Dalmore Cromartie
The
Dalmore has released Cromartie, the
third in a series of limited edition
releases, named after the spiritual
heartland of the Mackenzie clan.
- 3rd
February 2012
Chichibu The First Released
Chichibu The First
is the first whisky to be released from
Ichiro Akuto's Chichibu distillery,
Japans newest distillery.
- 2nd
February 2012
Glenfiddich Janet Sheed Roberts
Reserve Auction
Glenfiddich are to host a UK charity
auction for one of its rarest-ever
single malt Scotch whiskies – the
Glenfiddich Janet Sheed Roberts
Reserve 55 Year Old will be
auctioned
all in aid of Walking With
The Wounded.
- 2nd
February 2012
Ardbeg Day Islay-limpics 2012
Forget the London Olympics 2012 now is
the time for all Ardbeggians to get into
training for the Ardbeg Day Islay-limpics
2012.
- 2nd
February 2012
Glenmorangie and The Open
Championship
Scotland is celebrated the
world over for whisky and golf, so
what could be more appropriate than
today’s announcement of a three year
partnership, that will see
Scotland’s favourite single malt
whisky Glenmorangie, team up with
golf’s most famous competition - The
Open Championship.
- 1st
February 2012
Bowmore -
A Look Back At 2011
As 2012 kicks off with a
flurry of planning and preparation
Bowmore looks back at the successes
and of course the whisky of 2011.
- 1st
February 2012
The
Dalmore Zenith
The Dalmore Zenith is the
latest malt to be released from the
distillery, it is crafted from three
very old Dalmore whiskies; The
Dalmore 1964, The Dalmore 1951 and a
historic 52 year old Dalmore
distilled back in 1926, which were
brought together and further
finessed in Oloroso Sherry casks.
- 1st
February 2012
Royal Salute Polo Cup Brazil 2012
Prince
Harry’s first official visit to Brazil
will include a game of international
polo, with the Sentebale Royal Salute
Polo Cup on Sunday 11th March
marking the finale of the royal
tour.
- 26th
January 2012
Highland Park Thor 16 Year Old
Thursday,
the perfect day of the week to tell you
about the new Highland Park Thor
(Thursday is named after Thor - "Thor’s
day") which is the first release in the
new Highland Park Valhalla Collection
and like its namesake, shares many of
the legendary Norse god’s
larger-than-life characteristics.
- 24th
January 2012
Cutty Sark Tam o' Shanter 25 Year
Old
Cutty Sark have just launched their
first special limited edition, Cutty
Sark Tam o' Shanter 25 year old Blend -
an ideal dram to celebrate at a Burns
Night supper!
- 23rd
January 2012
Jura Whisky And Jura Coffee The
Perfect Blend
Jura single malt whisky has teamed up
with Jura, the Swiss coffee specialists,
to create a range of whisky and coffee
pairings for the ultimate in indulgent
after dinner experiences.
- 19th
January 2012
BenRiach Septendecim Richly Peated
BenRiach Septendecim 17 year
old, is BenRiach's newest addition
to its celebrated peated range, it
will be available worldwide later
this month, the distillery announced
today.
- 19th
January 2012
The Dalmore Cigar Malt Reserve
Fans of the old The Dalmore
Cigar malt will be pleased to hear
that The Dalmore are launching a new
expression, The Dalmore Cigar Malt
Reserve is aimed to please
cigar-loving whisky drinkers.
- 10th
January 2012
Morrison Bowmore Appoints Rachel
Barrie
Morrison Bowmore Distillers,
one of the major names in Scotch
Whisky and producers of
Auchentoshan, Bowmore and Glen
Garioch Single Malt Scotch Whiskies,
announces the appointment of Rachel
Barrie to the newly created position
of Master Blender effective
immediately.
- 4th
January 2012
Glenmorangie Artein Unveiled
Glenmorangie have announced the release
of Glenmorangie Artein, the third
release in its award winning Private
Edition range. It is an intriguing
assemblage of 15 and 21 year old
Glenmorangie, extra matured in
‘Super Tuscan’ wine casks.
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