Bacardi invests £120m in Dewar’s

BBC reports today that drink maker Bacardi will invest more than £120m in Scotland to increase production of its Dewar’s Scotch whisky brand.
The firm is trying to capitalise on emerging markets - especially in Asia and Latin America.
“Demand for Dewar’s premium whiskies has grown significantly, especially in Asia and other emerging markets where the brands [...]

Let’s remember Ingmar Bergman

It has nothing to do with Whisky. But as a Swede I would just like to pay tribute to Ingmar Bergman, one of the worlds greatest directors.
Ingmar died quietly today in his home on the small island Fårö, Sweden. Bergman was 89 years old.
Among the many people that talked of his greatness was Woody Allen.
He [...]

Fancy a Tattoo?

DEWAR’S World of Whisky will once again host its annual mini version of the world famous Edinburgh Tattoo on Sunday 12th August 2007.
The Edinburgh Military Tattoo plays to hundreds of thousands of people every year during August, but thanks to DEWAR’S sponsorship of the event, Aberfeldy has its own slice of the action in the [...]

Tullibardine’s John Black Selection No3

John Black, Tullibardine’s distillery manager has made up his mind for the 3rd selection.
Tullibardine distillery was purchased on the 17th June 2003 by a group of four individuals with a passion for business and whisky. Shortly after purchasing the distillery John Black joined the company as the distillery manager. John has literally spent his whole [...]

Black Cat whisky from Thailand - does funny ads

If you can’t brag about your 200+ yrs old heritage you can at least do good advertising. Check out this hysterical TVC for a Thai whisky called The Black Cat.

A new category - Whisky Clubs

Since we couldn’t keep the Whisky Club page, I thought it would be a great idea to invite you readers to present your own clubs.
Send me a short presentation about your Whisky Club and I’ll post it as a blog post under a new category Whisky Clubs. This way hopefully we’ll make sure we have [...]

Are you looking for a Whisky Club

To all of you out there who would like to join a Whisky Club.
We had a page up with contact info to all kinds of whisky clubs around the world. The source of that information was the Whisky Magazine. Our intention was merely to make more people into whisky-lovers.
However, we got an email from Whisky [...]

A new Baby from New York

New York’s only distillery, Tuthilltown Spirits. is about to release a new batch of Hudson Baby Bourbon.
Hudson Baby Bourbon is made with 100% New York State corn. nothing added, no sugar, no caramel coloring. Double distilled to 80% abv then aged in small charred American oak casks for 3-4 months. This is honest single-grain whiskey. [...]

A 33yr old blend from closed down distillers

Whisky merchant Duncan Taylor has launched the “Rarest of the Rare Blended 33 Year Old” – an exclusive blend of a number of Scotland’s finest whiskies from distilleries now confined to the history books.

Coveted brands including Kinclaith, Ladyburn, Glen Mhor, Glen Albyn, Glen Craig and Carsebridge has been expertly combined by master blender Euan Shand [...]

Glenmorangie repackaging?

The Scotch Blog reports on a rumor that Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton (LVMH), the France-based owner of Glenmorangie & Ardbeg, are revamping the Glenmorangie label and packaging.
Is this it?

Read the full post over at the Scotch Blog.

Sean Connery likes Suntory Crest 12yrs

Here’s another moviestar making use of his face in Japanese advertising. This time it’s Sean Connery that lends his face (not a word from his mouth) for Suntory.

Bruichladdich ads a 18yrs to their portfolio in August

Bruichladdich releases it’s first ever 18 year old on August 15th. It’s the newest addition to the Bruichladdich core range, sporting a smart new livery.
After 18 years in American oak casks, the suitably aged whisky was selected for an additional cask evolution (*ACE) for several months in premium quality French oak.
“The [...]

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