Glenfiddich salutes Michael Jackson with whisky launch

Just-Drinks reports that Glenfiddich is to launch a new release of its Glenfiddich Rare Collection 40 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky in honour of whisky writer and broadcaster Michael Jackson, who passed away last summer of 2007 aged 65.
To produce this new release of Glenfiddich 40 Year Old, the Glenfiddich Malt Master, David Stewart [...]

Ulf Buxrud’s guide to Japanese Whisky

Ulf Buxrud, Keeper of the Quaich is releasing a guide to Japanese Whisky.
The book is Ulf’s endeavor to document the facts and figures of a formative and exciting segment of the Japanese whisky industry. It is also an attempt to mirror the arduous work and joy surrounding the rise of a trade that became an [...]

Remember Michael Jackson for Christmas

Christmas is getting closer and I’m planning to put together a list of gifts for whiskylovers (read…a wish-list you can give to the ones you love)
But, before the longer list is published I do have to push for the greatest gift of them all. Michael Jackson’s Complete Guide to Single Malt Scotch. Michael is missed [...]

Malt Whisky Yearbook 2008 on sale

The Scotch Blog reports that Ingvar Ronde is just about to release the Malt Whisky Yearbook 2008.
A quick search shows that it’s on sale at Amazon

Buxrud’s “The Rare Malts” awarded in Beijing.

The Gourmand World Cookbook Awards took place in Beijing, China on
April 7, 2007.
«Rare Malts» by Ulf Buxrud won «Best Spirits Book in the World » this year. It is
published by Quiller Books. The author is a Swedish pillar of the International Wine
and Food Society, and is an expert of the facts, figures and taste [...]

Another book on Whisky. This time by a Scandinavian

Ulf Buxrud, a Scandinavian keeper of the Quaich and a Malt Maniac, has released the Rare Malts, Facts, Figures and Taste.
The book is an endeavor to document the facts and figures of a formative and exciting segment of whisky history. It is also an attempt to mirror the arduous work and joy surrounding the [...]

Another book on Whisky

Malt Whisky Yearbook 2007 is the new, fully revised edition of Malt Whisky Yearbook 2006 which became an instant success among whisky fans all over the world.
New and initiated features by distinguished whisky personalities such as Charles MacLean, David Stirk, Gavin Smith, Ian Buxton, Dominic Roskrow and Ian Wisniewski.
Up-to-date listings of hundreds of [...]

Jim Murray’s bible 2007 is up for grabs!

The 2007 edition of Jim Murray’s Whisky Bible—the world’s best selling and most influential whisky guide—launched today with the announcement that Old Parr Superior 18 Years Old has scooped the Guide’s coveted top accolade, seeing off over 3,600 other drams.
The annual guide, which has a devoted following of whisky fans worldwide, is compiled by acclaimed [...]