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Glenrothes Whisky Tasting.

Claire Hu savours the atmosphere, and flavour, of a vertical Glenrothes tasting in Speyside, 04.03.2010 ... [more]

Woodford Reserve Bourbon Named Whisky Brand Innovator of the Year

Woodford Reserve Bourbon has announced that it has been voted as the Whiskey Brand Innovator of the Year by Whisky Magazine, 02.03.2010 ... [more]

New headquarters for Glenmorangie whisky firm..

Whisky company Glenmorangie has found a new home for its headquarters in the centre of Edinburgh, 01.03.2010 ... [more]

Free Dram of Bell's Whisky!

Money Saving Tip: Get a free dram of Bell's Blended Scotch Whisky at participating pubs! 25.02.2010 ... [more]

First whisky released in 160 years.

The Abhainn Dearg Distillery in Uig, Isle of Lewis, will reveal its freshly distilled New Spirit whisky, 24.02.2010
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Glenfiddich: whisky history in the making

Premium single malt Scotch Whisky Glenfiddich has handed three top end off-trade outlets, 23.02.2010 ... [more]

Whisky students study secrets of the dram.

North-East college offers course to locals and overseas enthusiasts, 18.02.2010

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Whisky Jobs on the Line.

AN influential figure in the drinks industry yesterday mapped out the reasons for a Perth company’s stance against minimum pricing, 16.02.2010 ... [more]

Scotching the myth that all whisky has to wear a kilt.

Hiroyoshi Miyamoto quips that his Japanese employer, Suntory, does not use Sean Connery to advertise its whisky any more because the Scottish actor is “too expensive”, 14.02.2010 ... [more]

Dalmore whisky supports river Dee conservation campaign.

Dalmore is producing a limited-edition whisky and donating proceeds to conserve the River Dee, 13.02.2010 ... [more]

£100,000-worth of whisky stolen

Thieves steal two trailers laiden with Grant's whisky from a transport yard in Dumfries, 11.02.2010 ... [more]

Minimum pricing ‘could cut whisky exports by £600m’..

Minimum pricing of alcohol could cut whisky exports by £600 million and cost hundreds of jobs, industry leaders have claimed, 10.02.2010 ... [more]

Shackleton's whisky recovered from South Pole ice

Five crates of Scotch whisky and brandy belonging to the polar explorer Ernest Shackleton have been recovered after more than 100 years in the ice, 09.02.2010 ... [more]

Whisky festival picks six of the best.

More than 50 Speyside malts were tasted by a panel of expert judges at the first stage of its annual whisky competition, 04.02.2010 ... [more]

Edrington taking over Cutty Sark whisky brand

Wine and spirit merchant Berry Bros and Rudd (BB&R) said yesterday it had agreed to sell its Cutty Sark blended whisky brand to Edrington Group, 03.02.2010

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A Breathtaking Luxury Experience at the Icons Of Whisky Awards Announcing the Winners in the 3rd Edition

For the first time ever, Capital experienced an exhilarating luxury event at ‘Icons of Whisky Awards’ on January 29, 2010 at the ITC Maurya Sheraton, New Delhi. Brought to the country by Spiritual Luxury Living, South Asia’s premiere International Spirits & Whisky Management Company, the mega event was presented by Glenfiddich Most Awarded Single Malt Scotch Whisky in the world, 02.02.2010 ... [more]

Ballantine's whisky brand partners with artist Julian Beever for Heathrow campaign..

LONDON - Ballantine's, Pernod Ricard's Scotch whisky brand, has collaborated with international pavement artist Julian Beever as part of a marketing push outside London Heathrow Terminal 3, 01.02.2010 ... [more]

100-year-old whisky for auction

One of the world's rarest half bottles of whisky is expected to fetch up to £6,000 when it is auctioned in Glasgow next week, 31.01.2010. ... [more]

The Whisky Taster, Bush theatre, London.

For most of us, seeing coloured lights after drinking vodka means that we really should have stopped an hour ago, 28.01.2010. ... [more]

Legal win for ‘Scotch Whisky’ in key Asian markets

Efforts by the whisky industry to ensure that only products made in Scotland can bear the name “Scotch Whisky” have paid off with legal victories in two key Asian markets, 27.01.2010. ... [more]

New evaporation system drives efficiency at leading whisky distillery.

A new evaporation system based on Alfa Laval plate heat exchanger technology has helped one of Scotland’s largest independent malt whisky distilleries increase the concentration and quality of its Pot Ale, 26.01.2010. ... [more]

Haggis and Whisky Come out for Scottish Bard Burns

EDINBURGH (Reuters Life!) - Scotland's national poet Robert Burns is probably unique in world literature in having his birthday on January 25 marked annually by thousands of festive dinners and recitations of his works around the world, 24.01.2010. ... [more]

Whisky guru Ian Buxton is behind a new book on the history of John Dewar and Sons Ltd

AS creator of Dewar’s World of Whisky, there is not much Ian Buxton does not know about the Aberfeldy distillery or its spirited products, 21.01.2010. ... [more]

Tots of whisky to help tots’ playgroup..

A PUB in Broadway is inviting residents around the Vale to taste some of its finest tipples in aid of a local playgroup, 20.01.2010. ... [more]

Pernod Ricard launches Asian exclusive whisky

Ballantine’s Championship Blend will be on display at Jeju International airport until the end of April, 19.01.2010. ... [more]

Tasty notes by the barrel at whisky musical

AN ALCOHOL-INSPIRED musical and a three-day malt school will be among the highlights at this year’s Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival, 18.01.2010.

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Whisky could be stored at RAF base

THE RAF was ready last night to fly to the rescue of millions of gallons of whisky stored under snow-damaged warehouse roofs, 13.01.2010.

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Talks over 'shameful' Diageo cuts

First Minister Alex Salmond is to hold talks with management at Diageo - the day after the company said it planned to cut up to 900 Scottish jobs. ... [more]

Diageo overhaul to cost 900 Scottish jobs

Diageo, the world's biggest drinks group, has responded to the tough trading environment by initiating a £120 million restructuring that will cost about 900 jobs in Scotland as it closes a packaging plant and a distillery. ... [more]

Diageo axes 250 jobs in bid to save £100m

DIAGEO, Scotland's largest Scotch whisky producer, is to shed up to 250 jobs as it continues its purge on costs. ... [more]

UK 'to follow Scotland's example' over alcohol prices

DEMANDS for minimum alcohol pricing across the UK have been made by the government's top medical adviser.

The call by Sir Liam Donaldson follows the lead on the issue made by the Scottish Government earlier this month. ... [more]

Distillers toast spirited tourists as whisky route brings in £25m

SCOTCH whisky's global appeal has led to an unprecedented surge in the value of its 'whisky route' as new figures reveal more than one million tourists visited distilleries last year, spending more than £25m in the process. ... [more]

Spirit of '93 may be revived under £5m distillery plan

WITH its distinctly fruity nose, it was regarded as the finest of all Lowland malts.

But connoisseurs might have thought that Rosebank, 16 years after the demise of its Falkirk distillery, had joined the list of revered Scotch whiskies that had been consigned to history. ... [more]

Scotch whisky goes green with renewable power plant

Scotch drinkers who care for the climate will soon relish their tipple in the knowledge it is providing clean renewable power in the home of whisky.
Scottish authorities have given planning permission for a consortium of distillers to build a biomass-fuelled combined heat and power plant near the heart of the whisky industry in Speyside.
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Sales booming as Chinese drink Scotch whisky stocks dry

The unthinkable has happened. So much whisky is being exported that warehouses are being emptied and distilling companies are having to ration supplies.

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Whisky U-turn as Darling admits mistake

ALISTAIR Darling, the Chancellor, has been forced into a dramatic U-turn on whisky excise duty less than 48 hours after a tax rise in his Pre-Budget Report provoked a storm of protest.
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Chancellor's plans bad for Scots business, say critics

The Scottish Government and industry leaders have given Chancellor Alistair Darling’s pre-Budget report a frosty welcome, with some suggesting his plans will hit Scottish businesses. ... [more]

First minister’s delight as distillery dream realised

Revived plant – mothballed since 1986 – could become engine for local economy, says Salmond
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'Whisky sour' claim after Budget

The chancellor has been accused of slipping a "whisky sour" into his pre-Budget report, with an 8% rise in the excise duty on spirits.

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Pub operators say their woes have been ignored

The pub industry has accused the chancellor of "turning a deaf ear" to their plight of by ensuring alcohol sales do not benefit from the 2.5 percentage point reduction in VAT.

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Backlash over the Robin Hood Budget

ALISTAIR Darling was facing a furious backlash from every corner of Britain last night in what was derided as a “Robin Hood” mini-Budget.

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MP's fury at hidden whisky rise in pre-budget

SNP Westminster Leader, Angus Robertson MP, has expressed anger as it emerged the 8% increase in duty on spirits amounts to a 29p increase in the cost of a bottle of whisky. ... [more]

Budget is the worst blow to whisky for 33 years, claims SNP

ALISTAIR Darling was last night accused of slapping the biggest tax on whisky in a generation after he defended the rise as helping to fight poverty.
The SNP published figures showing that the extra 59p on a bottle was the largest since 1975, accusing the Chancellor of abandoning moves to equalise duty on spirits, wine and beer.
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Budget Price Hike Will Damage Whisky Industry, Warn Bosses

THE whisky industry was reeling last night after the first hike in duty for a decade - and the biggest since 1991.

Chancellor Alistair Darling imposed a nine per cent rise, or 59p per bottle.

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'No reason' for whisky duty rise

The Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) has said there is "no good reason" for a rise in duty, ahead of Chancellor Alistair Darling's first budget. ... [more]

Waste from Whisky Cleans Contaminated

In its homeland, a dram of Scotch whisky is sometimes treated as an almost magical elixir, capable of healing wounds and soothing hearts.

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Whisky galore! An English malt, please

On the edge of the Norfolk Fens, one man's dream is becominga delicious reality. As the clamour for fine spirits grows around the world, James Nelstrop is preparing to give Scotland's finest distilleries a run for their money. By Cahal Milmo and Jerome Taylor

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Labour's secret whisky duty talks

LABOUR MPs have conducted secret talks with the Westminster government in an attempt to prevent whisky being targeted in the Budget, The Scotsman can reveal.
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Dram of whisky to be 'water of life' forcontaminated land

It is one of Scotland's biggest exports and its name translates as the "water of life".
Now an Aberdeen innovation, using a by-product of whisky production, will help clean up contaminated industrial land across the UK and probably the world.
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Cheers! Your petrol tank could soon be smelling like a distillery

SCOTLAND's whisky industry could become the source of eco-friendly biofuels for cars, with motorists powering their engines from the by-products of distilling.

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New look for famous Scotch dram

One of Scotland's best-known malt whiskies has been given a makeover to try to increase worldwide sales. ... [more]

Whisky plan set to raise the roof

More than £500,000 is being invested to replace two pagoda roofs at the Highland Park distillery in Orkney. ... [more]

Bacardi 'to expand whisky brand'

Drinks maker Bacardi is set to invest more than £120m in Scotland to increase production of its Dewar's Scotch whisky brand, according to a report. ... [more]

Diageo recruits KPMG big guns in fight against Indian whisky taxes

DIAGEO, the world's largest spirits business, has hired consultants from KPMG to fight the Indian government in a continuing row over its punitive tax regime.

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Whisky galore but none to drink

The first whisky distillery to be built in England for over 100 years opens its doors to visitors next month but none of them will be able to taste a drop.

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Runrig to toast gig with special whisky.

Celtic rock band Runrig will toast their sell-out concert near Loch Ness next month with their own special commemorative malt whisky.

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Mumbai slaps 200% tax on Scotch whisky

A NEW war broke out over India's punitive tax regime last night as it emerged that the country's largest city has imposed a 200% tax on Scotch whisky.

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Whisky Shop deal with Woollen Mill unravels.

IAN Bankier, the former chief executive of Burn Stewart Distillers, has pulled out of a deal with the Edinburgh Woollen Mill to take concessions for his Whisky Shop retail chain.

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It's whisky galore as Diageo plans new distillery

A £40 MILLION plan to build Scotland's first major distillery for three decades was unveiled yesterday. ... [more]

It's whisky galore as CalMac adds extra sailings

EXTRA ferry sailings between Islay and the mainland are to be introduced as a result of a record demand for whisky across the globe. ... [more]

Investment plans for whisky firm

A leading whisky firm has revealed plans for a £4.75m expansion at two of its bottling plants ... [more]

Scots agency nips in to raise profile of Welsh whisky

CELTIC cousins have united to promote a whisky made in Wales. Newhaven, the Edinburgh advertising and communications agency, has been hired to raise the profile of the portfolio of brands owned by the Penderyn Distillery. ... [more]

Plan for new Lewis whisky

THE Western Isles' first distillery in 200 years could be given the go-ahead. ... [more]

Whisky galore no more! Islay fuel shortage leaves distilleries over a barrel

IN A bizarre twist on the story of Whisky Galore, the islanders of Islay have found themselves facing a shortage of the "water of life". ... [more]

Peat Smoke Added to Benromach Family

Gordon & MacPhail, proprietors of Benromach distillery has launched, Benromach Peat Smoke Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky. Using pure spring water from the nearby Romach Hills and heavily peated Scottish barley, Benromach Peat Smoke is crafted by just two men at Speyside’s smallest working distillery. ... [more]

Invergordon will be biggest distillery as Mallya targets Indian drinkers

VIJAY Mallya, the Indian drinks tycoon who last week snapped up Whyte & Mackay for £595m, plans to turn his Invergordon distillery into the biggest whisky plant in Scotland to satisfy booming demand on the subcontinent. ... [more]

£26m 'thank you' to whisky staff

Employees of whisky giant Whyte & Mackay are to share a £26m bonus after their outgoing chief executive offered to pay it out of his own pocket. ... [more]

Organic whisky wins top Scottish award

WHYTE & Mackay may have gone east to India in a near £600 million deal, but the whisky industry has a new cause to celebrate with the news that a Speyside organic whisky has come out on top at the annual Scottish Food and Drinks Excellence Awards. The awards, now in their sixth year, are jointly sponsored by the Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland and Scottish Food and Drink in association with Scottish Enterprise. ... [more]

Whisky with iced green tea?

China has become one of the top ten consumers of Scotch whisky for the first time. ... [more]

Billionaire 'to seal whisky deal'

An Indian billionaire is set to complete a deal to buy the Scottish whisky distiller Whyte & Mackay. ... [more]

Green distillery a dram fine idea

AN ENTREPRENEUR behind a Highlands-based whisky bottling group is branching out into spirits production with an ambitious plan to build Scotland's first carbon-neutral distillery.
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Scotch whisky tops world spirits brands

WHISKY, and Scotland itself, have held on to their respective No 1spots in an annual survey of the world's top spirit brands. ... [more]

Organisers delighted as whisky festival is branded a great success

A Four-day festival which has given visitors to Scotland's famous whisky country the chance to indulge in their favourite tipple came to a close last night. ... [more]

Exclusive Travel Retail Range

Our Travel Retail Range is exclusively available here in our online Shop or at travel retail shops throughout the world. ... [more]

Talisker is World's Best Single Malt Whisky, say Experts

The famous single malt whisky distilled on the remote island of Skye emerged as overall winner in the World Whiskies Awards, who announced their results after three rounds of blind tasting by independent whisky experts. ... [more]

Plans for new distillery in Norway

A distillery in Grimstad on Norway’s south coast plans to start producing whisky this year, with the first bottles ready for sale around 2010. ... [more]

Malt distilling returns to Girvan.

William Grant & Sons is investing in a new distillery in a move that will see the return of malt distilling to its operations on the southwest coast of Scotland. ... [more]

Highland park voted top distiller

Orkney-based Highland Park has clinched the coveted title of distiller of the year at an international awards ceremony. ... [more]

Whisky galore as sales hit record

The amount of scotch whisky sold abroad rose to record levels last year as more than one billion bottles were exported. ... [more]

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Our new website was launched in April 2007. ... [more]

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