Today’s story comes from a today’s – The Toronto Globe & Mail. They were doing a story on the new Glenfiddich 50 year old, currently selling for $16,000 a bottle, apparently William Grant is taking a different approach and not marketing this to the whisky drinker or even the wh[...]
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Production over 25 years has been flat
According to a letter published today in The Herald the production of LPA (litres pure alcohol) of Scotch Whisky has not changed much over the past 25 years. a total growth of 1.14% over the 25-year span, equivalent to an annual growth in physical volumes of 0.145%. At least that’s what Donald[...]
NYT WTF?
And for your reading pleasure, might I give you the stupidest analogy I’ve seen in quite some time… Some Scotch drinkers like single malts, while others prefer a blend. Leaf-eating insects had been thought to prefer a blend as well. Their olfactory receptors respond to a mix of volatile [...]
Diageo DOES Comment
Diageo was kind enough to send this to me Dear Kevin, You might be interested to read Diageo’s response to the article published yesterday in the Scotsman which is referred to in your blog. The response came from Ken Robertson, Corporate Relations Director, Diageo Whisky and has been published[...]
To ‘e’ or not to ‘e’ – Part 2
I’ve been pretty vociferous that whisky should be spelled based on the local spelling of where the product is from and not (as some [looking at you Chuck Cowdery ] think – that it should be spelled based on where YOU happen to be. Let’s revisit the lively argument: To ‘e’ or no[...]
March 14th, 2008 - 4.01.am § in Guest Writer, Newspaper
Whisky galore! An English malt, please
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