What a great day out with Bushmills on the 8th of December 2011. The two SA legends that won the Bushmills Challenge in Ireland brought some of the fun home for us. Colum Egan, Master Distiller was on standby as all-round judge and host. I thought I’d share a video with you from the event. [...]
Under blue African skies in what can be a very warm Wellington, the James Sedgwick distillery is a bit of an oasis. Dams and a river at its back, this South African whisky powerhouse celebrated its 125th year. With that, our friend and South African whisky legend, Andy Watts toasted to his 20th year at [...]
As an extension to our feature “Sex and the Single Malt”, we collated a couple of videos that will give you the idea of what we’re talking about. Most of these ads have not been seen in SA. We’re a greatly respectable and applaudably conservative bunch at times. Although the feature stated “Single Malt”, we [...]
The Macallan has put together a series of videos that describe the 6 pillars that encapsulates their malts. I think this is a great series of educational and brand-oriented videos. In the first video of The Macallan’s Six Pillar Series, we introduce The Spiritual Home. In the second installment of The Macallan’s Six Pillar Series, [...]
The Google+ tastings that were conducted included the following drams: Whyte & Mackay 13 year old Whyte & Mackay 19 year old Jura Superstition and the Jura range (by Richard Paterson and Wally C ) Jura Prophecy
According to the latest data published by IWSR* Ballantine’s has reinforced its position as No 1 selling Scotch whisky in Europe and No 1 whisky overall for the region. Ballantine’s grew volume in Europe in 2010, selling 4m cases, extending the lead to over 600,000 9L cases versus the No 2 competitor. Over 70 million [...]
Jura has today (August 17th) launched ‘Caskaway’, an online promotion providing fans of the single malt with a unique opportunity to own their very own cask from the Jura distillery, worth £10,000, at a fraction of the cost. About Caskaway The islanders of Jura believe that knocking on wood before drinking a dram brings good [...]
Our magazine editor did a truly great feature on the new Johnnie Walker ad that we’ve probably all seen in cinemas. If you have not, here it is. We’ll be posting the article that Fiona wrote on the web in the next couple of weeks. Once you’ve had a look at this, let me know [...]
We did an article in one of the past issues of Whiskymag, so here is a visual take on that story. We all know that Richard Paterson (also known as ‘the Nose’) is one of the most formidable showmen in the whisky industry. He’s a dapper man in the true sense of the world. One [...]
