Archive For The “Whisky Events” Category
Seagram’s Willowbank distillery in Dunedin on the South Island of New Zealand has been closed since 1997, a casualty of the implosion of that once glorious global company. A few hundreds of casks were sitting in a warehouse, and 443 of ready to market casks were bought by Greg Ramsey, Troy Trewin, and Tom Holder,…
Port Charlotte is a perennial favorite, progressively rising in age as the years go by. However, following the concept of terrior, Bruichladdich has limited releases of their popular whiskies in a “local edition”, like the Octomore Islay Barley I reviewed here. This expression was part of the Bruichladdich tasting on the trade day at The…
Glenfarclas are known for their almost religious traditionalism, sticking with sherry and bourbon casks and staunchly opposing new ideas such as finishes. However, every once in a while, a non traditional gem pops up. When I say non traditional, I only mean that it’s a cask that you don’t traditionally see, because even the whisky…
After completing my reports on the three days of TWE’s Whisky Show (Day 1, Day 2 and Day 3), I turn to the show exclusives. You’d think the highlight of those would be the two Karuizawa releases by ONE, but they’re not. It’s actually this Balblair that came of of nowhere. There were 588 bottles…
If you think day three started with a queue, you’d be wrong…..Not that there wasn’t one, there was, and it was raining. But before that, we had a blogger get together at a coffee shop in Vinopolis. It was great to chat with fellow bloggers, and finally connect the actual people to their @twitter handles….