Luxury Scotch Whisky embassy. Were to visit it

The airports are the best places offering access to some of the world’s finest Scotch Whiskies. Diageo is immersing visitors in something totally different from the norm in travel retail, giving them an exclusive insight into the Johnnie Walker with a “Johnnie Walker House.” If you are travelling through Lounge 2 of Amsterdam Airport Schiphol you … Read more

Top tipple: rare whisky outperforms wine and gold as 2015 investment

Leading index for scotch whisky rose 14% last year, while wine fell 0.4%, gold was down 10% and FTSE 100 index lost 4.9%

A game-changing whisky glass is modernizing the whisky drinking experience

The perfect whisky drinking experience: Norlan Whisky Glass. Renowned Icelandic designer Sruli Recht from global design brand Norlan transforms the way whisky is enjoyed through a revolutionary glass combining modern digital technologies and advanced double-walled glassblowing handcraft. Meet the glass that will change whisky.Norlan Whisky Glass combines the advanced aromatic delivery of a snifter with the … Read more

The Eternal Reserve – the whisky that will, quite literally, live forever

Royal Salute, considered to be the ultimate luxury Scotch whisky, unveiled an innovative blending technique creating a whisky that will, quite literally, live forever, says Pernod-Ricard’s luxury house. The Royal Salute Vault in Strathisla Distillery wants to create a smooth and voluptuous whisky with the unique Circular Blending process where the original blend will be … Read more

No.1 single malt whisky in Japan to be sent into space

Suntory launching flagship single malt into space. From Suntory’s Yamazaki whisky was born the delicate yet profound experience of a Japanese single malt. Spiritual and deep, its signature multi-layered taste is highly praised by whisky connoisseurs all over the world. Today, Yamazaki is the No.1 single malt whisky in Japan and one of the few … Read more

How whisky distillers escaped getting stuck in a butt

That’s a kind of barrel, oh ye of smutty mind – and one that nearly became an endangered species, to the dismay of Scotch-makers