Tuesday, February 3, 2015

Nippon's sublime amber nectar: Why is Japanese whisky gaining so many global plaudits?


Nippon's sublime amber nectar: Why is Japanese whisky gaining so many global plaudits?
The origins of Japanese whisky began in the 1920s, in the tiny town of Yamazaki, a 25-minute train journey from Osaka (itself only 15 minutes away ...

Smacking a man's Pappy: Bourbon buncombe

Smacking a man's Pappy: Bourbon buncombe
It once was written that if you give “The State” the power to do something for you, you give it an exact equivalent of power to do something to you.

Symbolic Bourbon Barrels Toward DC


Symbolic Bourbon Barrels Toward DC
The participating purveryors, working in conjunction with the Henry Clay Center for Statesmanship, loaded up the “Bourbon Barrel of Compromise” in ...

'Ocean of bourbon' at Bourbon Classic


'Ocean of bourbon' at Bourbon Classic
"This year, we have nine different bourbon epicurean stations with nine top-shelf chefs and mixologists. You get to try 18 different cocktail and food ...

Order It Like Beckham: David Beckham Gives Haig Club a Proper US Debut

Order It Like Beckham: David Beckham Gives Haig Club a Proper US Debut
And, underwear, as evidenced by his ubiquitous and much commented upon line for H&M, is yet another. But whiskey? Not so much. That is until now.

Chattanooga Whiskey installs first legal still since Prohibition


Chattanooga Whiskey installs first legal still since Prohibition
After years of planning, sweat, setbacks and growing pains, Chattanooga Whiskey Co. has installed the first legal whiskey still in Hamilton County ...

Review: Mellow Corn Kentucky Straight Whiskey

Review: Mellow Corn Kentucky Straight Whiskey
It's really no surprise that, with such fervent frenzy among consumers over the high end of the American whiskey market, a whiskey from the low end of ...

Distell named Distiller of the Year by Whisky Magazine



Distell named Distiller of the Year by Whisky Magazine
Distell said it was the first time a Japanese whisky had taken the title, noting that the win was "yet another signal to observers that world-class whiskies ...

Jayer, Mouton and DRC Light Up Hong Kong Sales


Jayer, Mouton and DRC Light Up Hong Kong Sales
Top-end Burgundy and Bordeaux, along with Japanese Whisky, perform well as the new auction season starts with a bang. By Wine-Searcher staff ...

Stuart Whitwell: How will global trends impact drinks industry in 2015?

Stuart Whitwell: How will global trends impact drinks industry in 2015?
The war over tax which has been waged by Scotch whisky companies is also likely to have an effect on the market this year. Distillers have warned ...

Sipping Scotch for the Spray Park


Sipping Scotch for the Spray Park
While Scotch may not be appealing to everyone's tastes, there were plenty of local whiskey connoisseurs in attendance for the Grand Forks Rotary ...

AnCnoc releases 1975 Scotch whisky


AnCnoc releases 1975 Scotch whisky
The 1975 has been anticipated for a number of years, it's distinctively anCnoc, a fantastic whisky and a superb addition to any whisky collection.”.

Who owns Scotch Whisky? — Not many Scots says new research


Who owns Scotch Whisky? — Not many Scots says new research
Glasgow - New research published today in the Glasgow-based The Herald newspaper reveals that a high proportion of Scotch Whisky drunk in the ...