In a relief to Arunachal Pradesh and Andaman & Nicobar Islands, the Supreme Court (SC) has relaxed the 500-metre cap on liquor vends across the national and state highways there. A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice J S Khehar Read More
Royal Salute has released a new 21-year-old expression, Royal Salute Polo Edition. This limited edition is a new blend in hand-made, turquoise porcelain bottles, each embossed with polo players. It follows the launch of a 32-year-old blend in travel retail Read More
Scotland’s ‘first’ 100 percent organic Single Malt Scotch whisky distillery has opened on a remote farm estate in the Highlands. Ncn’ean distillery (pronounced Nook-knee-anne), began producing spirit in March, but will start welcoming visitors to the distillery from July. Its Read More
A Glasgow-based drinks company is launching a quirky collection of Scotch whisky cocktails in cans for summer. Made by the Finnieston Distillery Company, each ready-to-drink (RTD) cocktail features the firm’s own blended Scotch whisky, created in partnership with independent bottler Read More
Old Pulteney to withdraw 17 YO and 21 YO Highland Single Malt Old Pulteney will soon be discontinuing its 17-year-old and 21-year-old expressions because of a lack of stock. The brand does not have any plans to replace these with Read More
Madhulika Bhattacharya, Chief Consumer, La Cave Educating the customer is the key to the growth of the sparkling wine market, according to Madhulika Bhattacharya, the creator of the fine wine boutique, La Cave, which stocks 310 labels at the Read More
‘Auchentoshan: The Bartender’s Malt’ has been produced exclusively by the 12 winners of the Lowlands distillery’s New Malt Order Cocktail Competition. The bartenders—from Germany, Sweden, the US, Canada and UK—worked under the supervision of former Auchentoshan master blender Rachel Barrie Read More
For the fourth consecutive year, Indian whisky Officer’s Choice of Allied Blenders & Distillers has retained its position as world’s largest selling whisky. The only spirit that sells more than Officer’s Choice whisky is Korean spirit Jinro which is not a Read More
Kingsbarns distillery has released a two-year-old ‘spirit drink’ bottling, only available to buy from the distillery, as it waits for its whisky to mature. The spirit, which cannot legally be called whisky as it has not been matured for the Read More
America’s first whiskey was made from rye, not corn, and Pennsylvania was where it was produced. In the late 18thcentury, pioneering farmers from Europe with distilling skills found that rye grain was easy to grow and made a very delicious Read More
