August 8, 2020
Black (Bowmore) thoughts
The other afternoon, I sat in on an on-line tasting of the new Black Bowmore DB5 1964. Or…
June 23, 2020
Master Mujician (I.M. Keith Tippett)
The musician Keith Tippett died on June 14. He was not only someone whose music I have listened…
June 16, 2020
The Amber Light VOD release & The Director’s Half-Cut
We’re delighted to announce that from June 25th our award-wining film ‘The Amber Light’ will be available to…
June 10, 2020
Provenance and sherry casks
Provenance is an increasingly important factor in our decision-making process when it comes to food and drink.…
June 10, 2020
Have some Madeira m’dearies?
It was, let me check, oh, almost a whole year ago that I wrote (some may say…
June 2, 2020
Doomed? Maybe not
I sat in on a Zoom discussion the other week, the first of the World Whisky Talks. Towards…
May 27, 2020
Port Ellen: Revenant distillery
This started as a tasting note for the new Port Ellen 40 year old. Then it grew. Stick…
May 18, 2020
Reading between the lines
There’s this story, probably apocryphal, of a man who is sent to a psychiatrist because he is suffering…
April 3, 2020
Whisky and Hobbits: a return to The Shire
In the days when the New Zealand lockdown was just a rumour, we went to Hobbiton. As I…
March 26, 2020
CAN A WHISKY BE WORTH $60,000?
This piece was originally published on the late lamented (but still much loved) scotchwhisky.com site. I’ll be adding…