It’s a great combination - music and a dram - even in the imagination. The annual Celtic Connections music festival in Glasgow (keep an eye on the For Argyll Events Calendar for its torchlight launch parade on 15th January) has…
While the Bruichladdich Distillery on Islay has been highly successful since its management buy-out and vigorous new marketing, whisky speciaists are asking whether the astonishing frequency with which the distillery launches new products on the market may be unwise.
October saw…
The Robb Report - an American-based style guide for billionaires - is featuring suggestions on luxury gifts. In the middle of ‘boys toys’ like £11 million for a personal Zeppelin airship, Tain-based malt whisky distillery, Glenmorangie has its own £4 million special…
A few days ago a student paid £2,200 for an uncorrupted bottle of whisky recovered from the sinking of the SS Politician off the Isle of Eriskay, made famous in Compton MacKenzie’s Whisky Galore.
Brokers now predict that 2009 will see…
Sometimes you have to feel sorry for Argyll and Bute Council. It seems to have attracted a jinx on pier / slipway contracts. For Argyll has reported several times on the foreseeable and avoidable problems at the new Port Askaig Harbour…
The U-turn (Wednesday 26th November): The whisky industry has rightly flexed its considerable muscle. Suddenly this was all an awful mistake, The Chancellor (and HMV) had ‘not intended’ to do anything their than keep the price of whisky at the same…
The Scottish Government has announced a grant of £60,000 to support a major conference during 2009 Highland year of Homecoming. The Director of the initiative, Fiona Hampton, was also Director of Highland 2007, whose recently published evaluation report has just…
Well now you do. The enterprising slate island of Easdale, under the Eilean Eisdeal Trust, is introducing its own 8-year old highland malt whisky. Described as having ‘a pronounced, peaty flavour with a smooth, pleasant finish’ it’s a smart fundraiser…
In yet another award for one of Argyll’s legendary Islay malt whisky distilleries, Bruichladdich had been awarded the Enterprise 250 Award for Innovation and Design. According to the 2008 Scottish Whisky Industry Review, Bruichladdich is the fastest growing single malt distillery in the…
Early this morning (Friday 14th November) a grain silo collapsed at Islay’s port Ellen Maltings, shedding hundreds of tonnes of barley which fell around it. No-one was injured. As a precautionary measure, nearby homes were temporarily evacuated. With work at…
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