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Two posts today as I’m off skiing tomorrow for the next week!

Serge remarked on Whiskyfun the other day that a lot of the whisky sites seemed to be getting rather serious lately (perhaps brought on by economic misery and the crummy weather), so in honour of next month’s Red Nose Day and since I’m in a very good mood for several reasons, I thought I’d lift the gloom with my Top Ten Ridiculous Ways That People Have Found The TWE Blog.  These search terms are all absolutely genuine, by the way - I got them off Google Analytics.

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It has been widely reported that LVMH (that’s Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy), parent company of Glenmorangie plc, have agreed to flog off their unloved step-child Glen Moray to fellow French company La Martiniquaise.  Financial details of the deal have not been disclosed, but the deal is expected to be finalised by the end of October.

It’s not news at all that Glenmorangie have been looking to shift Glen Moray for some time, being unwilling to invest any money that could be better spent on pewter mugs and fancy leather boxes with which to garland the increasingly absurd new releases of sister distilleries Ardbeg and Glenmorangie.  With LVMH being a luxury goods company, it was clear that attention (and investment) would be focused on the blue chip distilleries.

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