Tag Archives: Karuizawa
TWE Karuizawa Whisky Trip Pt.7: Endgame for Karuizawa
[Welcome to the seventh instalment of TWE’s big Karuizawa trip to Japan. You can read the earlier episodes here, here, here, here, here and here.] After our excellent evening out at Helmsdale we awoke the next morning to a cold, … Continue reading
TWE in Japan: Karuizawa Trip Pt.6
[Welcome to the sixth instalment of our trip to Japan. Readers with too much time on their hands can catch up on the full story so far here, here, here, here and here.] After the emotions stirred up by our … Continue reading
TWE in Japan – Karuizawa Trip Pt.5
[Welcome to the fifth part of TWE's trip to Japan last year. You can read the earlier instalments in this saga of inter-continental dramming here, here, here and here.] The town of Karuizawa is an upmarket holiday resort, with the … Continue reading
Karuizawa – The Spirit of Asama
One of the things that I didn’t realise before I started working at TWE was quite how slow boats are. We’ve been waiting for quite a while for our latest shipment of whisky to arrive from Japan, with a couple … Continue reading
TWE Karuizawa Whisky Trip Pt.4: Chichibu Sake Brewery
[Welcome to Part 4 of Tim F's epic report on TWE's Karuizawa whisky trip to Japan, in which we visit a sake brewery. Readers who don't have much to do today can catch up with all the previous shenanigans here, … Continue reading
TWE in Japan – Karuizawa Trip Pt.3
[Tim and Sukhinder's sojourn in Japan continues at Chichibu with an epic tasting of dozens of full-strength single cask Karuizawas… you can read about their earlier adventures on the trip here and here.] After our fascinating tour of Chichibu we … Continue reading
TWE Karuizawa Whisky Trip Pt.2: Karuizawa Casks and Chichibu distillery
This is the second instalment of Tim F’s report on TWE blog’s recent Karuizawa & Chichibu whisky trip to Japan. You can read part 1 here. The following morning, refreshed after a sound night’s sleep but still occasionally feeling the … Continue reading
TWE in Japan – Karuizawa Trip Pt.1
Last month, I was privileged to join Sukhinder on a trip to Japan as guests of Number One Drinks Co., who import some of Japan’s finest whiskies into the UK, including Ichiro Akuto’s Chichibu and his famous Ichiro’s Malt Card Series. Fans … Continue reading
My Whisky Buying Strategy: A Rethink
Apologies for the long delay between posts – we were so busy this Christmas that even though we had taken on several extra staff, I was still relieved of my normal duties and spent most of the last six weeks … Continue reading
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