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Manager of our Great Portland Street shop and head of events, putting together the extensive program of masterclasses and tastings that we run during the year, most of which you can read about here on the blog. Sometimes he even gets time to write a post of his own.

Tiffon Cognac – fjord of dreams

Posted on 22 January 2015 by Chris

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While many spirits have started to focus on smaller producers, there’s one area that is still very much focused on the giants: Cognac. In November last year, looking for something different, we visited one of the…

Girvan Patent Still

Posted on 28 November 2013 by Chris

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Single Grain Scotch Whisky (as defined by our SWA overlords) has long had an ambiguous existence in the global whisky industry. Produced primarily to supply the overwhelming demand for Blended Scotch Whisky, it rarely sees…

I'm Beggin for a Kilbeggan

Posted on 20 April 2012 by Chris

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[A post today from Chris, shop assistant manager and tastings overlord. What follows is the outcome of allowing him to travel the country by train, giving him all that time to sit and think as…

Balvenie Tasting at TWE Vinopolis with Drs Forrester & Whisky

Posted on 5 August 2011 by Chris

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[This week we are joined by the TWE Vinopolis shop assistant manager and tastings organiser Chris Bolton, to talk us through our recent event at the hands of Balvenie’s whisky doctors – Forrester and Whisky] Throughout…