Whisky Show is almost upon us again. It’s our lucky 13th show – 12th in person – and the first year where we are combining our traditional weekend of whisky at Old Billingsgate with a…
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Whisky Show Bottlings 2021 – Adventures in Flavour
Posted on 28 September 2021 by Billy
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The Whisky Exchange Single Casks Batch 3
Posted on 11 January 2021 by Billy
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Back in 2019, quite quietly, we launched a new range of whiskies. In the middle of last year, we released a second batch, also quite quietly. But now, with the launch of our latest whiskies,…
Continue reading »Virtual Tastings – July 2020
Posted on 22 June 2020 by Billy
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While our shop at London Bridge is now open, we’re not quite ready to start running tastings in person yet, so our program of Virtual Tastings continues! Virtual Tastings June’s line-up of tastings has been…
Continue reading »Feis Ile 2020 – The Islay Festival online
Posted on 22 May 2020 by Billy
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The end of May is usually a time for celebration in the whisky world – it’s time for Fèis Ìle, the Islay Festival of Malt and Music. A week-long celebration of Scotland’s most distillery-packed island,…
Continue reading »20th Anniversary Signatory Exclusives – Happy Birthday to Us!
Posted on 27 June 2019 by Billy
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In April 1999, a single click of a mouse kicked off a new venture for Sukhinder and Rajbir Singh – they registered thewhiskyexchange.com. Now, twenty years later, we’re the world’s largest online specialist spirits retailer…
Continue reading »Whisky and food pairing guide: cupcakes
Posted on 14 June 2017 by Leonora
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When you think of food and whisky pairings, cheese, chocolate and meat may come to mind, but cupcakes? Elements of Islay international brand ambassador Mariella Romano hosted a whisky and cupcake evening for our Covent…
Continue reading »Islay Festival 2017 – what is there to do at Feis Ile?
Posted on 23 May 2017 by Billy
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Feis Ile, the yearly Islay Festival of Music and Malt, is a fixture of the Scotch malt whisky scene. Every year, the population of the isle of Islay doubles for a week at the end…
Continue reading »Islay Feis Ile 2015 – save on your favourite whiskies
Posted on 22 May 2015 by Stuart
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The end of May is a landmark in the whisky calendar – the Islay Festival, or Feis Ile, to give it its proper name. The whole island is involved, and even neighbouring Jura gets in on…
Continue reading »No more peaty whisky from Islay
Posted on 1 April 2015 by TWE Admin
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Fans of Islay whisky should brace themselves for a stormy future. We’ve got our hands on some research that will strike terror into the hearts of peat heads: peat on Islay will run out by…
Continue reading »Whisky and Art?
Posted on 14 November 2012 by Joel
[We are joined this week by one of our newest recruits in the shop – regular target of antipodean jokes and actual Australian, Mr Joel Eastman] After an Olympic-sized hiatus, our regular tasting evenings finally…
Continue reading »Award Season Analysis – Fool's Gold?
Posted on 17 August 2012 by Tim F
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A big congratulations to all the British medal-winners… at the 2012 International Wine & Spirits Competition, the Spirits categories of which were announced a week or two ago. A total of 1,346 medals were awarded this year…
Continue reading »New at TWE – Wemyss Malts
Posted on 25 May 2012 by Billy
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We’re always looking for new and interesting whiskies to put on our shelves here at TWE but somehow we’ve managed to have a hole in our independents lineup around the W-mark. But no longer, as…
Continue reading »The Whisky Exchange Blog at Spirit of Speyside: Pt. 2
Posted on 5 July 2011 by Tim F
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Welcome to part two of my epic jaunt around the Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival. Click here if you missed Pt. 1 (or if you just fancy reading it again). The following morning, after a…
Continue reading »40 Year-Old Whiskies: A Guide
Posted on 15 April 2011 by Tim F
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Ok, we’re doing something a bit different today on The Whisky Exchange Blog – a collaborative post! Yes, this particular blog on forty year-old whisky has been written by myself AND Sukhinder: he’s supplied the…
Continue reading »Islay Festival Day Ten: Aftermath
Posted on 2 June 2009 by Tim F
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Day 10: A Kick In The Ballochs… Bang on 7am and our alarm clock blasts into action, as welcoming a sound as a prize festival bottling smashing on a stone floor and the accompanying ‘yelp’…
Continue reading »Islay Festival Day Eight: Kilchoman and Bunnahabhain
Posted on 1 June 2009 by Tim F
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A bunch of prize tossers It was another early start on Friday as we had a lot of ground to cover. First up was a 9.30am tasting at Islay’s newest distillery, Kilchoman, where we were…
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One of the most well-loved roses on the planet, Whispering Angel is made from Grenache, Cinsault and Rolle grapes sour...
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The Mauxion family has a rich legacy and since 1743, the family has been dedicated to the art of Cognac and it is now th...
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The Mauxion family's Cognac producing legacy began in 1743 and is now overseen by the 13th generation. This VSOP Cognac...
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