After 2018’s super-early April announcement of Diageo’s annual Special Releases collection surprised everyone, we’ve been wondering what they were up to this year. The radio silence has now been broken, and the first tidbits of…
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Diageo Special Releases 2019 – announced!
Posted on 23 July 2019 by Billy
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Highland vs Speyside – a tale of two regions
Posted on 18 August 2017 by Stuart
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Our latest monthly focus is all about the Highland and Speyside regions: the two key whisky areas in Scotland. A lot of whisky guides talk about them having their own distinct style, but we think…
Continue reading »Diageo Special Releases 2015 – first look
Posted on 19 October 2015 by Stuart
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Each year, Diageo launches a small number of limited-edition whiskies from its distilleries under the Special Releases banner. None have ever been seen before, so unsurprisingly, interest (and demand) is high when they hit the…
Continue reading »Tasting the 2012 Diageo Special Releases at TWE Vinopolis
Posted on 24 January 2013 by Oliver
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Since 2001 Diageo have announced, in October of each year, their Special Release Range. Each series of bottles is picked to highlight the best of their distilleries and are acknowledged to be landmark bottlings, representing…
Continue reading »Diageo Special Releases 2012
Posted on 2 October 2012 by Tim F
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“Live each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influences of each.” – Thoreau It’s that time of year again – with the UK’s…
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Batch B1-19 of Redbreast 12 Year Old Cask Strength single pot still Irish whiskey has been matur...
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Matured in sherry-seasoned oak for 14 years, this 2004-vintage single malt, from an un-named distillery o...
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Matured in a small number of ex-sherry casks and American oak casks, Glenfiddich Grand Cru has been finished fo...
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Black Tot is a modern take on an old style of rum, inspired by more than three centuries of naval tradition. Bringing together the cor...
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The ballot is open to everyone, but if we can't ship to you, then you'll need to sort out collection/otherwise getting the bottle. We can't ship to Canada, so if you won you'd have to do some...
Posted on: 16 September 2019
Are there any places that don't qualify for Ardbeg 1976 contest? I clicked on the shipping list for countries and I'm not seeing Canada on there. Are Canadians eligible?
Posted on: 16 September 2019
Thatnks Juergen – I've updated the page to make things a bit more precise. Strangely, schnapps seems to now be a fairly common English word that means about the same as Obstler :)
Posted on: 13 September 2019