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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,…

Whisky of the Year – the winner…

Posted on 3 December 2019 by Billy

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It’s that time again – the announcement of our Whisky of the Year. And the winner is, drum-roll, please…

Diageo Special Releases 2019

Posted on 15 October 2019 by Billy

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Announced back in July, the Diageo Special Releases 2019 have now been unveiled. The yearly range is a fixture of the whisky calendar, and the past few years have seen a number of changes. Find…

Diageo Special Releases 2019 – announced!

Posted on 23 July 2019 by Billy

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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…

Cladach – Diageo Special Releases 2018 #10

Posted on 12 September 2018 by Billy

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It’s time to reveal the final bottle of the Diageo Special Releases 2018 – Cladach. What is Cladach For the second year in a row, Diageo have dropped a secret bottle into the line-up, only…

Diageo Special Releases 2018 – First Look

Posted on 31 August 2018 by Billy

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This year’s Diageo Special Releases have been a bundle of surprises. First, they were announced months earlier than usual, popping up in April in an attempt to beat the annual internet leaks, and now we…

Islay Festival woes – the queues

Posted on 1 June 2018 by Billy

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This week is the Islay Festival of Music and Malt, aka Feis Ile. For eight days, the small, southern Hebridean island doubles its population with an influx of people from around the world, almost all…

Diageo Special Releases 2018 – announced!

Posted on 13 April 2018 by Billy

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The launch of the annual Diageo Special Releases is one of the big whisky events of the year. Whether you want to buy them or not, the discussion that’s generated online and the fight for…

10 things you didn’t know about whisky

Posted on 9 February 2018 by Stuart

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If there’s a Diageo Special Releases tasting, then you know that whisky ambassador Colin Dunn will be involved. For our Whisky Exchange tasting in London, as well as pouring some fantastic drams, Colin passed on…

Whisky Stories – my first trip to Islay

Posted on 19 January 2018 by Stuart

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All whisky drinkers have a story to share, whether it’s a visit to their favourite distillery or perhaps the day they opened a life-changing dram. We’d love to hear your whisky stories and we’ll be…

Diageo Special Releases 2017 – the tasting notes

Posted on 12 September 2017 by Billy

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Autumn is almost here and the Diageo Special Releases 2017 are here. It’s an exciting group of whiskies this year: along with the regular Port Ellen, Brora, Caol Ila and Lagavulin, there’s also the oldest…

Whisky casks – all you need to know

Posted on 29 March 2017 by Rocky

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It’s agreed that whisky gets much of its flavour from the wood it’s aged in. Many different types are used, but what do they add? This was the subject of a recent shop tasting hosted by…

Is there a fair way to sell limited-edition whiskies?

Posted on 2 March 2017 by TWE Admin

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When it emerged that we would be selling a special charity bottling of Lagavulin we were very excited, not only because it’s great to be involved with such a distinguished distillery, but also because all…

What makes a great whisky tasting?

Posted on 31 January 2017 by Stuart

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I’ve been lucky to attend plenty of whisky tastings. The latest was a tour through the new batch of Diageo’s Special Releases hosted by whisky educator Colin Dunn – and it was superb. But as…

Jim Murray – ‘the only criteria I look at is quality’

Posted on 19 January 2017 by Stuart

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In the second part of our exclusive interview, Jim Murray explains his strict rules for choosing his World Whisky of the Year, his response to critics of the Whisky Bible, and his retirement plans. You…

The Whisky Exchange Whisky Show 2016 – 200 Years of Lagavulin

Posted on 14 October 2016 by Stuart

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Diageo’s Dr Nick Morgan has spoken about Lagavulin many times this year, with the distillery celebrating its 200th anniversary. But what really came through at The Whisky Show’s 200 Years of Lagavulin masterclass was how…

The Whisky Exchange Whisky Show 2016 – Three Masters of Whisky

Posted on 7 October 2016 by Stuart

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This year’s showpiece Whisky Show masterclass featured three contrasting figures. The first: an avuncular figure who has held every job possible in a whisky distillery. The second: an innovator, famed for his experiments with casks….

Diageo Special Releases 2016 – First Look

Posted on 14 September 2016 by Billy

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It’s that time of year again: the Diageo Special Releases 2016 are here. Well, almost here – they’re earlier than usual this year and should be hitting The Whisky Exchange website on the evening of…

Billy on Everything you need to know about Indian whisky:
Because only Ireland and the USA (and not all of the USA) call their spirit whiskey. Everyone else in the world, including India, calls it whisky.
Posted on: 6 August 2020
Bhaskar Bhattacharya on Everything you need to know about Indian whisky:
Why Indian whiskeys are not sold abroad as "Whiskey"?
Posted on: 6 August 2020
Billy on Virtual Tastings:
We are – two more in August. You can find the details in our August virtual tastings post.
Posted on: 29 July 2020