The nights are cold and spring is still far away, but fear not as we visit the warm tropics of Asia in our second instalment of Ladies Night! This session was hosted by the wonderful…
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Ladies Night Tasting – Asian Whiskies
Posted on 15 February 2017 by Liz
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New Nikka whiskies – power of three
Posted on 19 May 2016 by Rocky
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When Jim Murray named Yamazaki Sherry Cask 2013 his 2015 World Whisky of the Year, no-one could have foreseen the unprecedented demand Japanese whisky would experience over the following years. It’s been almost a year since Nikka’s announcement…
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Posted on 8 April 2015 by Stuart
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In my previous post, we looked at the history of Japanese Nikka whisky, the realisation of Masataka Taketsuru’s dream. In all, Nikka makes nearly 30 different whiskies from its two distilleries. Having tasted the entire range with brand…
Continue reading »Nikka Japanese whisky – one man’s dream
Posted on 30 March 2015 by Stuart
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Japanese whisky has never been more popular, winning awards left, right and centre as well as offering Scotch drinkers an alternative – but not radical departure – in flavour. Recently I met Nikka’s Didier Ghorbanzadeh…
Continue reading »Whisky Live London 2013 – The Report
Posted on 27 March 2013 by Tim F
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Once again, TWE were in full effect at last weekend’s Whisky Live in London, which was held in its now-traditional location of Armoury House, home of the British Army’s oldest regiment, the Honourable Artillery Company…
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A release that sums up Speyside distiller Tamdhu's focus on ageing malt whisky exclusively in former sherry cas...
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This classic French liqueur traces its roots back to 1852, when it was commercially produced as a digestif by Jean-Baptiste Combier, w...
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A new release from the Cornwall-based Southwestern Distillery, makers of Tarquin's Cornish Gin, this wheat-based v...
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One of the jewels in the crown of Domus's range of grappa, this expression uses Nebbiolo grape skins and must left over from m...
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Well, as Caperdonich originally should contribute to blends only and as there hasn't been any distillery bottlings before the two for the Italian market in the late 70's, I'd assume that a unique...
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That's really intriguing! I need to look into when the regulations started clamping down on naming – there was some discussion around Malt Mill online recently (thanks to
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Posted on: 15 July 2022