Euro 2016 is under way and if the weekend’s games are a guide, we’re in for a great tournament. Here at TWE, we may not be football experts, but we do know a thing or…
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Euro 2016 – five great match-ups
Posted on 13 June 2016 by Stuart
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The rise of British spirits
Posted on 6 April 2016 by Rocky
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Spirit production in Britain has come a long way in the past decade. Previously just a bastion of whisky and gin, today you’ll find aperitifs, cider brandy and even marc made on the island. Founded in…
Continue reading »Penderyn Competition – win a signed That Try
Posted on 18 September 2015 by Rocky
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Every sport has that jaw-dropping moment (inevitably with matching commentary) that stays in the memory for years to come. For football it’s Kenneth Wolstenholme and the fourth goal in the 1966 World Cup Final; there’s Michael…
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Posted on 10 August 2011 by Toby
Please welcome mouthy young upstart Toby Quirk to the blog. Toby is a Spiritual Advisor to our Vinopolis shop and most recent member of staff to discover that going on a trip to a distillery comes with…
Continue reading »More Great New Whisky Stuff
Posted on 4 August 2009 by Tim F
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After the positive response I got from my last blog post on the positive whisky stuff happening at the moment – and because I’m a person with a generally sunny disposition (once the sun’s over the yard-arm at…
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A 10-year-old Bowmore, fully matured in Spanish oak hogsheads to give intensely fruity, spicy notes. The nose is ful...
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Malagousia is a local Greek variety that has a touches of rose petal, ripe peach and lemon bon bons. It is not as w...
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A limited-edition Johnnie Walker Blue Label celebrating 2019's Chinese New Year. This is the Year of the Pig,...
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This young rye whiskey has been aged in an ex-bourbon cask and finished in an ex-Pedro Ximinez sherry cask, ...
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I haven't ignored anything – I've not even really spoken about the early days of whiskey making, just made a tongue-in-cheek comment about the origins of distillation in Ireland. You are indeed...
Posted on: 4 March 2019
Sorry Billy, you seem to be denying the factual written records that do exist.
Posted on: 4 March 2019
It's generally accepted that the making of aqua vitae (which isn't quite whisky) was happening in both places before the written records, so myth and legend is all we really have. However, as I say in...
Posted on: 4 March 2019