Just-Drinks.com reports that Drambuie is about to kick off their rejuvenation campaign - kicking in a tidy sum to do the job - GBP10m (US$18.6m) will be invested in the international marketing campaign and will focus the product for younger consumers. I talked about Drambuie in July 2005.What is Drambuie? In case you are one […]
I arrive today in Paris to attend this weekend’s Whisky Live. This will be the farthest I’ve ever traveled for the express purpose of drinking whisky. After that I’m going directly (by way of London Glasgow) to Islay to attend the Bruichladdich Academy. I will be hauling my computer along, and hope to post from […]
Caspar MacRae, the Macallan Global Ambassador, will be hosting a series of Scotch dinners along with a tutored tasting of various Macallan expressions at The Palm restaurants around the U.S. October 11, 2006 The Palm - Miami 9650 E. Bay Harbor Drive Bay Harbor Island, FL 33154 305.868.7256 November 1, 2006 The Palm - Dallas […]
On August 2nd I was the first to announce that Dave Robertson was leaving JMR. On August 5th I let you all know that Dave was going to Whyte Mackay to run the innovations group. Today Whyte Mackay finally got around to telling you what I told you over 5 weeks ago: UK: WM appoints […]
On Sunday August 20th 3006, Sunday’s New York Times, a media institution which I’ve taken to task several times* featured a story about Venezuela entitled Venezuela’s Cup Runs Over, and the Scotch Whiskey Flows. The story included numerous misspellings of whisky. Here is but a sample…Scotch whiskey holds a rarefied place in the collective psyche […]
Today I should be leaving Islay and heading to Glasgow for a night. My plans include hitting the famous Glaswegian pub The Pot Still. Then (likely hung-over) I’ll be headed home tomorrow.—————-The following was a well-received story that discusses the wonderous effects that wood has on whisky. A shorter, more simplified version of this was […]
I get a lot of requests for tips on hosting a tasting. The thing to keep in mind is that a tasting should be fun. Tastings can and should each have their own personalities. Enjoy the differences. Different attendees, different whiskies, different moods.But the keys to hosting a good tasting are quite simple: Know your […]
I’d been reading Basic Juice, (Beau Jarvis’ excellent site on wine) for a while when I asked him to write a post on Sherry - so we whisky folks could get a better understanding of the mysterious liquid which has such an impact on Macallan, Aberlour, Glenfarclas, et. al. After Beau and I continued to […]
Nascar sponsorships set off liquor industry spat That’s the headline from a Dow Jones MarketWatch story. The bottom line is that Pernod Ricard has said it will pull out of The Century Council in a dispute over the council’s support of liquor sponsorships in auto racing. According to their website: The Century Council is a […]
On September 29th, an interesting new site will kick off - that’s the day that SingleMalt.tv launches. Not really television, it’s an online channel - which is, in my estimation, the next logical step for the integration of infotainment and edumedia. From the press release:SINGLEMALT.tv is an Internet Protocol Television channel (IPTV) hosted by Narrowstep […]