Five Bold Blended Whiskeys to Knock the Socks Off Your Holidays
Robb Report
Fifteen years ago, spirits professional John Glaser left Johnnie Walker to establish an innovative Scotch whisky company, which he named Compass Box. In the years that followed, Glaser dedicated himself to sourcing and blending whiskies that were …

Aljazeera.com

Scotch whisky’s pre-eminence takes a shot from Asia
Aljazeera.com
In modern Scotland, another famous Scottish export continues to endure – Scotch whisky. This liquid gold, a favourite of both the casual and connoisseur drinker the world over, is today synonymous with Scotland enticing tourists to visit its many …

The Straits Times

Scotch whisky’s pre-eminence takes a shot from Asia
Yahoo! Maktoob News
In modern Scotland, another famous Scottish export continues to endure – Scotch whisky. This liquid gold, a favourite of both the casual and connoisseur drinker the world over, is today synonymous with Scotland enticing tourists to visit […]

The Straits Times

Secret Scotch behind whiskies
The Straits Times
For more than nine decades, single malt Scotch whisky Mortlach has been used as an incognito ingredient in the renowned Johnnie Walker Scotch label blend and in the blends of other whisky brands such as Buchanan’s, Black & White and Vat […]

Western Gazette

YOUR WEEKEND: Saturday’s TV highlights including The Addams Family and Whisky …
Western Gazette
Whisky Galore!, BBC2, 4.10pm: A chance to see the classic Ealing comedy starring Basil Radford as a Hebridean island community senses a chance to replenish its whisky stocks. The Addams Family, Film 4, 4.55pm: From […]

Forbes

Three Scots Make “Scotch” Whisky At George Washington’s Mount Vernon
Forbes
Land rich but cash poor, his farm manager, a Scotsman named James Anderson, convinced him to build a distillery to turn some of his corn and rye into whisky. It proved such a success that by 1799 the estate […]

The Spirits Business

Label 5 unveils ‘Whisky Confidential’ drive
The Spirits Business
For the campaign, the La Martiniquaise-owned brand has partnered with bartenders who have created whisky cocktails using Label 5, with Label 5 Classic Black a core focus. Whisky Confidential features a series of videos which invite consumers to visit […]

South China Morning Post (subscription)

Nigel Owens: a tale of the whistle, the whisky and a shotgun
South China Morning Post (subscription)
“I took a loaded shotgun, a bottle of whisky and two boxes of paracetamol.” He then went for a last walk around his village. “Funnily enough what I took […]

BQ Live

A beginners guide to Scotland’s finest export
BQ Live
Slumps in vodka sales at the beginning of the year were blamed on whisky swiggin’ women, with Scotch whisky brand Johnnie Walker getting ahead of the game by bringing on sex siren Christina Hendricks as its first woman brand ambassador […]

Huddersfield Examiner

Food for fires! Stephen Jackson’s ginger sponge and whisky mac recipe sounds …
Huddersfield Examiner
I made the custard a little extra-special by adding the boozy elements of a classic Whisky-Mac cocktail, but you can always omit it, or even warm up a couple of tins – there’s always […]