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The Scotch Whisky Trail Certificate Course for spring, 2008 is now finished. Watch this space for the next one and look at the blog for pics & details of the one just finished. (see my Links Page).
Or you could click on this link
and see a pdf of the course details.
The latest thing is that thye students want an Advanced Whisky Course!
I am currently working with some whisky bars in a venture which will finally see the light of day in April, I hope! It is a case of watch this space. When the project becomes live, there will be a link from this website.
The whole project should result in some great fun for you, the consumer. The delays have been caused by VisitScotland.
Defra Scotch Whisky Definition Proposals
Well! It seems that the campaign to have Defra drop the proposal to include the term “Blended Malt” has had some success. There are rumours flying around about a “spanner” having been thrown into the SWA’s proposals and Defra want to have a meeting with me. Today (Friday), I received an invitation to a teleconference with some of Defra’s personnel “to discuss the issues raised by Mr Lamond in response to the consultation on Scotch Whisky”. I am not exactly sure which point I raised was the most contentious. Was it only the Blended Malt issue, or was it the addition of the extra regions, or maybe the grain whisky produced in a pot still?
I will just have to wait and see. Watch this space.
A Long-
Annandale Distillery in Dumfries and Galloway is due to re-
“Music and Whisky Gang Thegethir!”, to Paraphrase the Bard
An italian guitar maker, who just happens to be a fan of Islay’s whiskies, has made
three electric guitars out of an ex-
Scotch Whisky Exports Hit Another Record!
With total exports of liquid up 8% to 1.1352 billion bottles and value of exports up to £ 2.8181 billion, the industry can be forgiven for raising a large dram in celebration. More here