Many years ago, on my first visit to Jerez and environs, I had an appointment to visit what was to me the most exciting producer in the region at the time, Lustau. I was staying, as I have every visit since, in nearby Sanlúcar de Barrameda, which is not far from the famed city of sherry Jerez, home to Lustau. […]
Australian Whisky Awards Name The Country’s Best Drop For 2021
Billed as our sunburnt nation’s “largest whisky democracy”, the connoisseurs behind the Australian Whisky Awards have once again come together to recognise the very best local distilleries, industry personalities, and venues of 2021. As to be expected from a distillery that’s practically synonymous with Australian whisky – and the driving force which essentially set the […]
Ballot opens for Starward Tawny #2
Starward is preparing to release its second Tawny Single Malt, following the successful first iteration which sold out after it was released in 2019, and it was awarded the Best Worldwide Whisky at the Hong Kong International Wine & Spirits Competition in 2020. With the Tawny #2 being a limited release it will first be […]
Wild Turkey’s Father & Son Distilling Virtuosos
Sixth U.S. Limited-Edition Release in Award-Winning Master’s Keep Series Embodies the Spirit ofWild Turkey’s Father & Son Distilling Virtuosos LAWRENCEBURG, KY (September, 2021) — With four decades of distilling experience under his belt, Master Distiller Eddie Russell may have finally met his legendary father’s exacting standards. A bourbon virtuoso in his own right, Eddie grew […]
Winemakers fire up their whisky stills
The Macallan distillery was founded in 1824 by barley farmer Alexander Reid. What began as two stills housed in a wooden shed has grown to a 36 still site today. In 1892 the distillery passed to Roderick Kemp, former owner of Talisker, whose descendants retained ownership until the 1990s. By 1975 the then 21 still […]
Winemakers fire up their whisky stills
Back in the olden days, a century or so ago, Australian wineries often owned and operated distilling equipment, using copper pot and column stills to make the spirit with which they fortified the sherries, ports and muscats so popular at the time. Some wineries, particularly the big old South Australian family firms such as Yalumba, […]
The Magic of Refill Casks
The vast majority of Australian whisky is aged in first-fill casks, resulting in big, bold and oaky flavour. But what about refill casks? How could this style of maturation, used commonly in the Scottish whisky industry, change the character of Aussie whisky? Australia’s homegrown whisky industry is still very young, and as such most Aussie […]
5 Whiskies To Celebrate The 2022 Chinese New Year With
As a way of celebrating the spirit of the Chinese New Year, a number of whisky labels have developed special variants of their offerings that showcase themes tied to the holiday. The ones presented below for your consideration all have special illustrations and images, designed by Chinese illustrators and artists, that highlight these themes. They […]