Sagrantino di Montefalco by Rocca di Fabbri
This wine from Umbria in Italy has a dark burgundy colour and a woody bouquet. There’s a real texture to the mouthfeel, with tastes of mushrooms, reminiscent of forests and trees on an autumn day after a rainfall. Damsons fill the palette, which wavers like an old friend between loud camaraderie and amused rebuttal. Sagrantino...
Test your whisky tasting skills! @The_Glenlivet #Alpha
The Glenlivet launches a mysterious single malt: The Glenlivet Alpha The Glenlivet, the single malt that started it all, has unveiled a rare and enigmatic single malt whisky, The Glenlivet Alpha. With no cask information, tasting notes or age statement, and a striking black bottle, The Glenlivet Alpha’s unique character can be discovered via a...
Get your hands on a 17 year old Single Cask Whisky – @The_Glenlivet Quercus @TheWhiskyShop
First the bad news. Each bottle of Glenlivet Quercus costs £200. Some might say that’s quite a lot for a bottle of whisky. But look at what you are getting. The Glenlivet is presenting a single cask whisky that has been aged for 17 years in American white oak, or ‘Quercus Alba’. Only one cask...
Bladnoch single malt Scotch whisky 10 year old- @Bladnoch
The Bladnoch single malt is a very pale straw colour that has some people asking if it is whisky at all. It most certainly is, from a distillery founded in 1817 in the south-west of Scotland. It is the most southerly of all the Scottish distilleries and sits on the banks of the River Bladnoch...
Macallan 10 year old Single Malt Scotch Whisky @the_macallan
Hailing from Craigellachie, is The Macallan a Speyside or a Highland whisky? It is up in the general Speyside area, but since the Scotch whisky regulations of 2009 it is not in a precise location that can call itself Speyside on its labels. Even so, it might say Highland on the bottle but whisky experts...
Pleasantry of Pageantry
“Friday again” My mind utters Already making my way To the bar I’ve allocated For friends and I to play And experience all things fated In its halls; loud and cluttered . Reintroduced to calmness My tongue drowned in suds Hands wish for one to caress As my heart slows its thuds . Surely, an...
Highland Park 12 year old Single Malt Scotch Whisky @highlandpark
Highland Park is the northernmost whisky distillery in Scotland, located in the Orkney Islands. Founded in 1798 its name does not refer to the Highlands of Scotland but rather to the local area around the distillery. Their 12 year old single malt has been called ‘the greatest all-rounder in the world of malt whisky’. It...
Scotch whisky areas of Scotland: Speyside, Highlands, Islands, Lowlands, Islay…
There is some debate over how many different Scotch whisky areas there are in Scotland. Traditionally there were four – the Highlands, Lowlands, Islay and Campbeltown. However over half of all distilleries are in Speyside, and so that is generally regarded as a separate area, whilst for several years Campbeltown was not seen as separate...
Auchentoshan single malt Scotch whisky – triple distilled! @TheAuchentoshan
This is a whisky that you suspect will hit the mark before you even taste it. After all it is triple distilled, matured for 12 years and from a distillery established in 1823. All the factors are there, it has pedigree. Auchentoshan means ‘the corner of the field’ in Gaelic and the distillery is one of...
