New release - Glenfiddich 15 years old 'Distillery Edition'

OK, before anyone contacts us - we realise that this Distillery Edition is not technically a 'new release' as it was first available in this form about two years ago.  However we have named it as such, as the limited edition expression of the popular 15 years old was formerly restricted to the shop at the Glenfiddich distillery and selected travel retail markets.  It has now been released to a wider audience for the first time and is set to wow whisky drinkers the world over.

Inbox - December 21, 2012

Inbox is our weekly round up of whisky news and PR material that has found its way in to our email inbox. It was created as we cannot write full articles or do justice to every piece that we receive. It features items from around the world of whisky and is published by us each Friday.

Within Inbox we aim to write a few lines detailing each press release/piece of news/PR event that we have received and provide links, where possible, for you to find out further information.

This week's edition is the last of 2012 - Inbox will return in a couple of weeks on Friday 4 January 2013.  Most PR companies and whisky brands have now wound down for the festive period, and have spent the week sending us Christmas cards and best wishes for the season.  Thank you to all those that have. However, there are still one or two bits of interesting news, so here goes ...

Inbox - December 14, 2012

With the Christmas festive period fast approaching, the whisky industry and related PR activity seem to be slowly winding down.  We on the other hand are well and truly wound up, with three of us selling bottles of whisky to hundreds of consumers and the other selling millions of pounds worth of shiny stuff online.

As a result, this week's Inbox is on the shorter side ... Inbox is our weekly round up of whisky news and PR material that has found its way in to our email inbox. It was created as we cannot write full articles or do justice to every piece that we receive. It features items from around the world of whisky and is published by us each Friday.

Within Inbox we aim to write a few lines detailing each press release/piece of news/PR event that we have received and provide links, where possible, for you to find out further information.  Without further ado, here is what has caught our attention this week ...

New release - Balblair 2002

The Balblair 2002 is the latest Vintage to be released by the up-and-coming distillery. The policy of selecting whiskies from particular years, rather than well established age points such as 12, 15 or 21 years old, was started in 2007 and differs from the philosophy of most distilleries.  The whiskies are specially selected from Balblair's maturing stock by distillery manager John MacDonald and listening to him speak at a recent event he made one telling statement - "our whisky tells us when it's ready, not the other way round".  We liked that ...

Inbox - December 7, 2012

Inbox is our weekly round up of whisky news and PR material that has found its way in to our email inbox. It was created as we cannot write full articles or do justice to every piece that we receive. It features items from around the world of whisky and is published by us each Friday.

Within Inbox we aim to write a few lines detailing each press release/piece of news/PR event that we have received and provide links, where possible, for you to find out further information.

As with the previous weeks, this last week has proved super-hectic for all four of us as we have hit Christmas trading in our day jobs.  It has proved difficult to get any blogging done as a result.  Please bear with us over the next couple of weeks - posts will appear, but less frequently and when we have any spare time.  Here is what has caught our attention this week ...

Whisky Books - Our Top 5 for Christmas

At this time of the year attentions begin to turn to the forthcoming festive period.  For the last couple of years we have written a beginner's guide to buying whisky as a present and recommended some of our favourite whiskies that may be considered as good options - if you want to read this, please click here.  This year we have decided to take a look at the ever growing number of whisky books that are on the market.