Spirit of Speyside Festival

by **BruceCrichton** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 9:43 pm

Details at http://www.dufftown.co.uk

Is the Dufftown Whisky Shop under new management?

Who's all going?

by **Spirit of Islay** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 9:31 pm

I thought you of all people Bruce would be up to speed on the Whisky Shop comings and goings ! Georgie the new manageress used to work in The Vaults . Don't know the person who's actually bought it . She'll be able to tell you how to do a proper festival anyway being an Islay Lass..... :wink:

Just noticed that Mark Watt is about during the festival , Mark and Georgie in the same town .......Uh-oh !!!!!
Slainté
Gordon

by **BruceCrichton** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 11:54 pm

Spirit of Islay wrote:I thought you of all people Bruce would be up to speed on the Whisky Shop comings and goings !

Obviously not.

Spirit of Islay wrote:Georgie the new manageress used to work in The Vaults . Don't know the person who's actually bought it . She'll be able to tell you how to do a proper festival anyway being an Islay Lass.....

Just noticed that Mark Watt is about during the festival , Mark and Georgie in the same town .......Uh-oh !!!!!
Slainté
Gordon

I know Mark. I've never met Georgie.

Are you coming to the festival?

by **Spirit of Islay** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 2:27 am

BruceCrichton wrote:Are you coming to the festival?

No , i only attend Proper Whisky festivals...........

Slainté
Gordon

by **BruceCrichton** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 6:02 pm

Spirit of Islay wrote:
BruceCrichton wrote:Are you coming to the festival?

No , i only attend Proper Whisky festivals...........

Slainté
Gordon

So you'll be skipping the Islay festival as well then?

by **BruceCrichton** » Sun Jan 29, 2006 7:31 pm

Spirit of Islay wrote:I thought you of all people Bruce would be up to speed on the Whisky Shop comings and goings ! Georgie the new manageress used to work in The Vaults . Don't know the person who's actually bought it . She'll be able to tell you how to do a proper festival anyway being an Islay Lass.....

Mike Lord is the guy who bought it. He's been going to the festival for years and he's been at every one I've been at.

Bruce

by **SpiritofShetland** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 1:48 pm

I'm not coming this spring either - we're going over to an Island later this summer, so we need to save up a bit of cash...

We'll see about autumn again, maybe the pull of Speyside will appear - just like it did last year.

On another front:
Two papers in Norway have revently published an article written by a couple of journalist who visited the Autumn Festival in 2004 (I know, we're a bit slow over here - just read Clarkson). This article, though in Norwegian, has a couple of pictures of Susan and Fiona, and can be seen through this forum-thread (just press the link embedded in the text).

by **BruceCrichton** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 10:39 pm

Sorry to hear you won't be coming.

I've never felt fitter and would have been up to the challenge of giving people lifts home.

by **BruceCrichton** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 7:50 pm

Tickets are now available for events at :

http://www.spiritofspeyside.com

I've got mine!

by **MGillespie** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 6:08 pm

I have an interview with Ros Lewis of the festival committee in the new episode of WhiskyCast online as of this morning...

Mark

by **SpiritofShetland** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 11:13 pm

Try also to get to talk with someone from Dufftown 2000.

The spring festival is a collaboration between Spirit of Speyside and Dufftown 2000 , while the autumn festival is a pure Dufftown 2000-affair.

A good person to talk to is the previous owner of The Whisky Shop in Dufftown, Fiona Murdoch - or René Ramon if she's unable.

by **MGillespie** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 4:13 am

Great idea, Arne...thanks!

Mark

by **BruceCrichton** » Wed May 03, 2006 5:56 pm

That's the festival done and dusted and i'm going to have another go at a report.

Will let you know when it's posted.

by **BruceCrichton** » Wed May 31, 2006 8:22 pm

Two reports available. Let me know what you think of the literary styles of both writers.

http://www.dufftown.co.uk/spirit_of_spe ... report.htm

http://www.dufftown.co.uk/stephen_lunn_ ... ay2006.htm

by **hpulley** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 2:31 pm

Thanks a lot for posting your notes. I really appreciate the notes on the IB bottlings. Sounds like a lot of fun!

Harry

by **Lawrence** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 4:12 pm

Bruce, thanks for the notes and posting, it was a good read, it makes me want to attend next year!

Lawrence

by **BruceCrichton** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 5:10 pm

Thank you both, Gentlemen.

See you next may or next September.

The IB's are my favourite events as I have been to many festivals but Mike Lord's 'Whisky and Food' series is brilliant as well.

I like food, food is good.

by **Wendy** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 1:23 pm

Congratulations Bruce,
I see your Speyside Report has been posted on the Malt Madness website, see "Highlights...Malt Maniac, 01/06 Spirit of Speyside Festival." I haven't been to Scotland for many years, but after reading your Reports(2005, 2006), plus other authors from this forum, I certainly have had strong thoughts of attending the Speyside Festival. It would also give me the pleasure to reunite with old friends who live in the area. I think it would be great fun.
Cheers,
Wendy

by **Frodo** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 5:22 pm

Nice review Bruce!!