In the first of a new series in which we talk to leading business figures, Richard Woodard talks to Sir Iain Noble
Maverick. Iconoclast. Rebel, even.
Not words you readily associate with a Knight of the Realm and holder of the Order of the British Empire, but then Sir Iain Noble OBE doesn’t fit into conventional pigeon-holes.
The owner of the Isle of Skye’s Pràban na Línne (The Gaelic Whisky Collection to Angl...
Whisky Interview
from Issue 57 published on 21/07/2006
Gillian Howell is a rarity – a female whisky distiller.Another example of how Welsh distillery Penderyn is different. Richard Woodard reports
I don’t think it’s stretching the truth to suggest that whisky tends to be a maledominated world.
You don’t need to be Germaine Greer to see that women are, shall we say, rather underrepresented in the higher echelons of the distilling business. Marketing? Sure. But the sharp end at the distillery?...
Whisky Spotlight
from Issue 56 published on 01/06/2006