Gavin D. Smith looks at the work of the Scotch Whisky Association, fighting the corner for the water of life
We’re all familiar with newspaper statements attributed to the Scotch Whisky Association regarding the disproportionate level of duty imposed on Scotch by the British government. However, while taxation is a key issue for the SWA, the industry’s trade association is about much more besides.
Founded...
By Gavin D. Smith
from Issue 31 published on 9/6/2003
The members of Canada 's An Quaich Society are real party animals, but their love of Scotch and the freedom it represents could not be more serious as Stuart Maclean Ramsay reports.
I first came across Canada’s An Quaich Society on Islay three years ago. I was passing through Bowmore distillery when Christine Logan, the queen of Hebridean distillery guides, began shouting, “The Canadians are coming! The Canadians are coming!” Within 10 minutes, 15 fairly sozzled members of An Q...
By Stuart MacLean Ramsay
from Issue 10 published on 16/6/2000
