Following months of scrutiny,much debate and exhaustive rounds of voting, we finally reveal the cream of the crop in the whisky world.
Please see http://www.whiskymag.com/awards/icons_of_whisky/ for full results.
The Icons mark a highlight in the whisky calendar and 2008 is no exception with the quality of companies entering the awards.
The Icons are designed to celebrate the people and places behind the greatest whiskies in the ...
By Rob Allanson
from Issue 70 published on
This edition we present the Icons of Whisky for America.
Where better than to hold an awards lunch to honour our American winners than in bourbon’s heartland,Kentucky.
The venue was the wonderful Bourbon’s Bistro in Louisville,and the staff there went above the call of duty to open the restaurant for Whisky Magazine out of hours.
The Icons mark a highli...
By Rob Allanson
from Issue 68 published on 07/12/2007
With a few changes to previous years' events, the Icons of Whisky 2007 shows what a broad church the whisky community is. Rob Allanson reports
There have been long and exhaustive voting rounds to draw up the Icons of Whisky this year, with much debate over each category.
If truth be told there are only really three things that are important in the whisky business, people, product and place.
When you blend these things together you get th...
By Rob Allanson
from Issue 62 published on 01/03/2007
Every year Whisky Magazine holds the Icons of Whisky, the international awards recognising the very best in the whisky industry
There are only really three things that are important in the whisky business,people, product and place.
With these things you get the passion,craft and history behind every drop of the good stuff.
To celebrate the people and places behind the whiskies you enjoy,the Icons of Whisky was launched six...
By Rob Allanson
from Issue 61 published on 19/01/2007
This year’s Icons of Whisky were the toughest yet. Drawing up the shortlists was a nightmare.And the voting in nearly all categories was painfully close. Dominic Roskrowreports
If you’re reading this and you’re one of the industry personnel invited to vote in this year’s Icons of Whisky Awards but didn’t bother then shame on you. Because this year, more than any other, it really was a case of every vote counting.
The Icons of Whisky have been held in one form or another f...
By Dominic Roskrow
from Issue 54 published on 03/03/2006
The Icons of Whisky recognise the people and companies that have made the biggest contribution to the world of whisky. Dominic Roskrow explains how the winners were chosen
It’s become something of an annual ritual. At an indeterminate time after the summer and before Christmas, Dave Broom will telephone in a bit of a flap. Have we thought about the voting for Icons? He’ll say. Then we’ll meet up, consume whisky, and debate firstly, what the fairest method of judging s...
By Dominic Roskrow
from Issue 46 published on 10/3/2005
The Icons of Whisky mark a step up for Whisky Magazine. Formerly known as the Whisky Academy and decided by an editorial panel, they are now decided by reader votes. Here we present the winners
Ask any celebrity which awards mean the most to them and they’ll tell you that it’s the ones decided by the general public. It’s all well and dandy
being chosen for an honour by your peers, they’ll say, but it’s the person who goes out and spends their own money investing in you or your product that...
By Dominic Roskrow
from Issue 38 published on 7/4/2004
Icons of whisky is the new name for our annual awards. And this year we’re introducing the radical step of letting you do the voting 2004
It’s make your mind up time – and we’re calling on Whisky Magazine readers to cast their votes in our first fully-inclusive awards event.
Our editorial panel has drawn up shortlists for each category. In each case we have tried to pick the people or places that have played a major role in the past ...
By Dominic Roskrow
from Issue 37 published on 23/2/2004
