It seemed like a good idea, and in the end the event turned into a great evening's tasting with some interesting company, cracking spirits and one belter of a cigar. Rob Allanson Reports
There are some moments in a journalist’s life when you realise that you are doing the hard work so your readers don’t have to.
Fortunately in this mammoth tasting I had a little help because tasting 11 spirits to find the best pairing with a lovely Montecristo Edmundo was, in one of my fellow taste...
By Rob Allanson
from Issue 72 published on 19/06/2008
Gavin D Smith heads to Speyside to discover what's going on at Glen Grant
On 1st May Glen Grant distillery will host the Opening Dinner of the Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival in its newly-created £500,000 visitor centre. Described by distillery manager Dennis Malcolm as “a very impressive, state-of-the-art affair,” and developed in the old distillery coachman’s house, ...
By Gavin D. Smith
from Issue 71 published on 17/04/2008
For the first time Whisky Magazine decided to honour the Indian whisky industry as part of the Icon awards. We report on the event.
There were an impressive number of entries for the regional Icons from India, announced at a gala event at The ITC Maurya, New Delhi, during the build up to the coveted Icons of Whisky Awards held in London.
Present among the guests were India’s leading industrialists, politicians and society’s ech...
By Rob Allanson
from Issue 70 published on
