John Rose fields more of your questions
Q. Hello, I have recently acquired a bottle of Old Guns Finest Scotch Whisky by Low Robertson & Co. Ltd.
Leith, Scotland.
Details on the label are: 100% Scotch Whiskies - Importado Dalla Societa Premiata S. Cobianchi S.P.A.
- Zola Predosa - Bologna.
Now I have seen this bottle featured in several Po...
By John Rose
from Issue 66 published on 25/09/2007
John Rose fields more of your questions
Q. I am starting a collection with two bottles of Glenmorangie, 1977 and Tain Hermitage. It occurred to me that there are rarely whiskies that are 75 years old, while perhaps relatively expensive, these are nothing in comparison to the cost of say a Margeaux 1995.
Is it because once bottled, a whis...
By John Rose
from Issue 64 published on 01/06/2007
John Rose fields more of your questions
Q. While shopping on the internet, I came across a whisky flagon and began to bid on it. After watching it for several days I ended up winning the item much to my surprise. It is a 1990 Old Glasgow Whisky Flagon and is still sealed and in its original fabricated box. I am very pleased with the item ...
By John Rose
from Issue 63 published on 20/04/2007
John Rose fields more of your questions
Q. I am trying to find out information about a decanter I have, for instance when it was produced, value etc. It is brown and white in colour made by Royal Doulton.
It is called Castle Grant and is filled with Grants Whisky 21 years old Premium Blend. It is in its original velvet box with tag.
Xon...
By John Rose
from Issue 62 published on 01/03/2007
John Rose answers another selection of our readers’ letters
Q. I have a bottle of White Horse Blended whisky with a wire top. It has over printed “NAAFI” Stores for H. M. Forces and was purchased by myself in Germany in 1956. I wonder if it has any value and would it be worth selling it now or perhaps keeping it longer in the hope its value if any will rise?...
By John Rose
from Issue 60 published on 10/11/2006
John Rose answers another selection of our readers’ letters
Q. I am trying to find information on a bottle of whisky I have had for many years, it was given to me by a friend. Made of brown glass it has a tartan ribbon running down the outside of the neck with a seal and crest attached to the shoulder. The label is black in colour with red letters ‘Kennaway...
By John Rose
from Issue 58 published on 30/08/2006
John Rose answers another selection of readers’ letters
Q. Could you give me some more information about the regulation of Scotch whisky? Is there an obligatory minimum period of ageing whisky? What is the difference between single malt and blended whisky? What does it mean when 23 years old is stated on the label?
R Toth, Cherbourg, France
A. New spi...
By John Rose
from Issue 55 published on 14/04/2006
In a new series John Roseanswers some of your most commonly asked questions
Q.We hold our Whisky Society meetings in The Black Swan Pub and we think there was a whisky called Black Swan Whisky? Mike & Barbara Smith, West Coast Whisky Society, Vancouver
A. There was a Black Swan blend, produced by J&W Nicholson & Co Ltd., Windsor House, 83 Kingsway, London (Blenders & Expo...
By John Rose
from Issue 54 published on 03/03/2006
