The wonderful world of whisky
Dominic Roskrow reports back from Kentucky and Spain
You couldn't make it up
Dark rumblings on the soccer field The Scottish have always been good at making allies – normally anyone who’s not English – so it came
as no great surprise to discover that a special relationship was developing between the coopers in Spain and those from Clydebank.
As both nations love football it is even less surprising that they have started playing each other.
But just recently the relationship has come under pressure – with dark rumblings of cheating.
For it seems that that when the lads from Jerez played in Scotland this year they had a couple of unfamiliar faces. One of the players was particularly vague about where in the company he worked.
When the Scots finally managed to get a name off him they did an internet search.
It turns out he hadn’t just played professional football in Spain, he’d represented his country six times. Didn’t bother the Scots, though – they won easily.
* The Spanish and Scottish coopers are pictured after their game (below left).
Stand up to censorship
If there is a concern among American whiskey producers that an increasingly intrusive Government might turn its attentions to alcohol having all but destroyed the tobacco industry, then it would seem that such worries are well-founded.
Richard Joynson at Loch Fyne Whiskies has discovered that at some libraries there is a bar on his website.
And it seems that his website and ours is blocked in British Airways Executive lounges. In effect this means that you can access po.....
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By Dominic Roskrow
Section : World of whisky
Page number : 18
