A true touch of glass
Glencairn Crystal is playing a major role in promoting dedicated whisky glasses. But as Dominic Roskrow reports, there is more to the company than that
Question:What do British actor Leslie Grantham, American superstar Kelsey Grammer and the folk behind Glencairn Crystal got in common?
Answer: They have all been very successful, and they have all been victims of their own success. So well known has their best creation been that they have struggled to get recognised for anything else.
You suspect, though, that while the reputation of Dirty Den and Frasier has been an annoying bane to the actors saddled by them, Glencairnâs Davidson family would merely shrug their collective shoulders at the dilemma, and treat themselves to another glass of whisky â served naturally in the companyâs distinctive glass of course.
Glencairn has built up a formidable reputation for its dedicated and stylish whisky tasting glass in recent years, so much so that there are plenty of us who donât feel entirely comfortable enjoying a dram from any other vessel.
But the glass isnât the be all or end all of the companyâs business â far from it. And for the fatherson partnership team of Ray, Paul and Scott Davidson, thatâs ironic. For stroll around the familyâs factory shop in East Kilbride on the outskirts of Glasgow and thereâs barely a whisky tasting glass in view.
What there is are shelf after shelf of tumblers, decanters, bottles and vases, sports trophies and, perhaps a little more surprisingly, porcelain.
âPerhaps we havenât been the best at telling other people the whole story,â says Ray. âWe are very enthusiastic.....
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By Dominic Roskrow
Section : Whisky Spotlight
Page number : 54
