Last night at the Paternoster store in the City of London, we had 18 customers attending a Glenfarclas tasting event (a nice mix of regulars and new faces, including one lady for whom it was her first ever whisky tasting and Facebook competition winner Indran Shivarajah). Peter Donnelly from Pol Roger, the distributors for Glenfarclas in the UK, effortlessly... 

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Exploring whisky   Having looked at the components of whisky over recent weeks, Dominic turns to the production process. And because wood has been featured recently, he starts at the end of the process – with maturation   A few years back I attended a tasting of three single cask Bowmores from the ’60s. Each had been filled in... 

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Another amazing W Club giveaway. The W Club love nothing more than treating our members to some free whisky.  This time we are offering one lucky winner the opportunity to win the fabulous Scottish Leader 30 year old limited edition! To be in with a chance of winning this unique single malt simply visit our Facebook page and follow the instructions... 

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Weekly Whisky Auction Watch Andy Simpson 14.05.2013   As the appeal of rare and old whisky steadily increases, it’s almost natural that we start to see other impressive whisky sales at auctioneers throughout the UK.   Last week Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions held their first major rare whisky sale.   It’s not unusual to see hammer... 

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