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[25 Mar 2013 | 3 Comments | 537 views]
A new Dalmore (duty free) named Valour

A few weeks ago The Dalmore released this new expression, intended for Duty Free shops worldwide. Why Valour? It’s  named after the Clan Mackenzie’s act of bravery in 1263 when an ancestor of the Mackenzie Clan bravely saved King Alexander III from a charging stag. The grateful King granted the Mackenzies with a ‘Royal’ 12-pointer stag in their coat of …

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[3 Feb 2011 | No Comment | 1,083 views]
Passing through CDG airport (Paris) soon? Check this out!

If you are passing through CDG airport in Paris,France soon? You are? lucky devils!

Besides some very interesting Travel retail only editions you can find there, William Grant & Sons (Maker’s of Grant’s blended whisky) have set up an exclusive brand store, at the CDG, Terminal 2 , only this February.
The shop was placed there because “William Grant & Sons has …

Duty Free, Featured, Headline, Highlands, Old Pulteney, Tasting Event, Tasting Notes »

[20 Jan 2011 | No Comment | 994 views]
Tasting Old Pulteney WK209

This is a new expression to be released to the Duty Free market (in 1 liter bottles) in about two months time. It is replacing the very successful WK499 ‘Isabella Fortuna’.
Bottled at 46%, Unchill-filtered, natural colour, the spirit has been matured entirely in European sherry casks. Limited to about 9000 bottles, only. It’s name is after a steam Herring Drifter …