I am not the biggest Glenfiddich fan out there, but when Tomer ,an Israeli blogger and whisky lover (who blogs in Hebrew about alcohol and whisky) , asked who is interested in a Glenfiddich tasting , where we’ll pretty much try the entire range, i could not say No. It’s true, I’ve recently tried most of it at the British …

Five years ago i would not touch a single whisky. I did not like whiskies, and my memory of whiskies back than were of low quality blends, which did not attract me. When i was offered a dram I would say, no. Then, one Evening I visited my friend Kfir, and he offered me dram. I asked him if he …

Richard Barr is a member of the Whisky Israel tasting society , a blog correspondent at times,  and a good whisky friend and big whisky lover. From time to time he posts his notes and adventures on our blog.

My recent travels on British Airways reminded me of a Single Malt Whisky moment I had a few …

If you remember a few weeks ago i wrote about the Snow Phoneix auction in Israel and asked how much would you pay for a bottle. The auction took place this month, and as promised, The British Ambassador in cooperation with the Israel Importer of Glenfiddich threw a cocktail party, and reception for Israeli journalists and the lucky 45 Isralies …

A lot of blog readers submitted their answers (most were right, nice going!), the answers cam from all over : EU, USA,UK, Australia, Mexico , and of course Israel.
And the winnner of a brand new Glendronach 15 ‘Revival’ (what a dram!) is ……  Gert-Jan de Ruiter !
Thanks your everyone (and Gert) for participating in the competition. I had a lot of …

Fancy a bottle of this nectar? (Score : 93/100 at WDJK , $95 value!) ?
Watch this space next week for an exciting opportunity to win just that! (more details coming Soon!…)

Gal.

Glenfarclas is one of my favourite when it comes to good sherry maturation. Their selection of fine casks and the fact they only do  what they excel in  : sherry, and do not play with any bizarre and exotic finishes, adds a few points in my book. The 15 year old has been a favourite of mine, and I’ve previously …

A few good months passed since the Whisky Israel Peat (and others) Summit #1 we held at the end of July, and we were all very keen on having another summit, and the sooner, the better. Just like with the previous gathering, plenty of emails, phone calls, tweets and dates moving around were involved until we all were content with …

A few months ago HP issued a very exciting press release about a new expression to be called “Earl Magnus”. As a HP devotee (I love their 12,18,Hjarta and recently reviewed and amazing Single Cask bottling for Maxxium, NL) i was thrilled and ordered my bottle the same day LFW stocked it. As it happens, i was not the only …

The Dalwhinnie is one Scotland highest distilleries (in terms of altitude) and stands on a wind battered mountain where the average annual temperature is 6c . (you heard me right, 6 degrees Celsius!). Until recently it was the highest of all and only after the opening of Braeval it turned to be #2. In spite all this the distillery …