I know it’s a whisky blog and not a tech blog, However I’d like to dedicate today’s post to a great man who just passed away, prematurely.
Steve jobs changes the way we interact with computers, phones and many devices, and has contributed immensely to the development of new widely available technology. I guess many tech blogs will summarize his vision …

Wow, that was fast. another year has passed. It was a great year in terms of whisky in general and for Whisky Israel too.
May the next year be at least as good as this year. May the next year be a year of:
A year of happiness
A year of self-fulfillment
A year of peace
A year of great whisky!
It’s customary to eat apple …

A bit of good news I thought I’d share them with you, my readers. I guess None of you needs an introduction to the Malt Whisky Yearbook (THE authoritative book that whisky enthusiasts worldwide look forward to each autumn).Well, last night i got some wonderful news from the editor of MWYB, Ingvar Ronde : It appears that for the first …

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. This time a bit about his experience of buying whisky in Johannesburg, SA. Great stuff. worth a read.
As my friends and …

In a few hour’s time i will be going on a very short break to Scotland. Only a few days, but i am sure they will be packed with whisky tastings. The plan is to visit a few distilleries, and enjoy my time alone (No kids!) .
I will try and tweet / write short posts while I’m there, but not …

Purim is a lovely Jewish holiday, in which people wear costumes,read the “Megilah” and celebrate our deliverance from the Evil  Haman. In addition it’s considered a “mitzah” to drink quite a bit, until you can not tell the difference between the Good “Moerdachai” and the Evil “Haman”. This means, dramming. and lot’s of it.
A really cool holiday.
So, we wish …

Time flies so fast, and it’s the 17th of March. and you all know what that means…
Happy St. Patrick’s day to all of you, whether Irish,Scotch, Israeli, or from a totally different place altogether.
Lifting a dram in your honour!
Slainte!

A year has passed. wow, how time flies.
It’s been an amazing year over here at Whisky Israel.
we’ve

celebrated our first birthday.

tasted hundreds (literally) of drams.

Initiated the Whisky Israel tasting society.

and so much more

we wish a happy new year to all of our dear friends, readers, and fellow whisky bloggers.

May 2011 be more drambalicious than 2010.
 
happy new year!
 
Slainte!

Good morning,
While you have been celebrating Xmas (some of you anyways), we’ve been busy here at Whisky Israel HQ. and you can see the work done yourself…
As Whisky Israel is gaining popularity and a wider reader base, we thought that a make over is due.
First of all, we changed our hosting provider, to allow for faster access,better availability and maintainability.
Second, …