So, A snow phoenix for €150?
Yes, that could be the price (and much more) for such a bottle sold in Israel. As it happens, the Israeli Importer of Glenfiddich had been allocated 60 bottles for the entire country, 15 of which were broken on the way to Israel (talk about rough seas, eh?). So what does the importer do? He …

Happy April fools day!
Breaking news!
It’s not been communicated yet, but my sources are telling me that the end of the Israeli Draconic taxes is near.
In a recent meeting of the taxes committee of the Knesset (Israeli Parliament), Prime minister Netanyahu asked for an immediate reduction of Taxes on Single Malt Whisky (which is now around 200%!) , to about 30%,which …

Recap (for those who don’t read the blog regularly) :

We’re talking about Scotch made whisky, which has been shipped to Israel for maturation. To make a long story short, The Israeli Whisky Society (IWS) acquired a few casks from the Arran distillery in Scotland in an attempt to create a unique whisky, matured in Israel’s climate and then to be …

This is not an April fools day hoax, it’s very real. (just to be sure)

So, An Israeli whisky? well, sort of.  Actually we’re talking about Scotch made whisky, which has been shipped to Israel for maturation. To make a long story short, The Israeli Whisky Society (IWS) acquired a few casks from the Arran distillery in scotland in an …

It has been a long time since my last post. I know. I have been sick, and my nosing abilities were off, for quite a long time. But today, i would like to share my difficulties of being an Israeli whisky lover, in a country that discourages the consumption of the nectar.
A few weeks ago, i got an email from …

For some time now, we’ve been blogging about whisky (and food,wine,beer) in our main Blog Foodnwine.co.il which is a Hebrew blog.
we’ve written posts about whisky, tasting, reviews, but all were in Hebrew, which is a beautiful language , yet complete gibberish to most of you out there.
Reading a lot of other Whisky blogs ,and getting good feedback on …