Whiskeria

In our upcoming issue of Whiskeria, Gavin D Smith explores the new Isle of Skye distillery, Torabhaig. We asked the whisky connoisseurs who run our shops up and down the country to review their signature dram and our new customer favourite: Torabhaig Allt Gleann Legacy. They had some very high praise for this new kid on the block.

With so many exciting developments happening across the whisky industry, it can be easy to forget just how our affinity with whisky began. We have asked some of the key figures that featured across our Autumn 2022 issue: did you have a "moment" of falling in love with whisky?

From now until March 2023, W Clubbers will receive a 20% discount on visits to Diageo's Scottish Brand Homes. A total of eleven distilleries that are home to some of the world's most iconic whiskies in the world. In celebration of this, Luke, our W Club Manager, took a trip up to two of these distilleries; Dalwhinnie and Blair Athol.

As in-person whisky festivals reappeared across the UK for the first time in two years, we asked a few industry experts to give us the scoop on what's been happening.

Recently named UK Jazz Artist of the Year, Georgia Cécile is taking the music industry by storm. Scotland's jazz supernova celebrates The Whisky Shop's 30th Anniversary with us at our boutique store in Paris.

Whiskeria goes to Speyside to share a few drams with one of Aberdeen's most famous authors. We ask the Sunday Times No.1 bestselling author Stuart MacBride how he writes so prolifically, why so many crime writers come from Scotland, and which Speyside distillery is his favourite?

Angela Dineen, Operations Director at Diageo's Claive Vidiz Collection, walks us through one of the most impressive collections of Scotch in the world.

We are always looking for ways to go the extra mile for our customers, so we have decided to increase the range of our Home Collection service to include some of the most remote parts of the Scottish Highlands. We ask Brett Gleed, our Inverness Store Manager, and Drew Hillier, our resident whisky specialist, how often they will be making the run, if they know any scenic resting points along the way, and what the best bottle they've seen being brought through the door was?

We asked some of our whisky experts their thoughts on infinity bottles - the process of adding your leftover whisky to an empty bottle, and decanting future leftovers into this same bottle, creating your own "blend."

Whiskeria's Charlie MacLean gives us his thoughts on the oldest Glen Scotia to grace his - or indeed, anybody's - tasting glass.