Is gin a serious threat to Scotch?
Could gin soon be more popular than Scotch in the UK? Let’s all calm down, says Richard Woodard.
Could gin soon be more popular than Scotch in the UK? Let’s all calm down, says Richard Woodard.
How should Scotch counter the craft spirits challenge? Beat them? Join them? Or buy them?
In the face of controversy and stock shortages, Japanese whisky is reawakening, says Dave Broom.
Whisky and beer share common ingredients and flavours, so why aren’t there more collaborations?
The discovery of a fake 1903 Laphroaig is a shocking but eerily familiar tale, says Dave Broom.
The wood used to age whisky adds to its story, says Richard Woodard, but let’s get our facts right.
Dave Broom reports from Japan on the challenges facing the country’s whisky industry.
Large or small, new whisky ventures can be capricious creatures, says Richard Woodard.
Reflecting on a busy Islay Festival 2018, Becky Paskin presents her ultimate survival guide.
As the world faces a huge climate challenge, whisky has a role to play, says Dave Broom.
Plans to resurrect the cult Lowland single malt are awaiting approval by Falkirk Council.
The distillery will ship its inaugural single malt whisky in time for Christmas next year.
The inside story of the US$150m distillery, and the remarkable landscape it calls home.
Bottles will feature calorie information by 2022, thanks to a new industry commitment.
The complete set from 2001 to 2016 could fetch up to £25,000 at Bonhams in Edinburgh.
The latest moves on ‘Whisky Island’, including new, revived and expanding distilleries.
The industry has made great strides in environmental matters, but packaging challenges remain.
Special Releases pricing has soared in recent years – but how and why? Let’s crunch some numbers…
Under new owner Lalique, the team at the Perthshire distillery has a familiar look.
Investigating the history of the 1926 single malts that sold for US$1m-plus at auction.
As more consumers turn their backs on whisky, distillers are trying a number of fresh ideas.
After three consecutive years of shipment declines, where does the industry go from here?
Counting down the big news items that made the headlines on Scotchwhisky.com this year.
From managing Cardhu to his pioneering ambassadorial work, a great Scotch whisky character recalled.
Assessing the impact of a hard exit from the EU on the eve of a crucial Commons vote.
We delve further into the plans to revive the two cult distilleries after nearly 40 years.
Media reports tell of a single malt Scotch whisky ‘drought’, but the facts tell a different story.
The new Inverkip distillery is scheduled to open in 2020, with a new malts series due next year.
Diageo has extended its loan of the collection to the Scotch Whisky Experience until at least 2029.
The two cult distilleries will restart production by 2020 in a £35m investment by owner Diageo.
Sales of single malt Scotch are predicted to grow overall whisky sales to £2.44bn by 2022.
Scotch whisky producers are already ahead of commitments to operate more sustainably by 2020.
The Highland distillery will launch new 12-, 18- and 21-year-old whiskies in 2020.
Production is set to start in April next year, with the first whisky likely to be bottled in 2020.
The money will be used to build the distillery and visitor centre in Edinburgh.
Just eight whiskies will form the distiller’s annual Special Releases collection.
Whisky Illuminati’s Solaria series will explore how five single malts develop over four years.
Pernod Ricard has said its Chinese distillery won’t ‘cannibalise’ Scotch whisky’s market share.
Plans to revive the Islay distillery have been submitted to the local council for approval.
The first in a new series of bottlings from the lost Islay distillery is a 39-year-old malt.
The drinks giant has started building a malt whisky distillery in Sichuan province.
New releases will embrace Bitcoin’s blockchain technology in a bid to combat fake whisky.
The currently silent Islay distillery will be set up to produce various styles of whisky.
A major research project is underway into yeast’s impact on the creation of whisky flavour.
Elixir Distillers’ plans include ‘underground’ warehousing, floor maltings and a rum still.
Bruichladdich’s Organic, Bere Barley and Islay Barley single malts welcome new expressions.
The three single malts are finished in tawny Port casks sourced from Graham’s.
Funding round looks to raise £5.5m to build whisky and gin distillery in castle grounds.
The Islay distillery is to ‘close the loop’ on its production by building on-site maltings.
The annual limited edition release is available exclusively at the distillery on Islay.
The new range includes four Islay, Highland, Lowland and Speyside blended malts and blends.
Scottish companies can ‘learn a lot’ from the Scotch whisky industry’s environmental strategy.
The warehouse demolition is the final chapter in the story of the Peterhead distillery.
The Fife-based plant uses a number of techniques aimed at giving maximum spirit flexibility.
The airline has partnered with InchDairnie to create a commemorative centenary whisky.
The island distillery is selling ‘more accessible’ small casks of its first single malt.
The refurbishment will transform the distillery into a ‘world-class whisky destination’.
Two women have been accepted on Diageo’s four-year coopering apprenticeship in Scotland.
Max McFarlane has joined the Lowland distillery to help shape its spirit character.
The money will finance a distillery and heritage centre highlighting the area’s illicit whisky past.
GlenWyvis distillery has smashed its initial crowdfunding target by more than £500,000.
Edinburgh Whisky Academy two-day course is ‘first vocational independent qualification’ of its kind.
Simon Coughlin will head up a new whisky unit at French drinks group Rémy Cointreau.
New targets include switching 80% of primary energy supplies to renewable sources by 2050.
Building work is now underway following a lengthy excavation process at the historical site.
Latest addition to distillery’s Fine & Rare collection is priced at $10,000 a bottle.
Former Auchentoshan distillery manager Alistair McDonald will take up the post from September.
Whisky lovers will soon be able to buy a bottle containing Scotch that’s visited Antarctica.
Work has begun on Dunyvaig Castle, a fortress built a stone’s throw away from Lagavulin distillery.
The distillery will help European repopulation efforts after funding Dornoch’s DEEP project.
The American whiskey has overtaken The Famous Grouse as the UK’s most lucrative whisky in retail.
The range includes 15 malts from Caperdonich, Longmorn, Glen Keith and Braes of Glenlivet.
The whiskies, made at Lagg’s sister site in Lochranza, are all heavily-peated cask-finished malts.
The heavily-peated single malt from Bruichladdich is introducing four new whiskies this summer.
The £5m plant and heritage centre will be built in an area famed for its illicit stills.
The Banchory-based distillery will produce just 100 casks of whisky before closing for good.
The Lowlands distillery’s new whisky has been finished in ex-red wine casks for up to three years.
The Japanese whisky has become the most expensive ever sold at auction.
Gemma Paterson, previously US east ambassador, will take over the role from Sam Simmons.
The distillery is celebrating the occasion with a commemorative whisky chosen by staff members.
A 21-year-old matured in refill and recharred casks celebrates the festival’s 21st anniversary.
The Highland distillery is launching three new whiskies, including a lightly peated malt.
Scotch producers have joined the global movement to stamp out non-recyclable plastic waste.
The Highland distillery has released 16- and 23-year-old travel retail-exclusive single malts.
The whisky firm’s Blythswood Square base is said to be ‘a vote of confidence’ in Scotch’s future.
The 12-year-old blend was created with Angus Dundee to commemorate the jazz club’s 60th birthday.
The International Barley Hub will make Scotland the global centre for barley research.
Single malt fetches £68,500, breaking two records and almost doubling its pre-sale high estimate.
The 16-year-old single cask whisky is available from the distillery for £650 a bottle.
Whisky from the lost distillery sits at the heart of the new Johnnie Walker Ghost & Rare edition.
The distilleries’ visitor centres are to be overhauled as part of Diageo’s ambitious tourism plans.
The yet-to-be-constructed distillery unveils its second limited edition blended malt.
The distillery map from the BBC’s Scotch! The Story of Whisky series will be auctioned for charity.
The Speyside distillery continues its luxury collection with five whiskies priced at £20,000.
The distillery is funding an effort to revive Dornoch’s extinct Native European oyster population.
Peated and triple-distilled whiskies will join the distillery’s unpeated 1770 single malt.
The 23-year-old single malt is the first in the Speyside distillery’s new Grand range.
The £12m distillery will produce both peated and unpeated Lowland malt whisky.
The Islay distillery will add two more stills in a bid to cash in on the buoyant malts market.
For the first time, Port Ellen and Brora are absent from Diageo’s annual Special Releases.
The four heavily peated malts from Bruichladdich include the youngest Octomore so far.
Glenfiddich and Macallan feature in auction house Dragon 8’s first Hong Kong sale this weekend.
Collectible Speyside malts rub shoulders in sale with a glut of sought-after Karuizawas and Hanyus.
Philippines-owned producer hopes the wine giant will drive growth for Dalmore, Jura and John Barr.
The vintage relaunch comes six years after the 1995 bottling was initially released.
The 12 Pointer is one of a series of only 12 bottles released by the distillery in 2002.
One of only 12 bottles released, The 12 Pointer almost doubled its pre-auction estimate.
The three single malts are taken from the final parcels of whisky distilled in 1984-6.
The Peter Blake and Valerio Adami 60-year-old malts will be sold by Bonhams in Hong Kong.
The £40m project is being spearheaded by the Scotch Whisky Research Institute.
The luxury-focused Highland single malt’s 45-year-old bottling uses multiple cask types.
Earth Mode measures internet users’ digital carbon footprint in ‘eye-opening’ new initiative.
The 62-year-old single malt is the most expensive bottle of whisky auctioned by Christie’s.
The much-anticipated heavily peated Balvenie single malt will be available globally from October.
The distillery’s first official whisky is designed to appeal to ‘adventurous’ drinkers.
The ‘craft and provenance credentials’ of single malts are boosting Scotch’s global reputation.
The island whisky distillery has started operations this week ahead of its official opening.
Collectivum XXVIII features spirit from all 28 of the company’s active malt distilleries.
Mix of materials makes whisky packaging hard to process for reuse, says Recycling Association.
Scottish Government award will help fund construction at the £12m project west of Glasgow.
The whisky, called 1770, is the first of its kind produced in the city in over 100 years.
The Lagavulin manager will leave her post to bring the cult Islay malt back into production.
The owner of Benromach wants to build a second plant at Craggan, near Grantown-on-Spey.
The distillery’s stillhouse will be entirely dismantled and rebuilt under the plans.
The Thurso distillery has launched the third edition of its small batch single malt line.
The Scotch brand has redesigned and renamed its core range to appeal to new whisky drinkers.
The Highland distillery will release three new single malts inspired by King Alexander III.
The new single malt from Bruichladdich is part of its Octomore Eights Masterclass series.
The 1926 Macallan Valerio Adami was sold at auction by Bonhams in Edinburgh for £848,750.
The US became the first billion-pound Scotch whisky market as single malts continued to surge.
A set of 19 Macallan Fine & Rare bottles has set a record as the most expensive sale in duty free.
The collection of Scotch whiskies will ‘honor’ the Great Houses of the Seven Kingdoms.
The US$25,000 John Walker Masters’ Edition is the oldest expression released by the brand.
Diageo plans to print nutritional information on bottles of whisky in the US.
The oldest release from Port Ellen distillery is among Diageo’s 2016 Special Releases.
The Islay distillery is to build a new still house to accommodate a total of four stills.
The changes are part of Diageo’s £150m plans to overhaul distillery tourism facilities.
The city is to welcome a state-of-the-art whisky experience as part of a £150m investment.
Glasgow’s whisky renaissance takes a step forward with the opening of Clydeside distillery.
The new Johnnie Walker Blue Label Ghost and Rare blend features whisky from lost distilleries.
The peated whisky will join the distillery’s burgeoning range of Lowland single malts.
The Irish producer will soon start building its new €6m whiskey and gin distillery.
Macallan’s whisky maker used his love of DJing house music to create the single malt.
William Grant & Sons is to launch a new range of blended whiskies under the Hazelwood brand.
The blend is leaving The Famous Grouse portfolio with a new ‘accessible’ recipe for millennials.
A bottle of the ‘world’s most valuable whisky’ is to be auctioned in Edinburgh this autumn.
The Highland distillery has launched 14 single Sherry and Port cask-matured whiskies.
The highly anticipated but ‘worst kept secret in malts’ is revealed months ahead of release.
Seven Scotch whisky distilleries have been condemned for their failure to meet pollution guidelines.
Deeside Brewery in Aberdeenshire has begun distilling an experimental style of Scotch whisky.
The Elements of Islay producer intends to build a whisky distillery on the island’s south coast.
A new blend of whisky from five different countries will be labelled as a ‘World Whisky’.
Work will begin to restore the silent Falkirk distillery now plans have been approved.
The city-based distillery has added two new stills to double its whisky making capacity.
The Scotch Whisky Association has reached an ‘amicable resolution’ with the US distillery.
The five-book compendium details the 3,000 rare whiskies in the famous collection.
The new blended malt is inspired by a legendary explorer but designed for ‘modern spirits drinkers’.
The amount of rare Scotch whisky sold at UK auctions has hit a record high.
The 19th-century brand has been resurrected ahead of plans for a new Edinburgh distillery.
Macallan has opened the first of several new prestige whisky shops in Dubai airport.
The Islay distillery will be given a major makeover to improve its tourist appeal.
The master blender for Johnnie Walker has been recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List.
The Speyside distillery’s new single malt collection features three story-inspired whiskies.
The industry legend and man behind the Diageo Classic Malts has passed away.
Ncn’ean distillery near Oban is producing single malt whisky solely from organic barley.
Distilling has been revived at Bladnoch after an Australian businessman saved the Lowland site.
Many a dram has made an appearance on the silver screen – some authentic, others imagined.
Whisky and fashion collaborations are in season, but are these partnerships more than marketing?
A wide-ranging and frank conversation with one of the UK’s best-selling crime novelists.
UK chefs and sommeliers are increasingly – and successfully – pairing whisky with their menus.
A few Scotch whisky distilleries use condensers made of steel, rather than copper, but why?
The Whisky Professor explores the differences between steam and fire-heated stills.
The Whisky Virgin longs for a naked picnic staring deep into Jim Murray's inviting, golden eyes.
Time for the Virgin to expand his horizons beyond the safety blanket of Scotland’s drams.
At least nine new whisky distilleries are set to open in Scotland in the next 12 months.
Thinking about buying your own cask of maturing whisky? Here’s a guide to what’s out there.
The remote Highland region is set to return to whisky production after more than 150 years.
Blenders are sharing their whisky secrets – but the reasons behind the move are complex.
New Zealand’s craft distillers are determined to establish a distinctively Kiwi whisky style.
Explore the growing world of American single malt with these imaginative – and tasty – whiskeys.
From quaich to tumbler to specialist tasting glass, this area of whisky has never stopped evolving.
More recently developed eco-friendly uses for whisky waste include powering distilleries and cars.
With warmer weather and rising sea levels, producers must act fast to combat climate change.
From King George IV to Prince William, British royalty has played a big part in whisky’s success.
The style that almost vanished from the whisky universe is now very much back in vogue.
Glen Highland whisky, anyone? Unveiling some of the world’s most notorious fake Scotch products.
With over 40 new distilleries opening this decade, is Scotch on course to repeat history?
The historic crop, grown in Scotland for 1,000-plus years, is being revived by distillers.
Dave Broom seeks answers to one of Scotch whisky’s most complex and enigmatic questions.
Rye whisky is no longer a North American specialty, but a worldwide phenomenon.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s engagement ignites anticipation for more Royal Wedding whiskies.
A decade after his death, five leading whisky figures pay tribute to the great writer.
New distilleries are coming thick and fast, and there’s still plenty of room for more.
From Glenfiddich to Glen Grant, these are the world’s most popular Scotch malt whiskies.
If stocks are limited, where are all the new Japanese whisky brands coming from?
This factual tale of shipwreck and ‘salvage’ is even more remarkable than the fictional version.
Whisky is a gender-balanced industry, so why is it still considered a man’s drink?
Bill Lumsden tells us how the concept of the Madeira-finished Private Edition release developed.
Can the maverick Islay distillery maintain its independence after acquisition by Rémy Cointreau?
The ambitious series of single cask bottlings now spans six decades from the 1950s.
The ‘fake’ 1878 Macallan opened at a Swiss hotel has its roots in a saga from the 1990s.
Looking into the past, present and future of the Highland distillery, founded in 1843.
Take a behind-the-scenes peek at Macallan’s architectural and distilling marvel.
What qualities have we come to expect from the world’s best bars? Becky Paskin investigates.
With 10 whisky distilleries opening this year, Scotch is on track for unprecedented growth.
Are you a whisky buff or novice? Test your knowledge in our annual whisky quiz.
The malt master and a pioneer of double cask maturation reflects on his career.
Dalmore’s eccentric master blender reflects on a lifetime of devotion to whisky.
Marvel’s hard-drinking noir hero shot to fame in her own critically-acclaimed Netflix series.
The founder of the Irish whiskey dynasty was a Presbyterian born in Alloa, Scotland.
The feathered security guards protected maturing whisky stocks for more than 50 years.
Myths, escalating prices and how he was ‘trapped’ into collecting the legendary Islay single malt.
The Wishaw restaurateur owns the ‘world’s only’ complete range of Bruichladdich Valinches.
How a memorable Macallan sparked a passion for rare whiskies – especially those of a certain age.
Inside the Frenchman’s astounding whisky collection, some of which dates back to WWII.
For nearly two decades, the closed distillery has been a fascination for the Dutchman.
The rare whisky expert collects ‘anything and everything’ and has a fondness for unique bottles.