Islay Festival 2017: Caol Ila open day
The wet weather didn't stop visitors heading over to Caol Ila distillery during Fèis Ìle 2017.
The wet weather didn't stop visitors heading over to Caol Ila distillery during Fèis Ìle 2017.
Laphroaig distillery manager John Campbell introduces his Fèis Ìle 2017 bottling from Warehouse 11.
On the final day of Fèis Ìle 2017, Ardbeg distillery manager Mickey Heads introduces Kelpie.
Tourism, single malt whisky, and a ferry service… so much has changed for Islay in last 50 years.
We talk to whisky fans from Italy and find out about Lagavulin’s festival bottling.
Bruichladdich distillery manager Allan Logan introduces the distillery’s Fèis Ìle bottling.
Bowmore brand ambassador Gordon Dundas explains why this year’s Fèis Ìle bottlings are so coveted.
Becky Paskin headed to Jura and Kilchoman distilleries to taste their Fèis Ìle bottlings.
Kirstie McCallum, master blender for Bunnahabhain, presents the distillery’s two Fèis Ìle bottlings.
Whisky is not only a man’s drink, as this report by CBS This Morning from 2014 demonstrates.
Macallan’s new £100m ‘Teletubby’ distillery is taking shape, with just a year to go before launch.
The West Wing's Leo McGarry underestimates the power and longevity of a marketing message.
Two apprentice coopers experience the traditional ‘Blackening’ – an historical rite of passage.
Pernod Ricard CEO pauses to pay tribute to the victims of the Bastille Day terrorist attack in Nice.
Documentary short from Johnnie Walker tells powerful story behind latest Spencer Tunick project.
Film shows the skill and craftsmanship that goes into installing new washbacks.
Take a tour of Diageo's 'liquid library' of 5,000 bottles, some of which date back 200 years.
Watch comedian Andy Daly’s lengthy ‘filibuster’ on people’s love – and hate – of the Islay malt.
In order to create new whisky styles, distillers need to get out of their comfort zones.
Global single malt distillers should establish their own identity, rather than copy Scotch.
Old clichés are being challenged with more women interested in whisky than ever before.
Contradictory Scotch laws prevent innovation by ‘craft’ whisky distillers, says Strathearn’s owner.
Global success and limited production capacity means the Islay distillery must double in size.
Ardnahoe’s production director reveals plans for Islay’s ninth distillery.
Laphroaig’s distillery manager speaks about plans to increase the production of peated single malt.
Right from the start, Macallan’s new home was never going to be just another distillery.
Pia Kjaerulff from Copenhagen enters our tasting booth with a Macallan 1965 Anniversary Malt.
Viski Perver steps into the On Air booth to taste Macallan's Anniversary Malt, 1965.
Michael Weng from Germany tastes The Macallan 1965 25 Year Old in our On Air video booth.
The chairman of King George V Malt Whisky Society in Chatham tastes Benriach 19 Year Old.
George Wills from the Kilchoman Distillery tastes the entirely island-produced whisky.
Bowmore's distillery manager delivers his verdict on Bowmore Darkest.
David Stirk from the Creative Whisky Company revisits the very first whisky he tasted 20 years ago.
Alwynne Gwilt, aka Miss Whisky, shares her tasting notes in the On Air booth.
This trio of drinks industry stalwarts discuss the Lagavulin Jazz Festival 2015 Edition.
Diageo's head of whisky outreach discusses John Walker & Sons Private Edition 2015.
The whisky blogger from meleklerinpayi.com, visits our On Air booth at The Whisky Show, London 2015.
Dr Kirstie McCallum, global brand ambassador for Burn Stewart, tastes Tobermory 42YO.
Malty Head Patryk Kolas reviews one of his favourite whiskies from Bruichladdich.