Arthur Bell & Sons
Once one of the great independent whisky producers of Scotland.
Matisse is named after pioneering French artist Henri Matisse. According to Matisse Spirits Company, he was ‘…a revolutionary painter that infuses eastern culture into western paintings’.
Matisse whiskies are presented in very modern packaging and embrace blends, blended malts, single malts and single cask bottlings. The principal range – sourced from Speyside and the Highlands regions – comprises an NAS blend, 12- and 21-year-old blends, a 12-year-old blended malt, 15- and 19-year-old single malts, and a 1972 single malt.
The company has a registered address in Edinburgh.
The company was established in 1999 by Yang Teng-Kuei, who decided to launch his own Scotch whisky brand after spending more than 40 years building a vast media, television and entertainment empire.
Matisse has grown to become one of the best-selling brands in the lucrative Taiwanese spirits sector and also performs well in China, Thailand, Singapore, Australia and the USA. During recent years the company’s whiskies have also appeared in European markets.
Distilling dynasty best known for its early adoption of the patent still at Cameronbridge.
Leith-based whisky blender most famous for its Vat 69 blend.
An independent distiller and blender that once operated Caol Ila and Tamdhu distilleries.