Distell… Bold Bunnahabhain and a treat of Toiteach @BunnahabhainSA #TasteIslay 27 Sep 2014 It’s always entertaining when Pierre Meintjies takes the stage and talks whisky. After 40 plus years in the booze business Pierre knows how to showcase his whiskies. It’s pretty easy…
Pernod Ricard… Thoughts on: The Glenlivet Guardians’ Chapter @theglenlivetsa @iantheguardian 27 Sep 2014 The always genial Ian Logan is the international brand ambassador for The Glenlivet and goes around the world talking whisky. We last met over a coffee at Madiba’s feet in Sandton…
Uncategorized The #GlenGrant50 Whisky Tour. Whisky tours, as they should be. 21 Sep 201421 Sep 2014 Introduction There’s too much for one post. Too much goodness, emotion, history - and just the right amount of whisky, thank you! So please allow me to spread out, over…
General An open letter to @realDonaldTrump about Judge Masipa and the moron comment. #OscarTrial 13 Sep 201415 Sep 2014 Dear Mr Trump In the early '90s I read your first book, “The Art of the Deal” and was impressed by your skill in business, or rather, how you described…
Press Releases… Whisky flying high @BainsWhisky @JSDistillery 8 Sep 2014 There’s been much in the press about a vial of whisky travelling round in space and heading back to earth. Since space travel is beyond the reach of most of…
Uncategorized After #Basculegate, Bascule goes from (almost) ruin to redemption. Well done @CapeGrace 7 Sep 2014 It makes me happy to write this. It makes me happy to write good things about Bascule. There was considerable fallout after my original post about Bascule. My thought was…
E Snell… Now, via youtube! Thami sings for our whisky – part 1 of the musical tribute to Glenfiddich @GlenfiddichSA @banda_thami @Butter_KnifePR 7 Sep 20148 Sep 2014 Part 1 of 2 about the superb Glenfiddich Whisky and the people who make it fun to drink. Whisky is whisky and it’s tough to find new ways to present…
Events Noble whisky treated with contempt; facts ignored and the public misled. The wrong way to do whisky events. 2 Sep 20142 Sep 2014 In this beautiful city of Cape Town there are a lot of whisky people, all happy to sit down and talk whisky. Some of us involved in the whisky world…