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William Grant & Sons sees great potential in Poland for premium brands
Poland is assessed by many experts as one of the most dynamically developing whisky markets in Europe. According to HMRC (Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs) data, over the last decade, the export of Scotch whisky to Poland has almost tripled, from 10.4 million bottles in 2010 to 32.7 million...
Blockchain technology will help confirm the authenticity of the whisky
A team of scientists from the Scottish Universities Environment Research Center (SUERC) and London-based technology company Everledger have joined forces to create what is believed to be the world's first digital age verification service for whisky. The cooperation is aimed at combating...
A rapid recovery is expected in alcohol industry
Despite the challenges that the global economy and society still face from the COVID-19 pandemic, leading Euromonitor analyst Spiros Malandrakis predicts that we are about to see a rapid recovery in the alcohol industry, and in the coming years we can expect people to want to have fun and...
Record breaking launch of The Macallan Red Collection
Le Clos, a luxury alcohol boutique located in Dubai's airport Terminal 3, has launched its exclusive The Macallan Red Collection. Despite the airport now serving only half of the passengers, compared to the period before the COVID-19 pandemic, the launch turned out to be a huge success, with...
The journey back to Islay
Colin Hampden-White talks to Georgie Crawford, manager at the Lagavulin Distillery. The interview originally appeared in issue 2 of Whisky Quarterly magazine. Was that your first contact with whisky? - Before the Malt Whisky Society, even though I had been working in bars, I wasn’t keen on it at...