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Glenfarclas Distillery has re-entered global travel retail (GTR) fray since taking a hiatus more than five years ago during the Covid pandemic. Glenfarclas has partnered with Scotland-based Ian Macleod Distillers to create a special collection designed for the travel retail market that will include a Glenfarclas 11-year-old ($70 per one-liter bottle) and a Glenfarclas 16-year-old […]
Glenmorangie continues their release blitz with the release of two new whiskies – 21-year-old Aureum and 16-year-old Vindima – exclusively for their global travel retail venues. Glenmorangie Vindima – named after a grape harvest festival on the island of Madeira – is a 16-year-old whisky aged in bourbon casks and finished in Malmsey – the […]
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Chivas Brothers-owned The Glenlivet has released Caskmakers – a whisky aged in reconstructed casks – primarily for worldwide travel retail venues. The Glenlivet Caskmakers is a single malt whisky aged in reconstructed casks made of ex-Spanish Sherry and charred European oak barrels, bottled at 40% alcohol by volume [80 proof] and is said to offer […]
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Brown-Forman-owned Woodford Reserve has released a pair of bourbons – Sonoma Triple Finish and Batch Proof Series 121.2 – for travel retail venues. Woodford Reserve Master’s Collection Sonoma Triple Finish is finished in former Sonoma County Pinot Noir, brandy, and bourbon barrels previously used for aging red wine and is said to offer notes of […]
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Speyside distillery, The Benriach, has released The Benriach Triple Distilled 25 Years Old – a 25-year-old whisky exclusively for global travel retail venues. The Benriach Triple Distilled 25 Years Old was matured in three different casks – bourbon, Oloroso sherry and virgin oak – bottled at 47% alcohol by volume [94 proof] and is said […]
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The Macallan has released Folio 7 as part of their Archival Series [a series originating in 2015 which showcases advertising campaigns of the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s] which will be available exclusively in select worldwide travel retail venues. The Macallan Folio 7 is a single malt Scotch whisky bottled at 43% alcohol by volume [86 […]
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If you’ve been to Kentucky, then you’ve probably stopped at one of the many Liquor Barn locations. It’s been a cornerstone for […]
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Just ahead of St. Patrick’s Day [on March 17, 2023], Irish whiskey behemoth Bushmills has completed their current Causeway Collection with a 33-year-old single malt, but – alas – it will only be available if you find yourself in a travel retail venue at Heathrow Airport in the UK. Bushmills 33 Years Old was filled […]
Whiskies are being released at staggering prices with an eye to investors as well as collectors, but what is the market for these rare whiskies? Duncan Taylor & Co. has just released a £75,000 1969 Macallan, and we’ll talk with Peter Currie of Shand Imports about this whisky and its intended market on this week’s WhiskyCast In-Depth. Links: Duncan Taylor & Co. | Hood River Distillers | Buxrud.se | Gordon & MacPhail | The Independent | The Lakes Distillery | Westland Distillery | Indri | Larceny Bourbon
