If you had told me in 2015 when I first discovered a dram from this Bretagne distillery at Singapore’s Auld Alliance during a special blind world whisky flight, that a few years later I would be living in Europe and tasting … Continue reading
Spring is in the air (despite the occasional ‘relapse’ of snow) and time to turn our attentions to some French fancies… of the whisky variety! A quartet of minis made their way from Paris to Nurnberg and our Whisky Ladies … Continue reading
Since June 2015, I’ve spread feelers to track down something more from the Glann Ar Mor distillery… Heck I have a friend who works for a global company with their headquarters in Paris. Surely she could find there when on … Continue reading
It is no surprise that Paris Whisky Live has quite an extensive section devoted purely to French whisky! In a few cases, the lines are a bit blurred – Scottish spirits matured in French barrels. So what is the story … Continue reading
As flights around the world get cancelled, we are clearly not out of the woods yet with COVID. And yet 2021 brought a few glimmers of optomism and windows of freedom before further caution prevailed. Whisky-wise that meant a couple grand … Continue reading
One of our tasting companions in Paris was gifted a membership with “Flaviar“. So when she decided to have a French themed tasting, she decided to leverage this new membership to discover something “different” and “new”. Which can lead to … Continue reading
The great thing about going to any Whisky industry event is an opportunity to try a range of whiskies – including those you would be unlikely to buy. Even better is when there is a chance to sample drams you … Continue reading
Our Ladies Choice evening moved from Sweden to France, home of the Glann Ar Mor distillery with its peated single malt Kornog. Pooja Vir joins as our next Whisky Ladies of Mumbai guest whisky reviewer… Pooja has spent the last twenty years working in the hospitality industry in Bombay and … Continue reading
Being based in Europe means we have the luxury of both a relatively regular supply of Scottish whiskies – at least from pre-Brexit stock! Plus access to an interesting and growing array of European whiskies. I like mixing things up … Continue reading
Living in Europe means we have great access to an incredible range of European whiskies. Our latest venture was to France – with a duo from a small farm distillery in Lorraine – G Rozelieures. After their rather delightful Subtil, … Continue reading
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