By Kurt Maitland Rating: C+ The Tominitoul is a relatively new distillery by Scottish standards, founded in 1964. During that short time the distillery has been: Owned by Scottish and Universal Investment Trust in 1973, Part of Scottish and Universal when it was sold on to Whyte & Mackay in 1989. Part of Whyte & Mackay when it was bought ...

Understanding Scotland’s Whisky Terroirs By Richard Thomas Scotland is unique among the world’s whiskey-making countries because, first and foremost, it has a well-established concept of terroir. This is truly a characteristic in world whiskey known only to Scotland, and Scotland alone. After all, Japan has adapted the Scottish style so well that it produces single malts as good as anything ...

SIA Scotch Whisky has received an undisclosed investment backing of Grandroots LLC, a new spirits investment firm, started last year by Classic Cask Single Malt Whisky and South Bay Rum founder, and president of the Scotch Malt Whisky Society of America, Alan Shayne, and William Wolf Whiskey founder and former Hpnotiq co-founder Jim Landis. SIA CEO Carin Luna-Ostaseski said the ...

The Cable News Giant Started A New Whisky Shortage Scare With Just One Story, But How Accurate Was It? By Richard Thomas On Wednesday I was catching up with my whiskey news feed, whereupon I discovered a torrent of articles about a new Scotch shortage. As I sifted through the pile, I found that the overwhelming majority of the articles ...

By Kurt Maitland Rating: B+ Tomatin Distillery is from the Highland Region, drawing its name from its host town, located 16 miles south of Inverness. While It is thought that distilling has gone on in the area since the 16th Century, the Tomatin Distillery was not formally established until 1897. The original company went bankrupt in 1906, and was reopened ...