By Emma Briones Oh, Paris. The city of lights for some and the City of Love for others. Whatever you want to call it, it’s always a good idea to visit Paris. And it is even better if you have a great excuse like visiting one of the most exciting whisky festivals in Europe: Whisky Live Paris. So, between the ...
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Pairing Whisky And Oysters
By Richard Thomas During the more than a decade I spent living in Washington, DC, I learned to have one more reason to anticipate the coming of autumn: oysters were in season in the Chesapeake Bay. As I learned in year after year of gorging on oysters on the half shell, the best drink to pair with them is whisky. ...
Read More »Underrated: The Glenlivet 12 Year Old
By Richard Thomas The Glenlivet 12 Year Old returned to shelves in Europe this summer, three years after it was discontinued in that market and two years ahead of schedule. * Citing the now ubiquitous concern of rising demand putting pressure on finite supply, parent company Pernod Ricard replaced the 12 Year Old with the no age statement (NAS) ...
Read More »Q&A With David DeFazio, Wyoming Whiskey
A Chat With Wyoming Whiskey’s CEO By Kurt Maitland Earlier this year, I had the pleasure of meeting David DeFazio of Wyoming Whiskey. Wyoming is a state where having a “new” distillery is still a novelty, unlike other Western states like Utah or Colorado. “New” is in quotes because they’ve actually been at it for over a decade. As for ...
Read More »Seven Entry-Level Single Malts To Try
By Richard Thomas One of the problems bedeviling Scotch is how daunting the wide range of single malts are to newcomers. While not all of the 120 active distilleries in Scotland produce single malt (or single grain) expressions, enough do that a whisky store could stock several dozen single malt brand names without even touching the creations of independent bottlers. ...
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