By Richard Thomas Rating: B- One aspect of the global craft distilling trend is that many countries that have never made whisky before are now doing it, and since most of them are most familiar with Scotch, that is the model they follow. Hence Italy’s Puni Distillery, which released it’s first batches of three year old whisky last year. Since ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: C Nestled into the Alpine foothills of Italy’s South Tyrol, Puni Distillery bills itself as Italy’s first malt whisky-maker. The family-owned and -operated concerned set up shop in 2010, installed Forsyth’s-made mashtun and stills, and began production in 2012. The spirit from those initial production runs were released earlier this year as a pair of young ...