Climate change to hit Australian wines Monday Oct 23 16:56 AEST Global warming will force changes to Australia’s A$4.8 billion wine export industry, threatening the very existence of some varieties as temperatures rise, a scientist said on Monday. With Australia in the grip of its worst recorded drought and heading ...

Source:  Statesman Journal Cold. Damp. Not good. Those poor little grapes are still hanging out there, and they’ve already endured more than a week of cool, moist weather in mid- September. Even Eastern Washington’s wine country got some ill-placed rain. Though I hope by the time you read these words ...

Another excellent question from Alan Lazerow, who wrote the informative article Whisky and Orthodox Jews. We have established that the unique taste of whisky aged in sherry cask is not due to the sherry, but rather, the wood involved (Spanish oak). Presumably, this spanish oak is also used to hold ...

As you speed along the A95 on your way to Aberlour, Craigellachie and points beyond, you'll drive right by a small family owned distillery in Ballindalloch. But if you ever happen to be on that road headed towards Macallan or Glenfiddich - do what a growing number of people are ...

Source: CBS News Global Warming Spawns Wine In U.K. LONDON, Sept. 25, 2006 (CBS)  Somewhere glaciers may be melting. Somewhere storms may be blowing and waters may be rising. But in England, global warming is having a very different effect. Grapes are growing in Britain, and though “the English wine ...

On Monday I had a story about the effects of sherrry vs. Spanisk oak on sherried single malts.The story resulted in a great comment from wine sherry expert Beau Jarvis of Basic Juice. Caspar MacRae, of The Macallan responds:Hello Kevin, Great - this is the sort of question that those ...

James Thompson* emailed me this morning to tell me about an article in today's Times (UK) which, on its surface, discusses the Ladybank distillery, but strayed to touch on issues of terroir - this time regarding water and its impact on the finished spirit.Now before anyone jumps on me for the term terroir and how it is not applicable to the production of Scotch whisky - I'm still looking...

Just-Drinks.com reports that Drambuie is about to kick off their rejuvenation campaign - kicking in a tidy sum to do the job - GBP10m (US$18.6m) will be invested in the international marketing campaign and will focus the product for younger consumers. I talked about Drambuie in July 2005.What is Drambuie? ...

I'd like to talk about sampling whisky directly from cask samples - something most of us never get to do. On a recent trip to visit the blending lab at Compass Box, I had a chance to try samples from... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website ...

Much as it is the obligation of every Muslim to make “the Hajj”, the pilgrimage to Mecca; it is the obligation of the whisky lover to make the pilgrimage to Islay – arguably the origination point of the introduction of whisky to Scotland. One should plan to visit all eight ...