David Dobbs of Red Carpet Wine writes to let all Southern California (US) readers know that not only is Jim McEwan doing a whisky dinner in Glendale, but he is also offering a 10% discount to readers of The Scotch Blog. Just mention that you read The Scotch Blog when ...

The guys at Glenfarclas let me know about some of the upcoming events around the world where you can try Glenfarclas: The whisky festival season is now well and truly in full swing. Do please come and visit the Glenfarclas stand at these festivals and events:...

I'd been reading Basic Juice, (Beau Jarvis' excellent site on wine) for a while when I asked him to write a post on Sherry - so we whisky folks could get a better understanding of the mysterious liquid which has such an impact on Macallan, Aberlour, Glenfarclas, et. al. After ...

With the (re)release of Whisky by Aeneas MacDonald just around the corner, Ian Buxton is already hard at work finding and reissuing long lost whisky tomes... Now Ian has teamed with author/publisher Neil Wilson to announce the launch of new publishing marque Classic Expressions which aims, in the words of ...

Ingvar Ronde, editor of the Malt Whisky Yearbook let me know that the 2007 version will be back from the printer on October 3rd, and will be available soon after. The Malt Whisky Yearbook, introduced just last year, has been a fantastic resource for me - part book, part magazine ...

Did you know I wrote a book? It's true. The Instant Expert's Guide to Single Malt Scotch has been described as the single best introduction to single malt whisky ever and probably the best educational book on the market. Back in June, I released the second edition which has been ...

Aren't you a wine blogger? Where the hell are all the tasting notes? Yes, I like to ask myself questions and answer them. I feel better-prepared that way. And, they're over here .

Glazer’s of Missouri has appointed Randy Myers as vp sales and marketing, wine and malt beverages for the state, effective June 1. Randy will report directly to Glazer’s Missouri president Scott Westerman.

I heard an Auckland wine store advertising on the radio yesterday that all their wines were “approved”. Fantastic, exactly what or whom they were approved by, was left out of the commercial. Hopefully at the very least they “approved” of the wines themselves. Bookmark It Hide Sites

OK, how about a little shameless self-promotion? LocalWineEvents.com has a listing of the top wine blogs in the country. For the past few weeks, Nick On Wine has been stuck at number 67 on the list. How sad, but not if a bunch of Nick On Wine fans cast a vote. All you have to do is click on the link below and vote. Vote for Nick on Wine by clicking here. And you can vote once every...