Charlie MacLean - Writer & Whisky Connoisseur Charles MacLean; celebrated raconteur, writer and businessman; lover of whisky, sailing, shooting and cooking invited me to his home outside Edinburgh. Converted farm buildings house his office, come writing den, come...
BSWA - Cheese Making & Whisky Making are the same! Searching in the rain for Sgriob-ruadh Farm, Home of Isle of Mull Cheese, I took a lift from Chris, who turns out to be the owner of the place. They make Whisky Cheese, amongst others, and a more natural,...
Portrait of a Whisky Lover What makes someone who has never been to Islay, far less to Bruichladdich, get themselves a Bruichladdich tattoo? Derek Mather of Artisan Restaurant in Wishaw is the very man to ask.DEREK MATHER ~ whisky lover from Old Kilpatrick, living in...
Whisky is Liquid Music Listening to recordings of Daniel Barenboim, the Argentine born, Israeli pianist and conductor giving the Reith Lectures in 2006, I was reminded of how classical music and whisky resemble one another, both in their construction and in our...
Terroir in Gaelic is Anam an Fhearainn - the Soul of the Land TERROIR : of the landAnyone who thinks there is no such thing as terroir misses understanding themselves and our world. Barley, water, peat, yeast, copper, people ~all come from the land.In making whisky ~...
