All about the Kilchoman distillery and its whiskies
With this bottling of a 10-year-old 100% Islay Kilchoman Whisky, the Canadian wine and spirits shop Kensington Wine Market from Calgary is celebrating the 20th anniversary of its owner Andrew Ferguson aka “The Scotch Guy” in the whisky business at the end of 2023. Andrew started at KWM in 2003 as an employee and expert in Scotch whisky and quickly […]
Read moreMajor UK retailer Marks & Spencer has now launched a new range of exclusive spirits and liqueurs. The new spirits collection, which includes six spirits and two Irish cream liqueurs, has been developed by M&S in collaboration with well-known distilleries such as Warner’s, Glenfarclas, Kilchoman and the renowned cognac house Hine. The selected spirits and liqueurs are sold by Marks […]
Read moreThe Munich shop Tara Spirits (formerly: Whisk(e)y Shop Tara) has now released another Kilchoman Private Cask from Frederick Wolff’s stock. In March 2023, the whisky retailer Smoke & Whisky from Starnberg released a 15-year-old refill bourbon cask (No. 131/2007) from him; the sister cask now released by Tara (a 1st fill bourbon barrel) has now matured for a full 16 […]
Read moreIn September 2023, Peter Wills travelled through China on a marketing tour organised by the Chinese Kilchoman importer Single Malt Club China (SMCC). He conducted Kilchoman tastings in seven Chinese cities from 16 to 24 September. The tour was called “Tour of the Coinean”. This refers to the current Year of the Rabbit in China, as “Coinean” means “rabbit” in […]
Read moreWith “Italian Cities”, the Italian Kilchoman importer Beija-Flor has started a series of Kilchoman single cask bottlings dedicated to the most important Italian cities. The first bottling now released, one of the still very rare Blanc de Blancs Cask finishings, is dedicated to the northern Italian metropolis of Milan. The label is adorned with two of Milan’s most famous sights: […]
Read moreWith Mashing – Stage 4, the fourth of the eight-bottling Genesis series has now been released. As we reported earlier, the Genesis series, developed by the German Kilchoman importer Hanseatische Weinhandelsgesellschaft Bremen, is a German version of the Small Batch Series for Selected Markets with a higher quality design and packaging and a special marketing story. The marketing concept of […]
Read moreAfter La Société des Alcools du Québec, the state monopolist for the distribution of alcohol in the Canadian province of Québec, released a Kilchoman Sauternes Finish in September, another Kilchoman single cask bottling has now been announced for next Tuesday, 24 October. Incidentally, both bottlings were bottled at Kilchoman on the same day, why SAQ did not release the bottles […]
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