Whisky

Scottish distiller Eden Mill has sold out its Pedro Ximénez single cask release in just 24 hours.

Ferguson Whisky Limited has secured a new £450,000 funding package from Virgin Money with backing from UK Export Finance (UKEF), to support the purchase of whisky stock, enabling it to expand operations and meet growing international demand. Founded in 2021, the Glasgow-based company is dedica

Glasgow-based specialist supplier of paper-based packaging to the spirits industry McLaren Packaging has won the Innovation in Packaging category at the Spirits Business Awards 2024 with what has been lauded as a "game-changing" design. The award judges said: "What stood out most about McLaren was i

Announced ahead of the Las Vegas Grand Prix next weekend, luxury whisky Chivas Regal has been appointed ‘Official Team Partner’ of the Scuderia Ferrari HP Formula 1 team in a new global multi-year partnership that unites two iconic heritage brands with a shared legacy in craft, innovati

Whisky copper pot stills manufactured by McMillan Coppersmiths, one of the oldest remaining coppersmiths in the world, embarked on an 85-mile journey to Ardgowan Distillery in Inverkip. Distillery Lead Investor Roland Grain, CEO Martin McAdam, and local MSP Martin Whitfield were among those attendin

Glasgow Whisky has submitted plans to Highland Council to modernise its recently acquired Speyside Distillery, which featured in the BBC series Monarch of the Glen, with the goal of achieving net zero carbon emissions in whisky production. Speyside Distillery has a rich history in Scotch whisky prod

Edrington, owner of whisky brands such as The Macallan and The Famous Grouse, has named former Aggreko finance chief Angus Cockburn CA as its next chair ahead of Crawford Gillies' retirement. Mr Gillies will step down from the Edrington board on 31 March 2025 after eight years’ service. During

Bacardi, the family-owned spirits giant, has invested millions in two of its whisky distilleries and one warehouse in Scotland to meet growing global demand. Most recently, the company added three new state-of-the-art aging warehouses at its 200-acre blending and maturation centre at Poniel in south

The Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) has criticised the Chancellor’s decision to further increase duty on Scotch Whisky has broken the Prime Minister’s commitment to "back Scotch producers to the hilt". In her first Budget, Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced an retail price index (RPI) in

Holyrood Distillery has inked an exclusive deal to begin exporting its products to the USA for the first time.

Whisky production has returned to the historic Speyside community of Cabrach after more than 170 years. The Cabrach Distillery, a social enterprise and the first Community Interest Company of its kind, has revived the craft in this part of Scotland.

Young Spirits, an Edinburgh-based spirits bottling and brands business, has appointed its former director of operations, Barbara Russell Scott, to the post of managing director. She will now lead the senior management team in driving a programme of growth for the five-year-old business, building on

Johnnie Walker Princes Street, Diageo's immersive whisky experience in Edinburgh, has welcomed over one million visitors from 141 countries since opening in 2021.

A former walled garden within an historic estate with links to Robert Burns and Winston Churchill could soon be brought back to life as a private distillery.

Eden Mill distillery has partnered with MiAlgae, a Scottish biotech firm and Earthshot Prize finalist, to repurpose whisky effluent, a by-product of distillation, to grow microalgae as a sustainable source of omega-3s.