Just a heads up for our readers abroad and our traveling friends. There are some pretty great events this week.
If you happen to be hanging around the Speyside region of Scotland, you probably already know that the Spirit of Speyside Festival is this week. From May 1-10, there will be special meal deals, parties, distillery tours and tastings. One of the treats this week is a special distillery tour of Glenrothes. Glenrothes is not usually open to the public. If anyone out there gets to do this, Matt will be totally jealous. It’s one of his favorite distilleries. For more info go to www.spiritofspeyside.com.
This Friday (May 8th) is the Spirit of Toronto. There is live Jazz, great food, a cigar lounge, over 100 whiskeys to sample and more. Tickets are still available. For more info go to www.spiritoftoronto.ca. We won’t be able to attend, but say ‘hi’ to Dr. Whisky (Sam Simmons) and Mark Gillespie (WhiskyCast) for us.
As a reminder, the 16th Annual Single Malt and Scotch Whisky Extravaganza is making its stop in New York City this thursday (May 7th). For more info check out www.singlemaltextravaganza.com.
May is Whisky Month in Scotland. There will be “Spirit of…” events all over Scotland. If you are lucky enough to be traveling to Scotland this month, try to take advantage of the great offerings. For details, go here.
We just got word that the folks from Charbay are going to be at Davidoff of Geneva in New York City on June 24th. No word yet on time or price, but they will be pouring whiskey, rum and port from their Napa Valley distillery. As more information is available, we’ll pass it along.
For our traveling readers, don’t forget to hit up the Duty Free. Look out for the many whisk(e)y expressions available only at travel retail locations. Glenmorangie has a new expression (Sonnalta) that is getting some pretty good buzz. The Macallan has an entire travel retail series, the 1824 Collection. Available now are The Macallan Select Oak, Whisky Maker’s Edition, and Estate Reserve. Balvenie GoldenCask 14yo, finished in Carribean Rum Casks is new to Travel Retail. Also, check out anCnoc and Highland Park 21yo. John Hansell of Malt Advocate broke the news that Highland Park is planning on dropping the proof of the 21yo from 47.5% ABV all the way down to 40% ABV. They claim to have good reason, but this is most likely going to change the character of this very fine whisky. So, pick this one up while you can still get it at 47.5% ABV. There are other interesting drams to pick up at Travel Retail/Duty Free, this is just to get you started.
If you’ve got any events coming up in your area, let us know and we will put it up.
Tags: Charbay, Event Notices, Spirit of Speyside, Spirit of Toronto
