Most of us are familiar with Islay and its distilleries turnout out those big, smoky, heavily peated whiskies, with more than a dash of saltiness thanks to the fresh sea air the whisky matures in.

Before you reallocate the kids’ inheritance to rare whisky, be sure it’s the real deal. That’s the upshot of a recent investigation into the authenticity of vintage Scotch, anyway.

Over the past 27 years she’s mastered her skills at Glenmorangie, Ardbeg and Bowmore before taking over from Billy Walker at The BenRiach Distillery Company last year as the custodian of three of the world’s best loved distilleries.

If there’s one whisky responsible for Aberlour’s cult status, it’s got to be the legendary A’Bunadh (pronounced a-BOON-uh), a name which translates from Gaelic for “Of the origin”, and like most legendary things, A’bunadh has an interesting origin story of its own.

Behind the scenes with the first ever Aussie owner of a Scotch Whisky Distillery and this month’s history-making Bladnoch World Exclusive for The Whisky Club

Planning your next pilgrimage to the holy land of whisky? In addition to whisky, Scotland boasts some of the most dramatic scenery on the planet. 

Every year the Spirits Business, the world’s leading publication for the global spirits trade, produces a report entitled Brand Champions that analyses the previous year’s sales data by brand to determine who had a good, and who had a bad, year.