whisky tourism

5 Reasons Why You Should Attend Spirit of Speyside Next Year

thewhiskylady - 2016-05-12

1 –> Indulge in some great drams: Of course, that comes with no surprise, the number one reason why you ABSOLUTELY need to attend next year’ edition of Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival is the liquid offer – and I’m not talking about the Scottish rain here… Speyside is home to more than half of all Scottish distilleries: from recent ones like Ballindaloch to old gems …

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Spirit of Speyside: 5 senses – 5 Highlights

thewhiskylady - 2016-05-09

As you may have noticed reading my social media updates lately, I had the chance to attend the 2016 edition of the famous Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival, which was a very first time for me ! And this year’ SOSWF surely didn’t disappoint… AT ALL ! I first wanted to provide you with a proper « day by day » diary of my festival experience but I finally …

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Islay takeover: visiting The Laphroaig Distillery

thewhiskylady - 2016-05-06

After some last-minute changes in our travel plans (Let’s put it like that and not mention we actually did miss our flight because my finally-not-so-perfect-everyday boyfriend forgot his passport – needless to say there’s only one flight a week to Glasgow from our tiny French airport and we had to fly to London, rent a car there and drive all the way to Scotland – …

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Whisky Month Celebrations: The Real Mary King’s Close goes drammy

thewhiskylady - 2016-04-07

May is Whisky Month and to celebrate, The Real Mary King’s Close will be launching The Perfect Blend a brand new whisky tasting experience in partnership with Royal Mile Whiskies. The Perfect Blend is a unique whisky tasting experience in the heart of Edinburgh’s Old Town. Combining Scotland’s most iconic exports, history and whisky, this tour will take guests back in time as they uncover …

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3 Whiskey-fuelled attractions to absolutely visit in Dublin

thewhiskylady - 2016-03-17

As huge flows of locals and tourists are currently flooding the Irish Capital City to celebrate Saint Patrick’s Day (more or less with style… We all know how the day will probably end up…), I thought it was a great time to shortlist my favourite spirited attractions (beside all-day pub crawls and singing Irish songs out of the tune) in Dublin, where I had the …

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5 Whisky News That Made My Week! #5

thewhiskylady - 2016-03-11

  1 –> New Release: Highland Park officially launched its 17yo Ice Edition! Aged predominantly in ex-Bourbon casks, Highland Park Ice Edition is intended to celebrate “Norse myths, legends and [Highland Park’s] Viking roots” and will be followed by Fire Edition in 2017. The expression is said to offer fresh pineapple, ripe mango sorbet, smoke, and root ginger on the nose, with peat smoke, vanilla …

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3 seriously cool places to stay in The Lakes District

thewhiskylady - 2016-02-18

Fancy a change from the regular Scottish/Irish whisky pilgrimage ? Why not considering a picturesque getaway south of the border, in one of the most scenic English areas, The Lakes District? If you read my last piece regarding the rebirth of English whisky [and I hope you did 😉 – but if you didn’t you’re lucky I’m in a good mood today and thus authorize …

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5 Whisky News that made my week ! #1

thewhiskylady - 2016-02-12

I’m pleased to introduce a new weekly series of articles! This special column will go live every Friday (well, at least if there’s enough material and if I’m not too lazy couch potatoing in front of a stupid teenager show), with the aim to summarize the top-5 whisky news of the week : new releases, distillery openings, special events or any other whisky (& other …

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The Majestic Line to offer exclusive 10-night Whisky Cruise

thewhiskylady - 2016-01-22

A new 10-night cruise to the Southern Hebridean Islands will take in the whisky isles of Islay and Jura as they celebrate 200 years of malt whisky production. The best way to experience these unique distilleries is from the sea, reflecting the maritime flavour of the whiskies themselves. Mini-cruise operator The Majestic Line is offering two departures for 2016 on May 21st and August 27th …

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A Wintery Roadtrip in Scotland with Rockinvans

thewhiskylady - 2016-01-21

As you may have noticed, I had the chance to spend 10 beautiful days touring Scotland with some friends over the festive season. It was actually the first time I got to travel around the country during wintertime and I was more than excited to discover the colder visage of what I like to call my “home away from home”. This wintery break lead us …

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