The Glen Garioch 1997 is the first whisky to be released from the brand’s Oldmeldrum distillery since it was reopened in 1997 after being mothballed for two years. The new whisky, which will be available at leading European airports and onboard Scandinavian ferry lines, begins a 12-month push by Morrison Bowmore to raise the brand’s profile in duty free. Quantities of Glen…

Albright, who served under President Clinton and as US ambassador to the United Nations, will present her views on “how the dynamics of the political and economic spectrum, including unrest in the Middle East, unprecedented economic growth in Asia, and financial turmoil in Europe, will impact global business”. The conference is set to take place on October 22. The theme of this year’s conference, which…

The whisky first launched in May and it is now set to roll out in Hong Kong, New Zealand, US, Panama, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Nicaragua and Colombia. The whisky is bottled at 55.8%abv and Johnnie Walker master blender Jim Beveridge said: “Only one in ten thousand of our casks have sufficient character for Johnnie Walker Blue Label and in creating this special edition we really…

The Glenfiddich Millennium Vintage Limited Edition single malt whisky was distilled and placed into casks during the Millennium celebrations of 2000 and bottled in 2012. Casks were selected by Brian Kinsman, the Glenfiddich malt master. This new vintage was unveiled at the World Duty Free stores in London Heathrow and is to be rolled out to all World Duty Free stores across the UK. David…

The position, which is effective July 16,  will be based from William Grant’s Glasgow office. He previously looked after the UK and Ireland for Edrington. Prior to Edrington, de Almeida worked at Maxxium UK where he held several roles including leading the UK Prestige on-trade team and managing the Tesco business.