In the past few months Fruitful Spirits released a series of new casks in their series called Exceptional Cask Selection. We ...

Piacere Rinato is the Belgian spirits shop of former lawyer Niels Volckaert. He is focusing on cask strength cognac and ...

In August I will head for México, cabrones! While spirits are certainly not my primary objective there, I will pass through the Oaxaca region so I’d really like to visit one or two artisan palenques ...

Review of the Talisker 39 Years 1987 bottled by Gordon & MacPhail in their Connoisseurs Choice Heritage series. The last ...

Nose: exactly. Lots of apricot jams, stewed pears and subtle figs. Dried mango and quince paste. Then waxed aromas, a few orange rinds and floral notes (vetiver?). Hints of mint leaves, light cedar ...

Nose: ripe plums and damsons with chocolate brownie, hazelnuts and sweet praline. Also wood spice like clove and cardamom. Maybe not a sherry bomb, but definitely sherried. Then sultanas and wine ...

After their series The Sins, Distilia is going forward with the next series The Virtues, curated by Rob Bauer. They’re now presenting a Calvados Domfrontais from the house of the Count Louis de ...

The first stand that I visited at the recent Limburg Whisky Fair was The Whisky Agency. To say hello to organisers Meike and Carsten, but also to have a look at their latest selections of course. It ...

Belgian distillery Filliers recently started the sixth chapter in their history, with Benoit Filliers as the next generation in the company management. He’s clearly looking at things with an open mind ...

Like last year there are eight Special Releases in the final line-up. It surprises me that there are no vintage statements on the labels this year. Maybe they’re added later, or weren’t really an ...

Benromach‘s innovative Contrasts series has a new member: a 12 Year Old single malt matured in first-fill bourbon casks before 26 months finishing in Côte-Rôtie wine casks. Wine casks are always ...