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Big Burns Supper unveils biggest programme ever
The Big Burns Supper, to take place in Dumfries from 19 to 28 January has unveiled its biggest programme ever, with 200 live events. The newly-announced performances add to a sterling line-up of names, including Bill Bailey, Donovan, Camille O’Sullivan, Badly Drawn Boy, We Banjo 3, Eddi Reader, Dougie Maclean and the Dumfries-made Le Haggis.…
Read MoreCharity fundraising dinner to help revamp Kilmartin Museum
A charity dinner to help preserve 5000 years of history is taking place this week. Kilmartin Museum, on Argyll’s west coast, is embarking on an ambitious £6.7m redevelopment project. The new museum will preserve and display many more of the archaeological finds from the Kilmartin Glen and around Argyll. Plans are advancing with major funders…
Read MoreNorth east of Scotland to play host to a festival celebrating gin
The north east of Scotland is getting ready for a celebration of gin. GIN:NE is being held on February 9 and 10, at Inverurie Town Hall in Aberdeenshire. Visitors will get to meet the makers of the gins and other drinks, sample their offerings as well as be able to purchase direct from them. There…
Read MoreVisitor numbers at distilleries rise by an impressive 18 per cent
A distiller has reported an 18 per cent rise in visitors for the summer season. Diageo is toasting a successful 2017 at its distillery visitor centres as it joined the national tourism organisation at the leading global event for the travel industry in London yesterday (Monday). Visits to Blair Athol, Glenkinchie, Dalwhinnie, Royal Lochnagar, Cragganmore,…
Read MoreDistillery is taking shape for whisky and gin production in Dingwall
Whisky and gin are to be produced at the world’s first 100 per cent community-owned distillery in Dingwall. GlenWyvis has confirmed its order for gin distillation equipment with Forsyths of Rothes, as it completes its plans to bring both gin and whisky production to Dingwall. With the first run of new make spirit planned for…
Read MoreBaking queen Mary Berry visits Scone Palace for new TV show
Britain’s queen of baking is to feature a historic Scots building in her new TV show. Scone Palace will offer the public a behind-the-scenes peek at stately home life when it features in a new four-part cooking series, Mary Berry’s Country House Secrets. The historic Perthshire visitor attraction is known worldwide for being the crowning…
Read MoreProlific partnership for honey and grouse is reaping dividends
Scottish honey producers are working in partnership with grouse estates to enable bees to feed on the prolific flowering plants on moorland in several parts of the country. Estates in Tayside, the Angus Glens and the Lammermuirs work with beekeepers who position their hives on the moors every August and September. Now Tomatin Moorland Group…
Read MoreMacallan 1878 bottle is exposed as a fake by Whisky 101
One of the world’s only known bottles of Macallan 1878 still in circulation has been officially exposed as a fake. Following an investigation by Rare Whisky 101, working in partnership with Sandro Bernasconi, bar manager at the Waldhaus Hotel, the bottle has been confirmed as a forgery. The Waldhaus Hotel Am See in St Moritz…
Read More‘Forgotten’ distillery releases limited series of contemporary single malt whiskies
A coastal distillery which was once forgotten has unearthed a limited release series of contemporary Highland Single Malt Scotch whiskies. Offering a unique voyage of discovery into a distillery which has been reinvigorated, the latest additions to the series represent a new chapter for Glenglassaugh and include the distillery’s first ever-wood finish expressions. For over…
Read MoreNew campaign will give Scotland a push to boost £295m events business
An ambitious plan to promote Scotland as place for ‘eureka moments’ is at the core of an innovative new campaign. VisitScotland is encouraging global brands, charities and organisations from Life Sciences to Robotics to use Scotland as a place to make dynamic new discoveries and inventions in an ambitious digital campaign. The national tourism organisation…
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