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The GlenDronach releases Batch 15 cask bottling
The GlenDronach Distillery has released Batch 15 of its individual cask bottlings. The six whiskies released in Batch 15 range from twenty-one to twenty-seven years in age, and are drawn from either Pedro Ximenez or Oloroso sherry casks. The oldest cask released in Batch 15, cask number 7005, has the appearance of polished cherry wood, with…
Read MoreHousebuilder McCarthy & Stone invites people to learn heritage skills from those who know best at GrandFest
Housebuilder McCarthy and Stone is inviting people across the country to celebrate the heritage skills of older people throughout its developments across a number of regions in June and July. In connection with McCarthy and Stone’s 40th year celebrations, the UK’s leading retirement housebuilder has pledged its support to the Royal Voluntary Service and the…
Read MoreMains of Taymouth Country Estate & Golf Course take home ‘Paws for a Break Pet Friendly Award’
EmbraceScotland is one of the country’s most popular booking websites for self catering accommodation across Scotland. In a new award, to reflect the importance that holidaymakers place on being able to bring their four legged friends on holiday with them, EmbraceScotland asked their customers to nominate their favourite pet-friendly self-catering properties. With a short list…
Read MoreEdinburgh’s first single malt whisky distillery for 90 years launches fundraising drive
UK investors have the opportunity to invest in a brand new single malt whisky and spirits distillery which will see malt distilling brought back to Edinburgh for the first time in 90 years. Holyrood Distillery has launched a £5.5 million funding drive to help fund the balance of its ambition to create a distillery and…
Read MoreUltimate five-star luxury in Royal Deeside
A self-catering home in Royal Deeside has been awarded five stars from VisitScotland before the first guest has even set foot in the cottage. The Invergarry, Aboyne has just launched to the market for the summer season. Converted from an Edwardian gardener’s cottage, it is surrounded by the hills and close to the River Dee…
Read MoreSalvador Dali’s Christ of St John of the Cross to go on loan from Kelvingrove Museum
One of Scotland’s favourite paintings, Christ of St John of the Cross by Salvador Dalí, which hangs in Glasgow’s Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum is to go on loan. The iconic artwork will first travel to the Royal Academy of Arts in London in September 2017, before returning to Kelvingrove in the summer of 2018.…
Read MoreLidl supermarket introduces a range of Scottish craft beers
As the trend for craft beer continues to grow, Lidl has announced the launch of its first Scottish craft beer festival, which will be on sale from 25th May for a limited time only across all of it 94 stores in Scotland. The new ‘Isle of Ale’ Scottish Craft Beer festival consists of 20 craft…
Read MoreWinton celebrates with feast fit for a castle
Winton Castle, the business events and wedding venue in East Lothian, has just celebrated more than 500 years of history and changing back to being called Winton Castle. It only adopted the more modest name of Winton House in the 1960s, and ‘once a castle, always a castle’. Winton Castle was a stronghold of the…
Read MoreAdagio Edinburgh unveils charity photography exhibition, open to the public until 29 May
Adagio Edinburgh Royal Mile, has unveilled a special charity photo exhibition, The Hospitality of Edinburgh, in collaboration with local photographer Patrick Keast. Patrick Keast is a local man and former alcoholic who got himself back on his feet with the support of Cyrenians and along the way Patrick picked up…
Read MorePioneering partnership honoured as Fusion Whisky unveils plan for future international releases
The team behind the first blend of Scotch and Japanese whisky have spoken of their plans for future collaborations after winning a national excellence award that honoured their partnership with a renowned independent distillery. Fusion Whisky last night received the Success through Partnership prize at the Scottish Food and Drink Excellence Awards in recognition of…
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