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Living and cooking on the edge of the world

Father and son duo Tom and James Morton have written a fantastic book. Shetland: Cooking on the Edge of the World should be recognised as far...

Scots are the fastest readers in Great Britain

New research has shown that Scots are Britain's fastest readers. Lenstore developed a test to measure the speed you read, and participants from Scotland boasted...

The Twelve Days of Christmas totem poles return

Twelve unique and striking totem pole sculptures will once again been placed across Aberdeen city centre – can you find them all? Created by local...
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Work on the first cider brewery in the north east is underway

Plans to create north east Scotland’s first cidery have been revealed. Husband and wife team, Neil and Katie Sime, who run Blackford Craft Distillery near...

Gin distillery gets in festive spirit with tasting event

Gin lovers are to have the rare opportunity to help a luxury gin brand determine its newest recipe at a special Christmas tasting night. Just...

New campaign aims to create more young farmers

A campaign to get more Scots under 30 into a career in farming has been launched. Barclays has kicked off #FarmtheFuture, a nationwide campaign encouraging...

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Plans for a distillery on banks of Loch Lomond given the go-ahead

Plans for a new distillery on the banks of Loch Lomond have been given the go-ahead. Loch Lomond Group has been given permission by Argyll...
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Producer’s Corner: RyeLaw, InchDairnie Distillery

When Fife based distiller InchDairnie launched RyeLaw, the world's first malted rye whisky, a few eyebrows were raised.  Inspired by the quintessentially American Rye whisky,...
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Once Upon a Time in Scotland: Hollywood legend Harrison Ford becomes the new face of Glenmorangie whisky

Hollywood legend Harrison Ford has become the new face of Glenmorangie whisky as he dons on kilt in a series of short films released to...
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A dram with Gordon Motion, Highland Park: ‘Highland Park 56 started back in 1968, it’s our oldest and rarest whisky’

Since its beginnings as a 'side-hustle' of church beadle and whisky smuggler Magnus ‘Mansie’ Eunson, Highland Park has been an iconic part of the global...
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Isle of Tiree Distillery launches the island’s first legal whisky in more than 200 years

The first legal single malt whisky produced on the Hebridean island of Tiree in over two centuries has been launched.  Once known as Tìr an...
George McNeil is the new CEO of Aceo Ltd, a long-established independent whisky bottler and cask management specialist.

Whisky firm Aceo appoints its first chief executive

A leading independent whisky bottler and cask management specialist has appointed its first chief executive officer. Aceo Limited, an Edinburgh-based firm established 25 years ago,...

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