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Music news round-up: folk, funk, and more

Peter Ranscombe orchestrates a round-up of Scottish music news. THE Willow Trio is fusing "classical and Gaelic culture" in its debut album, The Swan of...
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Rottal Lodge wins at The Purdey Awards

ROTTAL Lodge in Glen Clova has won a prize at The Purdey Awards. The Angus site took the bronze award "for the demonstrable conservation efforts...

Macallan names artisan apprentice firms

WHISKY maker The Macallan is helping four craft businesses to hire apprentices. The distiller is giving the companies grants from its £260,000 artisan apprenticeship fund....

Set sail with March’s issue of Scottish Field…

DON'T miss the latest issue of Scottish Field magazine, which is on sale now, both in shops and online. Inside our March issue, Soldier, Soldier...
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Whisky news round-up: Skincare and more

Peter Ranscombe raises another irreverent glass to all the latest whisky news from Scotland. THE Scotch Malt Whisky Society has nearly notched up 40,000 members...

HMS Unicorn gets biggest donation

THE Headley Trust has donated £100,000 towards the restoration of HMS Unicorn, Scotland's oldest ship. The donor - which is one of the "Sainsbury Family...

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ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT
SCOTLAND'S NATIONAL DRINK

Since its humble beginnings nearly ten years ago, the distillery has generated £50,000 for the local community.

GlenWyvis: World’s first fully community owned distillery offers whisky lovers chance to buy shares

In 2015, former Army Air Corps helicopter pilot John McKenzie decided to bring whisky back to Dingwall after a 90 year absence. His idea was...
HRH Prince Charles with Ian Urquhart Signing First Cask at Benromach.

Former Gordon & MacPhail chief Ian Urquhart dies following an illness

Scotch whisky legend Ian Urquhart has died aged 76. The Moray based businessman died peacefully on 15 March after an illness, with his family by...
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Charles Maclean: Whisky writer launches new charity dram with his sons

Scotland's leading whisky writer Charles Maclean has launched a new dram - and every bottle sold will give at least one person clean water for...
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Me and My Dram, Tom Kitchin: ‘You have to be in the right moment to enjoy whisky, that’s the magic of it’

Following a rocky start, celebrity chef Tom Kitchin has fostered an enduring love for whisky, finds Morag Bootland. He sits down with us for the latest...
The first legal dram from the Outer Hebridean Isle of Harris, The Hearach offers an elegant single malt, with fruit and floral notes and a long, slightly smoky, finish.

Isle of Harris: Distillery releases four new batches of the long awaited Hearach whisky

Last year the first batches of the long awaited Isle of Harris whisky sold out in less than five hours – after more than 25,000...
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Rosebank Distillery: ‘King of the Lowlands’ ready to re-open with 100-year-old mill still used in whisky production

It was closed three decades ago in 1993, but now the ‘King of the Lowlands’, Rosebank Distillery is to reopen.  The historic distillery has been...