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Cairngorms big nature weekend hailed as ‘big success’

THE Cairngorms big nature weekend took place in person following two years online. More than 1,000 people took part in over 70 events over the...

Street food is coming to Edinburgh Zoo

STREET food will soon be available at Edinburgh Zoo after caterer Compass signed a deal with provider Kerb. Amy Campbell, Kerb’s newly-appointed Scotland events boss,...

‘Dirt, plankton, and sileage’ – funniest whisky tasting notes revealed

A LIST of the funniest whisky tasting notes has been released. Ahead of World Whisky Day on Saturday, Glen Moray distillery in Elgin asked whisky...

Top 100 women in Scottish tourism named

SCOTLAND'S top 100 women in tourism have been named this morning. Membership body Women In Tourism received nearly 250 nominations for the honour, the highest...

Scottish Opera opens 50th Perth festival

SCOTTISH Opera will open the 50th Perth Festival of the Arts on Thursday. The festival's gala opening concert will feature sopranos Eleanor Dennis and Catriona...

Storms Arwen and Corrie speed up Glen Doll restoration

DAMAGE from storms Arwen and Corrie is speeding up restoration work along the banks of the River South Esk and the White Water in Angus'...

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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...
Ewan, Jamie, Charlie and Lachlan Maclean.

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...
Chef Tom Kitchin. Credit Marc Miller

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...
Rosebank Distillery.

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...