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Whisky specialist Gordon & MacPhail appoints its first director of prestige

Leading malt whisky specialist Gordon & MacPhail has appointed its first director of prestige. Stephen Rankin has taken on the post, as part of the...
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A striking new jewellery range from Edinburgh-based designer

A Scottish luxury jewellery designer has unveiled a brand new ready to wear fine jewellery line. Award-winning designer Moira Patience, who is known for handcrafting...

Scone Palace all set to feature on Mary Berry’s latest TV show

TV's favourite baker comes to Scotland for her new show this week. Mary Berry's Country House Secrets comes to Scone Palace in the second episode...

New study will examine Brexit’s impact on Highlands and Islands

A study into the impact of Brexit on agriculture, crofting and land use in the Highlands and Islands is to be carried out. The Highland...

Children all over Britain will discover Scotland’s beauty with new TV series

Scotland's natural beauty is to introduced to another generation thanks to a new children's television show. CBBC fantasy adventure gameshow Raven is back, having been...
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Top crime authors line up for Aberdeen’s Granite Noir in 2018

  Aberdeen's second Granite Noir festival celebrating crime fiction is to take place in February. Some of the biggest names in crime fiction, a poisoned...

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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...
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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...
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...
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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...