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New general manager for Duncan Taylor Scotch Whisky

A whisky firm as appointed a new general manager. Huntly-based Duncan Taylor Scotch Whisky has a new arrival in the form of Neil Miller, who...

Consultant appointed to study flooding in Aberdeenshire communities

Plans to help Aberdeenshire towns beat the floods are a step closer, after the appointment of a consultant to undertake flood studies in the communities....

New partnership aims to make Fife a litter-free zone

Zero Waste Scotland is teaming up with a local authority to combat litter prevention. Working with Fife Council, they are encouraging organisations to prevent litter...

Ambitious £10million development at Glenrothes town centre

A major £10million town centre retail development plan has begun in Glenrothes. The massive investment will begin a legal agreement between the developers and Fife...

Aberdeen youngsters do the light thing over creative proposals

Youngsters in Aberdeen have been sharing their views on proposals to showcase Aberdeen's landmarks, civic spaces and streetscape using creative lighting. Pupils at Middleton Park...

£75,000 funding available for arts projects

Up to £75,000 is being made available to support arts projects in Dumfries and Galloway. The money is available through the Dumfries and Galloway Council...

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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...