LATEST POSTS

Check out the Lindores Abbey chess tournament

Lindores Abbey Distillery is to release a commemorative edition of its Aqua Vitae, Aqua Vitae Thabill, in honour of the all-star chess tournament. The competition...

Solheim Cup 2019 tartan is officially revealed

A specially commissioned tartan to celebrates the Solheim Cup’s return to Scotland has been unveiled. Scotland’s Minister for Public Health, Sport and Wellbeing Joe FitzPatrick...

They have been named as the Best Bar None

The best bars and pubs in the south of Scotland were given the Borders’ Best Bar None award at a grand ceremony in St Boswell....

Enjoy a glass of wine – and get free oysters

The award-winning Le Di-Vin wine bar in Edinburgh recently featured in The Sunday Times top 25 wine bars in the UK. Le Di-Vin is one...

Debut novel explores life by the seaside

Charlotte Runcie’s debut novel explores the effect that the Scottish seaside has had on her life, spanning from child to adulthood, and how the loss...

Mysteries and short stories in Bloody Scotland

Bloody Scotland is a fitting celebration of the buoyant tartan noire genre. This collection of chilling short stories sees 12 of Scotland’s best crime writers...

WHISKY

ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT
SCOTLAND'S NATIONAL DRINK

Ardbeg Smokiverse_2 WEB

Ardbeg Smokiverse explores a new high gravity dimension

Islay-based Ardbeg Distillery has unveiled Ardbeg Smokiverse - its new limited-edition release to mark Ardbeg Day 2025, which takes place on Saturday 31st May as the...
Artist Gina Parr outside Glen Scotia Distillery

Glen Scotia reveals oldest ever whisky – a 50-year-old that’s the first edition in its new Elements series

Glen Scotia has unveiled a 50-year-old as the first edition in its new Elements of Campbeltown collection. The Elements of Campbeltown Collection takes inspiration from...
The Macallan The Tree of Life.

The Macallan unveils single malts inspired by Charles Rennie Mackintosh – including rare 46 Year Old

The Macallan has launched two single malts inspired by Scottish artist Charles Rennie Mackintosh, including a 46 Year Old whisky. Inspired by Mackintosh’s 1902 stained-glass...
TSC--41

A Dram with Ben Curtis, The Single Cask: ‘Older doesn’t always mean better. It’s the cask that makes the whisky’

It has been a busy year for the team at The Single Cask as they opened up their new flagship bar in Singapore and expanded...
Whisky Bothy_Interior 1

Gin Bothy unveils plans for a whisky distillery on a historic smuggling route

Scottish producer Gin Bothy has unveiled plans for a whisky distillery on a historic smuggling route.  The distillery in Glen Prosen, Angus, sits on land...
Taiwan bottles (2)

Scotch Malt Whisky Society releases two new Taiwanese whiskies

The Scotch Malt Whisky Society (SMWS) has released two new Taiwanese whiskies. The whisky club is shining a spotlight on the five-year-old single malt Taiwanese...

Author