The Whisky Week That Was
This week there have been a few things going on about whisky - I’m glad to say. Below are some of the highlights from our point of view.
Australian Court Case over Naming of Whisky
Down under the court has been deciding in the case between ‘Glenn Oaks’ and the Scottish Whisky Association (SWA). The SWA petitioned the court that the use of the word ‘Glenn’ in the name of this Australian Whisky was alluding to the Whisky being from Scotland as is used in brands such as Glenfiddich, Glenmorangie and Glenlivet.
The court ruled in favour of the SWA - full discussion can be found here (you need to scroll down a bit to get to this ruling).
The Wild Scotsman
Fantastic name for a site about Whisky- the Wild Scotsman. Until this week I’d never heard about it. Steadily over lunch this week I’ve been having a wee wander round the site and I’ve picked out a few of my favourite pieces:
Whisky Blog Post of the Week
Dr Whisky is again doing reviews of whiskies at an alarming rate of knots! It’s probably just jealousy on my part more than anything :p The Dr Whisky review of the Benromach Organic Whisky has made me want to go out and buy some of this for a friend’s birthday - seems right up his street.
Slainte
admin on February 12th 2008 in Whisky Blogs, Whisky News, Whisky
