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GLENFIDDICH, THE WORLD’S MOST AWARDED SCOTCH WHISKY, ANNOUNCES THE OPEN CALL FOR APPLICATIONS

FOR THE PRESTIGEOUS GLENFIDDICH ARTISTS-IN-RESIDENCE PROGRAM,

A PRIZE THAT AWARDS A CANADIAN ARTIST A THREE-MONTH RESIDENCY IN SCOTLAND.

The coveted Glenfiddich Artists in Residence Program in Canada is officially accepting applicants for the 2022 prize until January 25, 2022.

Glenfiddich, the world’s most awarded scotch whisky officially invites Canadian artists living and working in Canada to submit applications for the prestigious 2022 Glenfiddich Artists in Residence Prize valued at over $20,000 CAD.

Celebrated in art communities as one of the most coveted artist residencies in the world, the Glenfiddich Artist in Residence Program is a three-month all-expenses paid residency at the Glenfiddich Distillery in Dufftown, Scotland.  The annual prize for the artist includes three months of income, all-inclusive travel and accommodations, project materials, and the opportunity to foster cross-disciplinary ideas while working with an international art community from around the world.

“The Glenfiddich Artist in Residency program provides a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Canadian artists looking to create and showcase their work on a global scale,” comments Claire May, Senior Brand Manager, Glenfiddich.  “Glenfiddich in Canada is proud to present this incredible opportunity to Canadian artists for the sixteenth year.”

Open to Canadian artists who live and work in Canada, applicants must complete a five-part application that includes an outline of how inspiration will be drawn from the distillery and the work they envision creating.  Applications must also include a short project proposal, a current CV, a short artist statement, 5 to 15 images (or a three-minute video highlighting their artistic practice), and a required questionnaire supplied by Glenfiddich.  Completed applications must be submitted by midnight eastern standard time on January 25, 2022.

“Providing the opportunity for Canadian artists to collaborate and create in the scenic Scottish highlands is an honour we respect highly,” comments Andy Fairgrieve, Artists in Residence Co-ordinator, William Grant & Sons.  “Each year brings a new selection of passionate artists, and each year we are greatly impressed by the work they create.”

Every year, the Glenfiddich Artist-in-Residence Program receives over 200 applicants, each carefully reviewed from a jury of some of Canada’s most prominent members of the art community.  The 2022 jury includes Michelle Jacques, Head of Exhibitions and Collections & Chief Curator at Remai Modern in Saskatoon; David Diviney, the senior curator at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia in Halifax; Michelle Schultz, Executive Director of Latitude 53 in Edmonton; Stefan Hancherow, Associate Art Curator for RBC in Toronto; Collin Zipp, the director of Platform in Winnipeg; Ivan Jurakic, Director of the University of Waterloo Art Gallery; and the Canadian 2008 Glenfiddich Artists in Residence Prize recipient, Dave Dyment.

“The support for the winning Artists-in-Residence extends far beyond the financial,” comments Dyment.  “Artists have the assistance, resources and the distinctive highland hospitality to produce strong work while enjoying the uniquely idyllic environment.  My time in residency with Glenfiddich was among the best three months of my life and it is an honour to continue the tradition with Canadian artists annually.”

Globally, the Glenfiddich Artist-in-Residence Program has awarded over a hundred artists from countries such as Australia, Chile, China, India, Mexico, Nigeria, Poland, Scotland, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Taiwan, the UK, the US, and Canada since its inception in 2002.  Past winning Canadian artists include Annie Pootoogook, Daniel Barrow, Myfanwy MacLeod, Damian Moppett, Rhonda Weppler & Trevor Mahovsky, Jon Sasaki, Eleanor King, Lee Henderson, Vanessa Maltese, Christof Migone & Marla Hlady, and most recently Dean Baldwin Lew.  Winning mediums of work have spanned painting, sculpture, sound art, video, photography, performance, and installation.

“I’ve found myself longing for the place and the extended experience I gained at the Glenfiddich distillery during my residency,” adds Montreal artist, Dean Baldwin Lew.  “The new connections formed with the other resident artists are especially important, yet the solitude and focus that the residency provides is such a rare and special gift.”

The Summer of 2022 will mark the 21^st anniversary of the global Glenfiddich Artist in Residence program and the 16^th anniversary of the Glenfiddich Artist in Residence program in Canada.  Submissions are accepted from today, until 12:00 a.m. EST on January 25, 2022. The winning Canadian artist will be announced in March 2022.

For more information about the Artist in Residency program, please visit www.glenfiddich.com/ca/artistsinresidence.

For more information regarding Glenfiddich in Canada, please visit glenfiddich.alchemystsinc.com.

To learn more about the world of Glenfiddich globally, please visit www.glenfiddich.com.

CASKSHARE APPOINTS FLAVOURLY AS NEW FULFILMENT PARTNER

Online cask spirits marketplace, Caskshare has agreed a new partnership with expert drinks sellers, Flavourly. The new deal will see Flavourly provide logistics, packaging and courier relationships for Caskshare’s ever growing whisky community and retail services.

Since its launch earlier this year, Caskshare has been bringing an array of specialist casks to the market, revolutionising the way that consumers engage with distilleries and cask owners to experience single cask whiskies, a bottle at a time. Meaning whisky lovers can enjoy and build a portfolio of cask spirits at a fraction of the price of an entire cask.

Buyers can choose from a wide range of liquids and cask varieties, from more traditional ex-Bourbon to innovative casks such as Barossa Valley ex-red wine and Tokaji Aszú casks, all of which are uniquely imparted with distinctive flavours and aromas.

Experts in selling craft beer online, Flavourly launched their Fulfilled By Flavourly service earlier this year, with behemoth Innis & Gunn one of the first users. The Fulfilled By Flavourly model sees drinks brands benefit from Flavourly’s logistics expertise, established courier relationships and award winning service reputation. The Fulfilled By Flavourly fulfilment service helps brands to increase capacity without increasing service costs.

Caskshare is opening up the often-intimidating world of single malt whisky and making cask owning available to all. The whisky provider will continue their customer relations and the running of their website, but the new partnership will allow Caskshare to focus on its online curation of whiskies and community building while Flavourly manages courier and logistical services.

David Nicol, founder of Caskshare commented: “Partnering with Flavourly offers us the ability to focus on engaging with whisky fans and industry partners whilst having Flavourly focus on scalable and timely logistics. Our technical integration means that we are running an efficient and well-integrated platform that can take orders from our Caskshare platform directly into Flavourly’s logistics capabilities.”

Ali Stewart, CEO, Flavourly commented: “Our ‘Fulfilled by Flavourly’ model allows Caskshare to focus on the exciting task of opening up the cask ownership sector, safe in the knowledge that their delivery needs are fully covered by our best in class logistics service.”

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*UPCOMING RELEASE* FRENCH OAK EX-TAWNY TD0281

French Oak ex-Tawny TD0281

“The classic Sullivans trifecta is brilliantly on display: citrus, licorice and brine. Perfectly paired with Tawny, and held together with the fine hold of French oak. Exciting and balanced.”
-Heather Tillott, Distillery Manager.

Our French oak whiskies are coveted world-wide for their incredible flavour, character, and excellence. TD0281 spent 13 years and 2 months maturing in a 300 litre French oak cask, previously used to mature Tawny; yielding 420 bottles.

Tasting Notes

We’re in unmistakable Tawny territory – rich date, caramel and honey on pancakes are followed by gentle notes of frangipani and lamingtons. Chocolate bullets, berries and citrus continue from the palate to the finish; leading to a burst of sherbet, Turkish Delight, batch brew coffee and dark chocolate.

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TD0281 will be released via ballot on Wednesday, 15 December 2021.

The ballot will open for 24 hours from 10AM Hobart time on 15 December 2021. Further details, with a link to enter the ballot will be sent via email prior to the ballot opening.

A note on our ballot system 

Our policy is one entry per person, per household. Our fraud detection algorithm detects multiple entries and removes them to ensure our whisky lands in the hands of our genuine supporters, so to ensure your entry counts, please enter once only. We appreciate your continued support and understand the disappointment in missing out on our incredibly limited whisky releases. We want you to know that if you miss out on a release, the chance of your success in a future ballot will continue to increase until you secure a bottle. While we can never guarantee success in specific ballots, we do everything we can to ensure our whiskies make their way into the hands of our loyal supporters. If you have any questions around our ballot process, you can email us at info@sullivanscove.com Successful entries will be notified shortly after the ballot closes.

Laphroaig 8 Year Old

New release from Morrison Scotch Whisky, a smokey 2013 vintage from Laphroaig, Williamson 8 Year Old 2013 vintage Islay single malt Scotch whisky distilled at Laphroaig. Matured in hogsheads bottled 2021 by Morrison Scotch Whisky Distillers for the Strictly Limited series. 780 bottles. MAXIMUM 1 BOTTLE PER CUSTOMER.

A malt that has been made for those cold Winter evenings, this 8-year-old not available in Europe explodes with bonfire smoke and salty seaweed with a gentle sweetness on the finish. The perfect present for any peat lover this Christmas.

Laphroaig Distillery was established in 1815 on the rocky south coast of the Isle of Islay off the west coast of Scotland. This malt whisky distillery continues to malt barley using its traditional malting floors and malt kiln. In 1994 the distillery was awarded the Royal Warrant. The core range is quite extensive and supplemented by limited releases including a 21 year old was issued in 2015 to celebrate 21 years of Friends of Laphroaig. Independent bottlings are also available from Signatory, Cooper’s Choice and Hunter Laing. Laphroaig distillery also participates in Feis Ile, the Islay Festival of Malt and Music.

Laphroaig – MAXIMUM 1 BOTTLE PER CUSTOMER

Shop Now – £65 / €64* / $72* / c$91*

Just landed: Fettercairn 16 Year Old 2nd Release 2021

The anticipated second release in the annual 16-year-old series from the Highland distillery is aged in a tasty combination of Oloroso casks and rare first-fill Palo Cortado sherry butts. This interesting maturation combined with Fettercairn’s unique distilling methods and signature tropical fruit style of spirit brings complexity in soft spices and toffee sweetness to this more-ish dram. Get one whilst they’re hot! A dram with a rich honey and bronze colour. The nose opens with sugared almonds, dried fruits and oak notes. Tropical fruits lead the palate with ripe mango, citrus zest, apricots and raisins balanced with walnut, mocha and liquorice notes. The finish lingers with salted caramel and gingerbread

Available now £69.99 →

If you’re looking for hard-to-find whiskies, fine spirits, lost treasures from your favourite distillery or a unique gift for a connoisseur, our unrivalled selection of old and rare spirits is the perfect place to start.  Discover some of our top ten old and rare whiskies and spirits for December, specially selected by The Whisky Exchange co-founder Sukhinder Singh.

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Doc Swinson’s K&L Exclusive Barrel #0272 Cask Strength Single Barrel Bourbon Straight Bourbon Whiskey (750ml)

$54.99

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From the start we’ve had a great relationship with the wonderful team at Doc’s. While they’ve offered us incredible diversity of exceptionally crafted bourbon and rye, as well as some extremely rare older batches, one key category has not yet been offered, the Cask Strength Single Barrel. Doc Swinson is one of those visionary brands that was able to secure stocks from the excellent distillery in southern Indiana before the prices of their young stock began to sky rocket. Now a days if you don’t already have a contract, you’re going to have a very difficult time selling 5-6 year old stock at the crucial $50-60 price point. Many people seek out age and equate that with quality and therefore are willing to pay much more if the age statement reflects some preceived value. But there’s a reason they’ll still tell you in Kentucky, “after 6 years, it’s all down hill.” There’s a vibrancy and depth of flavor that these mid-aged stocks have in spades that some older stocks lack. Not to say that older bourbon is by any means bad, but to get the balance and zest that these barrels display is extremely rare. This juicy little barrel was distilled in 2016 and bottled at a perfect cask strength of 111 proof. It’s simply delicious with aromas of sticky caramel, pungent barrel spice and sweet dried fruit.

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World’s first 100% community-owned distillery launches first whisky 

GlenWyvis Distillery’s inaugural release Single Malt Whisky is the first whisky to be made in Dingwall in almost a century

Embargoed Friday 10^th December 2021, 00:01; The world’s first 100% community-owned distillery, GlenWyvis Distillery, has launched its first-ever whisky.

3,600 individually numbered bottles of the three-year-old GlenWyvis Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky have been allocated to GlenWyvis Distillery shareholders, whose investment enabled the build and development of the distillery. 

A further 2,000 bottles were available to pre-order in October 2020 and sold out almost immediately. 200 bottles will also be available at selected local retailers and on-trade premises throughout Scotland.

Made from a batch of 18 casks, including 15 first fill ex-Tennessee whiskey (80%), two first-fill ex-Moscatel (15%) and one refill Hogshead (5%), the grain-forward whisky showcases the unique fruitiness of extra-long fermentation. The whisky is 50% ABV, non-chill filtered, and no colouring added.

The nose of the whisky is light and floral with a hint of malty sweetness. The palate brings a burst of rich stone-fruit, giving way to brown sugar, with a finish of lingering vanilla balanced with ripe orchard fruit.

GlenWyvis Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky is the first whisky to be produced in Dingwall in almost 100 years, with the last whisky distillery, Ben Wyvis, closing its doors in 1926.

Matthew Farmer, Distillery Manager at GlenWyvis Distillery, said: “We are so excited to be launching GlenWyvis Distillery’s first whisky. Our journey over the past few years and the creation of GlenWyvis Distillery is thanks to our many shareholders so it is only fitting that they will be among the first to try our first whisky.

“The 2018 distillation of 18 casks has produced a delicious whisky. Young whisky brings you so close to the grain – this is the first step, and it is pure GlenWyvis. This first step is part of a long journey for GlenWyvis Distillery, and I can’t wait to see where it takes us.”

Board Chairman David Graham added: “Present and past directors will join me in expressing real pride and admiration for the dedicated GlenWyvis team on reaching this significant milestone and producing Dingwall’s first whisky in almost 100 years.

“Our small team has worked with passion to produce a fantastic product for all our shareholders and customers, and I look forward to raising a dram to each and every one of them and to the future of GlenWyvis Distillery.”

For further information on GlenWyvis Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky, please visit: www.glenwyvis.com

Notes 

Tasting notes 

NOSE: Light and floral, with a hint of malty sweetness.

PALATE: A burst of rich stone-fruit, giving way to brown sugar.

FINISH: A long, lingering vanilla balanced with ripe orchard fruit.

50% ABV, non-chill filtered, no colouring added.

The bottle

The design of the GlenWyvis Whisky bottles is inspired by the local area. On each bottle you will see contour lines – this is a map of Ben Wyvis, the mountain that is the backdrop to the distillery. You will also see birds on the bottle – these are Red Kites, a majestic bird of prey with a forked tail that you will often see around the distillery and the surrounding area.

In addition, the bottle is finished with a natural cork stopper and all of its packaging is recyclable. 

About GlenWyvis Distillery

Nestled beneath the sprawling mass of Ben Wyvis in the Scottish Highlands, GlenWyvis Distillery was established in 2015. The idea was to unite the community of Dingwall through the creation of a distillery principally owned by local people.

Dingwall’s last whisky distillery closed in 1926. After a 90-year absence, GlenWyvis Distillery revived the town’s lost distilling tradition, and made its own history in 2016 by running a record-breaking open share offer. More than 3,000 like-minded people invested in GlenWyvis to create the first ever 100% community-owned distillery.

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