We are about to embark on an Autumn tour taking our new display stand with us, although not to Paris as it isn’t allowed there. No motor-bikes involved although having watched Ewan McGregor and Charlie Boorman on their travels it might have been an exciting way to travel. Maybe not too practical though especially trying to use the laptop on the back of it. Probably not too safe either as I have never driven a motor-bike.

I am afraid that we will be polluting the planet and using up the diminishing resources of the world by flying to various venues across Europe. So who is going where?

September 26th to 28th inclusive, Graham and myself at Whisky Live Paris, France
October 2nd to 4th inclusive, myself at Potstill Festival, Amersfoort, Netherlands
October 17th myself at Wild Whisky weekend in Falster, Denmark
October 18th, (to be confirmed) myself at a whisky tasting in Malmo, Sweden
October 19th, myself at a whisky tasting in Copenhagen, Denmark
November 6th to 7th inclusive, Graham and myself at The Whisky Show, London, England
November 20th to 22nd inclusive, myself at inter-whisky, Frankfurt, Germany
November 29th to December 4th inclusive,  myself tour of some whisky clubs, Sweden
Somewhere in the middle of all of that Graham and I are picking up the trophies for the Best Cask Strength Scotch Whisky and the Best 40 Year Old Scotch Whisky at the IWSC banquet in London.

Mhairi meanwhile is holding the fort at the distillery and is taking guided tours round at The Autumn Speyside Whisky Festival on Thursday 24th September and Monday 28th September. She is also taking tours this Saturday on the annual Doors Open Day http://www.doorsopendays.org.uk/opendays/area_programmes.aspx?Page=2&areaid=2&resPP=10

We also have some visits from various celebrities coming up with Martine Nouet and Ian Wisniewski visiting, coincidentally on the same day as Teun van Weel.

I should just take this moment to congratulate Teun on the success of Maltstock and I was extremely disappointed that I had to pull out at the last minute, due to slight illness which I picked up in Africa. I for one am really looking forward to attending next years event.

Slange

Stuart Nickerson

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