Shelter Point Distillery Newsletter 

 Greetings Shelter Point fans!

Pat Dunlop here, I’m the newest addition to the Shelter Point team. I’ll be handing a number of jobs here at the Distillery, including communications and updates in these newsletters.

With the advent of spring, things are just beginning to ramp up here at the Shelter Point Distillery Farm. We’ll be prepping the fields for another planting and growing season over the next few weeks, as we move into longer days and warmer weather.

On the tastings and tour side of things here at the Distillery: with the B.C. government’s announcement of temporary indoor dining and event restrictions, we’re looking to increase our volume of Virtual Tastings moving forward to accommodate increased demand. Virtual Tastings are $65 and include five 50ml samples of our award winning whiskies, delivered to your door and ready to sample along with a group of friends & new acquaintances, and are hosted by members of the Shelter Point team, including Distiller Leon Webb, and Distillery Manager Jacob Wiebe. For more information and for booking, please visit https://shelterpoint.ca/distillery-tour-booking/

Cheers and stay tuned to our newsletter for further updates and announcements regarding events, new releases and more fun goings on here at Shelter Point!

For all the latest news and information visit our website at www.shelterpoint.ca

The Scotch Malt Whisky Society, The Vaults, 87 Giles Street, Leith EH6 6BZ

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This is your chance to join and to take advantage of their great offers!

Spot the SMWS bottles in this amusing You Tube video

Doc Swinson’s 15 Year Old “Rare Release” Batch #10/11 Exploratory Cask Series Nonchillfiltered

Small Batch Cask Strength Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey (750ml) $159.99 View

92 points Whisky Advocate

 Richly oaked, its maturity is evident in the walnut, cigar box, burnt sugar, toasted marshmallow, and waxy furniture polish notes. On the palate, it pours rich, dense, and chewy with sweet treacle balanced against tobacco leaf. Mouth-coating and warming with generous proof, figgy fruit, and cinnamon on the mid-palate, culminating in a finish of bitter chocolate and fine wood tannins. (JL, Fall 2020) 

Email: wine@klwines.com
Phone: (877) KL-WINES (Toll Free 877.559.4637)
K&L Wine Merchants 3005 El Camino Real Redwood City, CA 94061 USA
San Francisco, Redwood City, Hollywood CA

NEW WORLD RECORD PRICES:

– The Macallan holds dominant position in spirits market, totaling 7% of all wine and spirits sales at $6.4 million

– Digital transformation results in 20 online auctions and 21 live, compared to just 6 online and 21 live in 2019

– 84% of lots offered across live and online auctions purchased by online bidders
– #1 worldwide in single owner auctions, with 13 sales accounting for 54% of global sales figure

– Bottle of Japanese Whisky: Karuizawa 52 Year Old Zodiac Rat Cask 51.8 abv 1960, sold in London for $435,273

– Bottle of The Dalmore: 62 Year Old The Mackenzie and The Cromarty 40.0 abv. NV, each sold in London for $324,445

About Sotheby’s

Established in 1744, Sotheby’s is the world’s premier destination for art and luxury.  Sotheby’s promotes access, connoisseurship and preservation of fine art and rare objects through auctions and buy-now channels including private sales, e-commerce and retail. Our trusted global marketplace is supported by an industry-leading technology platform and a network of specialists spanning 40 countries and 50 categories, which include Contemporary Art, Modern and Impressionist Art, Old Masters, Chinese Works of Art, Jewelry, Watches, Wine and Spirits, and Interiors, among many others.

Sotheby’s Wine’s annual worldwide auction sales of wine and spirits totaled an outstanding $92 million in 2020, with over 15,000 lots sold across 41 sales – a nearly 50% increase in the number of auctions held in 2019. Over $60 million of wine and spirits were sold to online bidders in 2020 versus $28 million in 2019, with 85% of all lots offered finding online buyers. Demonstrating continued strength in Asia, Sotheby’s led the market in the region for the third consecutive year, with over 70% of the total bid amount in all Wine and Spirits sales attributed to collectors in Asia.

Sotheby’s Wine’s has had the privilege of auctioning numerous record-breaking spirits in recent years, with 2020 alone witnessing new world auction records for any bottle of Japanese whisky, any bottle of whisky produced by the Dalmore Distillery. Sotheby’s Wine currently holds the world records for any whisky collection ever sold at auction.

*Estimates do not include buyer’s premium. Prices achieved include the hammer price plus buyer’s premium and are net of any fees paid to the purchaser where the purchaser provided an irrevocable bid.

Stream live auctions and place bids in real time, discover the value of a work of art, browse sale catalogues, view original content and more at sothebys.com, and by downloading Sotheby’s apps for iOS and Android.

Ardbeg “Corryvreckan” Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky (750ml) (Elsewhere $82)

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96 points Whisky Advocate

 Powerful, muscular, well-textured, and invigorating. Even within the realm of Ardbeg, this one stands out. The more aggressive notes of coal tar, damp kiln, anise, and smoked seaweed are supported by an array of fruit (black raspberry, black cherry, plum), dark chocolate, espresso, molasses, bacon fat, kalamata olive, and warming cinnamon on the finish. Quite stunning! (JH, Fall 2009) 

K&L Notes

2009 Scotch Whisky of the Year from the Malt Advocate. Named for Europe’s largest whirlpool, this whisky is now available on a full-time basis, having replaced the beloved Beist. Like the whirlpool, Ardbeg Corryvreckan is heady, intense and powerful. Its finish is long and deep, leaving the sipper with a lingering, mysterious and enticing taste. It is without a doubt one of the best Ardbegs ever created and lends a bit of richness to balance out the spicy flavors. Lots of peat, lots of power, but always perfectly balanced. A malt to really savor.

Email: wine@klwines.com
Phone: (877) KL-WINES (Toll Free 877.559.4637)
K&L Wine Merchants 3005 El Camino Real Redwood City, CA 94061 USA
San Francisco, Redwood City, Hollywood CA

We are thrilled to announce the Glengoyne Distillery Shop will re-open from Monday 5th April following the latest Scottish Government announcement. The distillery’s fantastic Tasting Experiences and Malt Master will resume from 17th May.

STAY LOCAL, SHOP LOCAL

Whilst our distillery experiences will not be available until the 17th May, we are delighted to still welcome locals from surrounding towns to enjoy a shopping experience while taking in the picturesque surroundings of our beautiful distillery.

GLENGOYNE SHOP

THE PERFECT GIFT ON YOUR DOORSTEP

Come and see our multi-award whisky in all its sustainable glory, including the Legacy Series: Chapter Two, Cask Strength Batch No. 008 and our Fine and Rare collection. The ‘Time Capsule’ gift sets are also available in-store, including our award-winning 12 Year Old, the limited Legacy Series: Chapter Two and our 18 Year Old. Each gift set comes with three bottles and is available in 5cl or 20cl sizes.

GIFT COLLECTION

What’s New?…

Long time no see! Literally…

I hope you are all safe and well and staying sane.

I wanted to update you on where we are in terms of physical and virtual events, as it has been some time since I last emailed you.

With the government’s easing of lock-down, and the ‘end-game’ date of the 21st June approaching, we are keen to get out and about again, as I am sure you are too.

We have some ideas of what we would like to do, but it matters not a bit if it does not fit with what you want and need.

To this end, we would love it if you can help us shape what the future of our events looks like. We want you to come and see us, but we want you to feel safe in doing so.

Therefore this email is all about research and getting your more valuable than ever feedback. We would be massively grateful if you could take a look at the 10 question survey in the ‘Survey Monkey’ by clicking the button below.

Please take the survey!

Bristol, London & Edinburgh 2021

If you have tickets for any of these events, you should be receiving a separate email from us via Eventbrite, our ticket platform, today.
It is not, unfortunately, possible for these events to go ahead in their current form or date, so we have given you some possible options that hopefully will satisfy.

Festival in a Box 2021

On the back of the success of our first virtual whisky festival last October, we are planning our follow-up on the weekend of the 18th, 19th and 20th June. Whilst I cannot give you too much detail right now, plans are well in motion and we hope that as many of you will join us for this fantastic event.
Plus, if you have a festival ticket to Bristol, London or Edinburgh, you can put the value of this towards the festival pack.

We will also be re-starting our regular online tastings, so there will be plenty for you to go at whilst we are still in this limbo!

Keep an eye out for more details soon…

Autumn 2021 Festivals

We have plans and dates in place for Liverpool, Manchester and York in September, October and November. We will be releasing more info on these in due course, but just to say that we will be honouring tickets bought for the 2020 festivals that were postponed.

That’s it. No sales patter, no ‘click here to buy’, just a genuine catch-up and appeal for you to give us your thoughts.

Don’t forget to catch up on the latest whisky news from Connas HERE and we look forward to seeing you – on-line – soon!

In the meantime – Stay Safe. Stay in. Have a dram.

Sláinte and best wishes,
Eddie, and the whole Whisky Lounge Team

Beam Suntory to Invest in £6 Million Restoration and Upgrade of Glen Garioch’s Distillery in Oldmeldrum

If you’re ever looking for a new bottle, our Top 10s are a great place to start. Carefully curated every month to showcase an collection of our favourite whiskies, there’s always a mixture of new bottlings and old classics.

For March, our Top 10 Whiskies has been shaped to show off some of our favourite Irish drams to mark St. Patrick’s Day. Irish whiskey is often differentiated from other styles by its fruity flavours and easy-drinking characteristics – a perfect middle-ground between the sweet-caramel and spicy flavours of bourbon, and fruity, malty Scotch whiskies.

Whether you’re looking to branch out from your go-to drams or you’re already an established Irish whiskey afficionado, come and treat yourself to something special from this month’s Top 10 Whiskies.

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