KWM Calgary- SALE, SALE, SALE… Ardbeg Day & More! – Whisky News
Greeting from Scotland! I am nine days into a trip through Scotch Land! Today is Day Six of a Speyside and Highlands tour I’m guiding. At present I am writing you from beautiful Inverness, overlooking the River Ness. Before the formal tour I spent three busy days on the west coast in Campbeltown and on Islay. I haven’t had time to blog about it, though I have plenty of notes and pictures to share over the weeks ahead. You can get a taste of my travels by checking out my twitter feed: @scotch_guy. You can get a sense of some of what we’ve been doing, seeing and most importantly, tasting!
Our birthday sale is this weekend, today through Sunday. The sale is in store an on-line only. NO PHONE ORDERS! All of our wines are at least 15% off, all non-SMWS whiskies are at least 10% off, and all of our beers are 5% off. Please note this applies only to in-stock items and not special orders. Details on the whiskies discounted above 10% can be seen below along with sale rules.
Next week is a busy week for tastings. We have an exceptional Tomintoul and Glencadam tasting coming up on Tuesday for the very reasonable price of $55. We will be sampling 7 whiskies including the stunning new Glencadam 21 Year (which I sampled at the distillery Monday) and a stunning Tomintoul 1977 vintage, which retails for $809.99. We sold three bottles of it a few months ago, and we’ve just brought in the last three in the market!
On Friday night the Companions of the Quaich are hosting a special tasting with Beth Havers, brand ambassador for Glenfiddich and Balvenie. The event will feature a very cool deconstruction tasting of the Glenfiddich 15 year Solera, including 4 cask strength barrel samples of Glenfiddich. It will also include a pair of very rare Glenffiddichs including the 1987 Anniversary Vintage, $1,600.00, a couple of other expressions. Please email: scotchguy@kensingtonwinemarket.comfor more details.
Finally, Ardbeg Day is coming up in just over 2 weeks. We have some great events, prizes and whiskies on tap to celebrate the big day. Late morning there will be a friendly Ardbeg Soccer match, registration is $20 and includes a limited t-shirt, swag, and a dram or two. At 2PM, the main show, Ardbeg Day, starts at KWM. We’ll be holding festivities, games a BBQ and tasting in the back parking lot and store. This will be your first opportunity to taste the Ardbeg Auriverdes… Registration is $40, is limited to around 60 participants, and also includes a cocktail and appetizers at the Buchanan’s Chop House after-party. More details below.
I’m home Monday, and will have lots to catch up on. Please note all replies to this email will go to our web manager Christine Lunder. I hope you have a great long weekend, and be sure to check out the sale, it only happens a couple of times a year. And I hope to see you at one of the 3 great events mentioned above over the next two weeks.
Slainte!
Andrew Ferguson
Kensington Wine Market
PS- PS – Don’t forget you can follow me on Twitter: twitter.com/scotch_guy and Facebook: facebook.com/scotch.guy.1 .
www.fergusonwhiskytours.com
SALE, SALE, SALE…!!!
Save 10% on all in stock whiskies, except SMWS, and even more on selected products!
SALE RULES
• Sale will be in store and on-line only, Friday May 16 until Sunday May 18.
• No phone orders, please order over the web, by email or in store.
• All in stock single malts are 10% off save for Scotch Malt Whisky Society bottlings.
• Some whiskies are discounted between 15-30%, please refer to the list below.
• We will honour the pricing on exclusive whiskies we sell out of in store, only.
• Payment must be provided at the time of purchase.
• In the event of a discrepancy in price between this email and our Point of Sale, the latter will be taken as correct.
• Sale prices will not be carried over or applied retroactively.
Save 15%
1. BenRiach 2001 MS Society Cask
2. Duncan Taylor Deanston 1994 KWM Octave
3. Duncan Taylor Mortlach 1995 KWM Octave
4. Duthies Bruichladdich 20 Year
5. Duthies Glen Ord 16 Year
6. Duthies Glen Scotia 12 Year
7. First Editions Littlemill 1988
8. Glen Breton 10 Year
9. Glenfarclas 1991 Cask 5623
10. Kavalan King Car Conductor
11. Kilchoman KWM Cask
12. Master of Malt Highland Park
13. Master of Malt Macallan
14. Master of Malt Springbank
15. Nikka Miyagikyo 15 Year
16. Nikka Yoichi 20 Year
17. Signatory Caol Ila 1982
18. Wilson & Morgan Bowmore 15 Year
19. Wilson & Morgan Caol Ila 30 Year
20. Wilson & Morgan Glen Keith 21 Year
Save 25%
1. BenRiach 1977 Cask 1031
2. BenRiach 1978 Cask 1047
3. BenRiach 2005 ask 3782
4. Benromach 2005 KWM Cask
5. Celebration of the Cask Girvan 1989
6. Dalwhinnie 25 Year
7. G&M Glen Grant 1952 60 Year
8. Glen Spey 21 Year
9. Glenglassaugh Manager’s Legacy
10. Glenglassaugh North American Cask
11. Master of Malt Bowmore
12. Premiere Barrel Highland Park 13 Year
13. Springbank 21 Year
14. Tomintoul 33 Year
Save 30%
1. Chichibu The Peated
2. Glenglassaugh 1972 KWM Cask
Glencadam & Tomintoul Distilleries Tasting
Tuesday May 20 – 7PM – $55 – Featuring the Tomintoul 1977 ($809.99)
We’ve put together a special lineup of 7 whiskies for our tasting with Bob Kyle of Rare Drams. There’s a trio of Tomintouls, including the stunning 1977, a pair of Glencadams, including the new 21 year and two even rarer treats from Celebration of the Cask!
Call 403-283-8000 to register or visit our website Tasting Page.
Ardbeg Day 2014
Festivities Kick Off Saturday May 31
As Canada’s first Ardbeg Embassy, Kensington Wine Market is playing host to Ardbeg Day Festivities in Calgary May 31. The distillery’s Ardbeg Day release this year is the Auriverdes, or Green and Gold. This is a nod to the World Cup of Soccer in Brazil, but also to Ardbeg’s iconic green bottle and golden nectar. The theme this year is soccer, and that will be no different here in Calgary. We’re organizing a match of Ardbeg Green vs. Gold soccer at a field near Kensington Wine Market. Participation costs $20, but will include a special t-shirt, some swag and a dram or two. Two teams of 15 will be assembled in the school yard fashion from those who register. Limited to 28 participants. It’s been a wild spring here, and in the Scottish tradition the game will go ahead come bad or worse weather!
Later in the day festivities will to the Kensington Wine Market where we’ll be hosting fun activities between 2 and 5. There Ardbeg range will be available for tasting, along with new Auriverdes and some Ardbeg cocktails. Braizen Meats will be on hand serving up BBQ and there will be fun games. Registration costs $40 and is limited to around 60 participants. You need not register for one to participate in the other. The Kensington event registration includes a cocktail and appetizers at Buchanan’s Chophouse which is hosting the after party, from 5PM on.
Don’t hesitate in purchasing your Ardbeg Day tickets. Events are expected to fill quickly.
1. Ardbeg Day Soccer Match – 11:30-1:30 Saturday May 31 – Limited to 28 Participants – $20
2. Ardbeg Day at KWM – 2:00-5:00 Saturday May 31 – Limited to 60-80 Participants – $40
Call 403-283-8000 to register or do so on our website at https://www.kensingtonwinemarket.com/tastings/register.php.
Ferguson Whisky Tours
Follow me as I travel the Speyside Next Week May 11-16
or
Join me for Islay September 7-13 2014 or Kentucky October 5-10 2014
I will be tweeting my way across Scotland in the days ahead, and blogging when possible for the store and my whisky tour website.
Interested in joining me on one of my fantastic whisky adventures? It’s too late to join me in Speyside this May, but not too late to take part in my Islay and Kentucky Tours, departing in September and October respectively. More details on these tours will be available on my website in the coming weeks. www.fergusonwhiskytours.com
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Contact & Disclaimers
If you have any whisky questions or comments concerning The Malt Messenger please contact me by e-mail, phone, or drop by the store.
All of the products mentioned in THE MALT MESSENGER can be purchased in store, over the phone or from our website at www.kensingtonwinemarket.com. All prices quoted in the Malt Messenger are subject to change, don’t include GST. In the case of discrepancies in pricing, the price in our in store point of sale will be taken as correct.
Thanks for reading the Malt Messenger.
Slainte!
Andrew Ferguson
Manager & Scotchguy
Kensington Wine Market
403-283-8000
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
www.kensingtonwinemarket.com
Owner & Opperator
Ferguson’s Whisky Tours
www.fergusonwhiskytours.com
scotchguide@fergusonwhiskytours.com
Kensington Wine Market
403-283-8000
