For Immediate Release
Contact: Svend Jansen

Public Relations Manager

Brown-Forman Corporation

502-774-7825

Canadian Mist Whisky Announces “Double Gold” Sweepstakes

Winner Will Travel to San Francisco for a Chance at Big Cash

Louisville, Ky. (September 14, 2009)  –  At the 2009 San Francisco World Spirits Competition, only one Canadian whisky brought home the coveted Double Gold Medal: Canadian Mist. Now consumers will have the opportunity to bring home their own “Double Gold” in the Canadian Mist Whisky “Double Gold” sweepstakes.

Consumers can register online at www.canadianmist.com/doublegold for the chance to win a trip for two to San Francisco from February 18-21, including roundtrip airfare and lodging.

While in San Francisco, the randomly selected winner will be taken to a pre-designated location where he or she will have one hour to search for up to 100 gold-colored coins numbered 1-100. After the search, he or she will select 10 coins from all the coins they find. If the two numbers randomly drawn before the search match the numbers on two of the winner’s selected coins, the contestant will win two gold bars valued at over $700,000.

 “This sweepstakes will give one lucky consumer the chance of a lifetime to win two gold bars that could change their life forever,” said Alan George, Brand Director for Canadian Mist Whisky. “With Canadian Mist bringing home Gold Medals at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition in three of the last four years, this sweepstakes reinforces the superior quality and exceptional value it brings to our consumers on a daily basis.”

Entries must be received by October 31, 2009 in order to be eligible for the drawing. You must be of legal drinking age and a legal resident of the United States to enter. Visit www.canadianmist.com/doublegold for more information or to fill out an entry form.

About Canadian Mist

Canadian Mist is an award-winning whisky distilled in Collingwood, Ontario with water from the pure Georgian Bay. Brown-Forman Corporation is a diversified producer and marketer of fine quality consumer products, including Jack Daniel’s, Canadian Mist, Southern Comfort, Finlandia Vodka, Early Times, Old Forester, Fetzer Wine and Korbel California Champagnes. For more information, visit www.canadianmist.com.

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Enjoy Life. Drink Mist Responsibly.

Imported and Bottled by Brown-Forman Beverages, Canadian Whisky, A Blend, 40% Alc. by Volume, Louisville, KY ©2009 CANADIAN MIST is a registered trademark.

Svend Jansen

PR Manager – Canadian Mist, Early Times & Old Forester

Brown-Forman

850 Dixie Highway

Louisville, KY 40210

Office, (502) 774-7825

Mobile, (502) 744-0462

svend_jansen@b-f.com

A NUMBER of fine and rare BenRiach and GlenDronach malts are set to be one of the highlights of Whisky Live Paris this month.
 
French whisky lovers are looking forward to sampling some of the vintage expressions which have been maturing in GlenDronach’s Aberdeenshire distillery over the last forty years.
 
Regional Sales Director James Cowan said: “Whisky Live provides the ultimate whisky experience and continues to be one of the leading consumer and trade-based whisky shows globally.
 
“France has long been regarded as the leading Scotch Whisky market worldwide and it is essential that we have our brands on display on this key date in the annual calendar of events.
 
“Although the majority of whisky sold in France is blended whisky, single malt Scotch Whisky is fast becoming a fashionable beverage within the young to middle-aged consumer groups. We hope that both BenRiach and GlenDronach will be well received by all those who visit the stand over the exhibition weekend.
 
“This year’s exhibition has significant interest to us and we will be showcasing the newly-released GlenDronach 15-year-old and 18-year-old expressions together with some fine and rare vintage editions which will appeal to all malt whisky enthusiasts and collectors alike.”
 
Amongst many of the products being presenting are:
 
BenRiach 12yo ‘Sherry Wood’ matured
 
BenRiach 16yo
 
Birnie Moss ‘non aged’
 
GlenDronach 15yo

GlenDronach 18yo
 
In addition, James and his team will be sampling some astonishing vintage expressions from 1971, 1972 and 1996.
 
WhiskyLive Paris takes place at Pavillon Gabriel, 5 avenue Gabriel, 75008 Paris, from Saturday 26 – Monday 28 September 2009.
 
Ends                                       14 September 2009
 
INFORMATION – James Cowan, 01324 682220

http://www.glendronachdistillery.com/

http://www.benriachdistillery.co.uk/

http://www.whiskylive.fr/index.php

Springbank Society Newsletter Part 2

Poor Ranald didn’t get a chance to put his contribution into the newsletter, and we don’t wish to offend him, so he’s getting one all to himself (well nearly).

Out and about

Ranald is going to have a very busy few weeks with lots of whisky fairs and tastings around the world. He will be at the Stockholm Beer and Whisky Festival on the weekends of September 17th-19th and 24th-26th, and in between those dates he will be holding tastings for whisky clubs around Sweden. Ranald will be in Soderkoping on Sunday 20th September, Kalmar on the 21st, Helsingborg on the 22nd and Malmo on the 23rd.
He’ll then have a few days at home to recover before heading to America for a week of tastings in Chicago, Las Vegas and Los Angeles before attending Whisky Fest San Francisco on Friday 16th October.
Then it’ll be off to Milan in Italy for the Milano Whisky Festival at the end of October and back to the USA for some work on the East Coast around Whisky Fest New York on Tuesday 10th November.
If you would like more information on any of these forthcoming events just get in touch and we’ll give you any information that we can.

Next Society Bottle

For those members who go onto the Forum you will have seen that we are having a wee “tasting panel” to give some members a chance to make a contribution to the chosing of the next cask for the Society bottle.   The panel has been chosen – it was the first 20 Society members who posted a reply on the Forum, and very quick you had to be to be amongst the first 20.

We plan on doing things like this on a regular basis, so, as well as getting a newsletter, there will be features in the Forum for members to get involved in.

If you are not a regular visitor to the Forum, and would like to be involved in future happenings, get yourself on at www.springbankwhisky.com and join in.   You never know you might be lucky to get on the next panel.

Slainte

Janet
for Springbank Society

To join the Springbank Society please contact Janet at society@springbankwhisky.com
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Registered in Scotland, registration number 3582
Tel :   + 44(0) 1586 552009   Fax :  + 44(0) 1586 553232  website  http://www.springbankwhisky.com

GlenDronach malt whisky is set to benefit from a major £7m investment this autumn.
 
It’s part of the strategy by the owners of the Aberdeenshire distillery to restore the malt to its former glory and accelerate its growth in new markets worldwide.
 
Forty years ago, GlenDronach was amongst the top five most popular malts in the world. Now a £5m investment in sherry casks over the next four years and a further £2m on brand promotion and extra staff will boost the sleeping giant, says MD Billy Walker.
 
“In recent years, GlenDronach has fallen out of view but it has maintained a kind of cult status. This new investment returns it to centre-stage.
 
“It’s testament to our ambitions as a small, niche distiller. We are making sure the whisky coming through is of the highest quality and the new sherry casks will be at the heart of maturation, imbuing the whisky with its distinctively sweet, fragrant and fruity taste.”
 
When Mr Walker and his associates bought GlenDronach last year, there were less than 20,000 bottles sold worldwide. This year, having added a number of new expressions like the 15 and 18 year-old, GlenDronach will sell around 150,000 bottles. By 2014, the aim is to sell some 250,000 bottles.
 
The company currently employs thirty people and is now looking for a further five.
 
Mr Walker added: “We’re pursuing our dream – to sell fine malt whisky all over the world and put GlenDronach back where it belongs.”
 
Pic shows GlenDronach’s Regional Sales Director Alistair Walker.
 
ends                                       11 September 2009
 
INFORMATION – Alistair Walker, 01324 682220 http://www.glendronachdistillery.com/

You can also read the full release at the www.responsesource.com website:
http://www.responsesource.com/releases/rel_display.php?relid=mAQEA

Press Trip to New Orleans with exclusive celebrity interviews and images

09 September 2009

Slice PR is organising a press trip on behalf of Southern Comfort (28th-30th Sept TBC) to celebrate its New Orleans heritage.

Southern Comfort is 135 years old and we are looking for three journalists who would be interested in attending the trip and featuring this heritage story. The trip includes an iconic photo shoot featuring three music acts:
Jack Penate, Remi Nicole and Sophie Ellis Bextor – TBC. You will receive these images as exclusives and also have interview time with your chosen celebrity. 

New Orleans has various interesting angles such as Voodoo, music and the first cocktail was made in New Orleans! We can work with you to decide suitable angles and accommodate these through events/ tours whilst in New Orleans

We require resulting coverage to appear before Christmas.

If you are interested, please contact me ASAP as timings are near!

Thanks,

Holly Jeffries

0203 128 6644

FOUR GlenDronach casks are scheduled to be specially bottled for the Danish market and will go on sale in Denmark in October.
 
Regional Sales Director Alistair Walker explained: “A few weeks ago, we had a party of Danish retailers at GlenDronach on a cask-buying mission led by our Danish importer Lars Gregersen of LAGO-import.
 
“They went through circa twenty-five single cask samples before settling on the following four casks:
 
1989 cask 1901 / 19 years old / 52.4%vol / Oloroso Sherry Butt
1992 cask 1138 / 16 years old / 46% / Oloroso Sherry Butt
1996 cask 231 / 13 years old / 46% / Oloroso Sherry Butt
1996 cask 240 / 13 years old / 4 6% / Oloroso Sherry Butt
 
“This takes the number of exclusive single cask GlenDronachs bottled for Denmark in 2009 to five, following on from 1992 cask 1135 (16 years old / Oloroso Sherry Butt / 57.3%vol) that was bottled exclusively for LAGO in July and shipped to Denmark a few weeks ago.”
 
Lars Gregersen commented: “What a fantastic weekend we had at GlenDronach distillery selecting our casks. It was truly a labour of love! Great company, great weather, great hospitality – and superb whisky!
 
“In the coming months, we’ll be having a lot of GlenDronach tastings to familiarise Danish palates with this magnificent malt…plus two very exclusive tastings in November with the distillery’s Alan McConnochie.”
 
Alistair went on: ”As well as the above, GlenDronach will also be supplying LAGO with its 2009 “Christmas Malt” – a limited edition GlenDronach Sauternes Finish, aged 13 years and bottled at 46%. Just 2400 bottles will be made available and will be released in Denmark exclusively during October 2009. This is a particularly unique bottling as it deviates from the traditional heavily sherried style typical of GlenDronach.”
 
The tasting notes for the Sauternes Finish are:
 
Appearance: Summer gold.
Nose: Sweet and aromatic. Clotted cream, yoghurt and honeydew melon.
Palate: Vanilla essence and rich honey. Ripe peaches and a lovely citrus twist.
Finish: Mellow and smooth yet with freshness and vitality.
 
The Danish market is very important to GlenDronach, as Alistair Walker explained: “Denmark has always been a decent market for malt whisky, although trading conditions have been challenging over the last eighteen months due to the economic climate.
 
“Given that, the successful introduction of GlenDronach since we launched in Denmark late 2008 is all the more remarkable, and can be attributed to two factors – the amount of time and energy our importer LAGO invests in the brand and the Danes’ ability to recognise a good dram when they taste one!”
 
NOTES FOR EDITORS
 
PIC: The Danes get down to the serious task of selecting the casks. Also attached are two of the labels which will be used – one for the 1992 and one for the Sauternes Finish.
 
ends                             10 September 2009
 
INFORMATION – Alistair Walker, 01324 682220 http://www.glendronachdistillery.com/

The very best oak casks are critical to the maturation of The Balvenie. Our spirit spends so long in them, borrowing so much character, that we entrust their upkeep only to our own coopers.

This month’s Inside Story goes into fascinating detail on the cooper’s craft ~ http://tinyurl.com/n82sbv ~ whilst David Mair writes his Letter from Dufftown in the deafening noise of The Balvenie cooperage.

You may have noticed that The Balvenie site has been down for critical maintenance recently. The work has taken a bit longer than we all thought, and we apologise for the inconvenience… however, we are now back online.

Visit the Balvenie at http://www.thebalvenie.com/

Late January 2009 Dru McPherson (proprietor with his wife Irene of the Clockhouse Restaurant, Tomintoul) had another idea and told of it over a cappuccino to Mike Drury, co-owner with his wife Cathy of The Whisky Castle Tomintoul.

The idea gestated by Dru McPherson was for Tomintoul to be the first place in the World to have a bottle of Scotch Whisky with a capacity over 100 litres in volume. Never on record as being done before! The ultimate goal for the bottle to be recognised as the “Largest Bottle of Scotch Whisky in the World” by Guinness World Records. – The conspiracy had begun. Secrecy – the ultimate order.

Much of the motivation was generated by the untimely retirement from Terry Wogan’s early morning BBC Radio program of the famous Mrs McKay no longer to sweep the snow from the Lecht every Winter. With Terry Wogan not mentioning “Tomintoul”, (Highest Village in the Highlands – possibly in Scotland), so often on his radio show, this tiny little village on the A939 between Deeside and the Spey River needed a PR boost! The bottle seemed a perfect solution!

The pair of conspirators managed to convince the Tomintoul Distillery owned by Angus Dundee PLC to provide the malt whisky to fill it with and the very special bottle was commissioned.
6 months later, after many traumatic events simular to those found by any adventurer exploring the unknown, finally a bottle to specs was made by a German glassmaker. A massive cork was made and an oversized label was printed, based upon the superb 14 year, 46% alcohol by volume, non-chillfiltered and naturally coloured, single malt whisky from the Tomintoul Distillery.

On the 27th August 2009 the bottle was installed in a specially made crate, furnished by Dennis of Glenlivet Hardwood Services and placed in the casking hall of the Tomintoul Distillery. Here an Angus Dundee team of 14 under the leadership of Distilleries Director Robert Fleming , Sales Director Duncan Baldwin and Steven McNeil, Senior Production Manager filled and furbished the bottle under the judicious eyes of Gauger Bob Wilson, witnessed by Judge Alistair Sharpe and Solicitor at Law Catherine Hastings.

All observations and documents concerned with the validity of the contents and volume of the bottle were notorised by Neil Masson.
These documents in evidence were sent to the Guinness World Records Offices in London, where they were ratified six days later as being “The Largest Bottle of Scotch Whisky in The World”.

Visit the Clockhouse Restaurant at:

 http://www.glenlivet-cairngorms.co.uk/clockhouse.php

Visit Tomintoul Distillery at:

http://www.tomintouldistillery.co.uk/

Single Malts Limited Newsletter 4th September 2009
Last Few Bottles of Runrig ‘Dram of Destiny’

                   
The “Runrig Scone Palace Homecoming 2009” bottling, limited to 750 bottles, is a cask strength “Highland Park 1987, 22 Year Old” from the Rare Auld range of Duncan Taylor single malt casks.
£85.00 inc VAT

Single Malts Direct & Whiskies of Scotland would like to thank everyone who visited us at our whisky marquee last weekend. Hundreds of you enjoyed tasting free whiskies at all the stands and this week we have put some of these on special offer for you.

Auchentoshan Classic – Was £22.99  Now £18.99 SAVE £4.00
 
 
Arran Sherry Limited Edition – Was £42.99 Now £38.99 Save £4.00
 

Benriach 10 Year Old ‘Curiositas’ – Was £26.99 Now £24.99 SAVE £2.00 
 
 
Bowmore 12 Year Old – Was £27.99 Now £25.99 SAVE £2.00

 
Glendronach 12 Year Old – Was £27.99 Now £25.99 SAVE £2.00

 
Glenfarclas 105 – Was £39.99 Now £36.99 SAVE £3.00

 
Tomintoul 16 Years Old – Was £29.99 Now £27.99 SAVE £2.00

 
Springbank 10 Year Old – Was £29.99 Now £27.99 SAVE £2.00

As the summer draws to a close, Shane Fraser, our Distillery Manager, is making final preparations for the first mash of the new distilling season.  Meanwhile our Brand Ambassadors are getting ready for the autumn whisky festivals. Do join us for a dram at the following events;

17 – 19 & 24 – 26 September 2009
Stockholm Beer & Whisky Festival
Nacka Strand, Stockholm
Find Glenfarclas on the Philipson Söderberg stand. During the first weekend Robert Ransom will present a Glenfarclas Masterclass.

26th & 27th September 2009
Whisky by the Sea
Vlissingen, The Netherlands.
To include a Glenfarclas Masterclass with Ian McWilliam, featuring The Family Casks 1979.

26th, 27th & 28th September 2009
Whisky Live Paris
Pavillon Gabriel, Paris
George Grant and Kate Wright will be representing Glenfarclas.

28th September 2009
Autumn Speyside Whisky Festival
Robert Ransom will present a Glenfarclas tasting at the distillery.

28th September 2009
Glenfarclas tasting at Gall & Gall, Rijswik, with Ian McWilliam. To book call tel: +31 (0)70 3931414.
 
29th September 2009
Glenfarclas tasting at Van Stiphout’s Drankencentrum B.V, Eindhoven, with Ian McWilliam. To book call
tel: +31 (0)40 2521970.
 
30 September 2009
Glenfarclas tasting at Zeewijck, IJmuiden, with Ian McWilliam. To book call tel. + 31 (0)255 540331.

2nd to 4th October 2009
Potstill Festival
Amersfoort, The Netherlands

16th & 17th October 2009
Wild Whisky Weekend
Nykøbing, Denmark
Five Decades of Glenfarclas – Masterclass with Robert Ransom featuring The Family Casks

28th October 2009
Glenfarclas Dinner with George Grant at Boisdales of Bishopsgate, London.
To book email info@boisdale-city.co.uk

6th November 2009
Five Decades of Glenfarclas – Masterclass with George Grant featuring The Family Casks at The Whisky Show in London.

20th & 21st November 2009
Örebro Öl & Whisky Festival
Sweden
Find Glenfarclas on the Philipson Söderberg stand.

20th to 23rd November 2009
Glenfarclas Tasting Tour of Belgium
For full details contact Caroline on info@filliers.be
25th November 2009
Glenfarclas Tasting with George Grant at Willow Park Wines & Spirits, Calgary, Canada

26th November 2009
Glenfarclas Tasting with George Grant at Kensington Wine Market, at the Petroleum Club, Calgary, Canada.

Glenfarclas
Email: info@glenfarclas.co.uk
Website: www.glenfarclas.co.uk
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/glenfarclas/
Tel: +44 (0) 1807 500257
Fax: +44 (0) 1807 500234
Address: Glenfarclas Distillery, Ballindalloch, Banffshire AB37 9BD, UK