Glenfarclas Distillery has re-entered global travel retail (GTR) fray since taking a hiatus more than five years ago during the Covid pandemic. Glenfarclas has partnered with Scotland-based Ian Macleod Distillers to create a special collection designed for the travel retail market that will include a Glenfarclas 11-year-old ($70 per one-liter bottle) and a Glenfarclas 16-year-old […]
Irish whiskey brand, The Sexton, has released their initial offering for worldwide travel retail venues – an 11-year-old single malt Irish whiskey aged in Oloroso sherry-soaked French oak barrels originating from Jerez, Spain. The Sexton 11 Year Old Single Malt was derived from 100% Irish malted barley, triple-distilled in copper pot stills, matured in Spanish […]
Glenmorangie continues their release blitz with the release of two new whiskies – 21-year-old Aureum and 16-year-old Vindima – exclusively for their global travel retail venues. Glenmorangie Vindima – named after a grape harvest festival on the island of Madeira – is a 16-year-old whisky aged in bourbon casks and finished in Malmsey – the […]
The Macallan has released the availability of their Tales of The Macallan Volume I single malt whisky to include select global travel retail venues which – depending on the status of your bank account -can either be a good thing or a bad thing. The Macallan’s Tales of The Macallan Volume I, The Laird of […]
House of Suntory has released a limited edition Yamazaki 55 – their oldest whisky to date – to the global travel retail market. Suntory Yamazaki 55 is a blend of single malts, first aged in mizunara casks, followed by a further maturation period in white oak casks, bottled at 46% alcohol by volume [92 proof] […]
The Macallan asks you to “make the call” [presumably for their whisky and not to the hospital] in their inaugural global advertising campaign, but they will make you wait until the final five seconds of the video before you will figure out what the preceding 85 seconds were on about. “Make the Call” will appear […]