Welcome to Inbox, our weekly round-up of whisky news and PR material that has found its way into our WFE email. Inbox features items from around the world of whisky and is published by us each Friday. Here is this week’s whisky news.
The Dalmore
The north Highland distillery has introduced a new permanent addition to its core domestic range – The Dalmore 17 Years Old. The new whisky features a trio of ex-sherry casks sourced from the highly regarded González Byass bodega in Jerez, Spain. Initial maturation was in American white oak ex-bourbon barrels before a lengthy finishing period in the three ex-sherry casks. These have previously held Amoroso, Apostoles and Matusalem Oloroso sherries.
The Dalmore 17 Years Old is bottled at 42% ABV and is presented with a purple livery label and exterior packaging. It forms part of The Principal Collection. The whisky will be available in the UK from The Dalmore online boutique at www.thedalmore.com. It can also be purchased in specialist whisky and luxury retailers in selected world markets. A bottle will cost £175/ €200/ US$250.
Dewar’s
The popular blended Scotch brand of Dewar’s has revealed a limited edition exterior packaging for its Double Double travel retail range. The Year of the Fire Horse packaging commemorates two events. The first is the Lunar New Year. The second is Dewar’s 180th anniversary, which was founded by John Dewar in 1846. The box will be used for Dewar’s Double Double 20-, 26-, and 30-year-old whiskies.
The packaging features traditional Chinese New Year motifs of horses and gold and red colouration. The Dewar’s Lunar New Year packs are now available at 25 global travel retail locations. These include key Asian airport hubs such as Kuala Lumpur, Singapore Changi and Taiwan Taoyuan.
