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.
Glendronach
The Highland distillery of Glendronach has announced a new permanent range of three whiskies that will be exclusive to the travel retail sector. The Glendronach House Editions are a trio of single malts that celebrate European cities and the distillery’s use of ex-sherry casks, but with a twist. The three new whiskies will sit alongside two other travel retail exclusive single malts – the Glendronach Forgue 10 Years Old and Boynsmill 16 Years Old.
The House Editions have been created by Dr. Rachel Barrie, the Master Blender for Glendronach. The Sevillian Room has been matured in a combination of ex-Oloroso, ex-Pedro Ximénez and ex-Palo Cortado casks. It is bottled at 43% ABV and will cost £70/ US$90. The Venetian Room was matured in ex-Oloroso and ex-Pedro Ximénez sherry casks and ex-Amarone wine casks. This is released at 46% ABV and will cost £80/ US$105. The Parisian Room uses both ex-Oloroso and ex-Pedro Ximénez sherry casks, plus ex-Cognac barrels for maturation. It is bottled at 49% ABV and will cost £90/ US$125.
The new whiskies will launch in major European airports in July. Asia, India, the Middle East and other world markets will follow shortly after. The roll-out will culminate in a full international activation by October 2026. The Glendronach House Editions are part of the Aberdeenshire distillery’s 200th anniversary celebrations.
Glenmorangie
The north Highland distillery of Glenmorangie has released a new limited edition single malt in collaboration with Hollywood legend Harrison Ford. The release is part of the brand’s ongoing partnership with the actor. The Glenmorangie Harrison Ford Edition saw Ford working alongside Dr. Bill Lumsden MBE, the Director of Whisky Creation at Glenmorangie, and has been crafted to fit both of their tastes.
The new whisky has united classic ex-bourbon cask-aged Glenmorangie with a parcel of rare whisky finished in toasted ex-red wine casks sourced from Portugal. It is bottled at 46.5% ABV and is both non-chill filtered and of natural colour. The exact number of bottles has not been revealed but they are available now via glenmorangie.com, at the distillery visitor centre in the Highlands and through specialist whisky retailers globally. A bottle will cost £75/ €85/ US$100.
It’s nice. It’s very nice.
Harrison Ford.
Inverurie
The Inverurie distillery, which is the concept of founder Jonathan Dunne, will open its gates to the public tomorrow (May 16). The project is being developed inside the historic listed Fetternear Home Farm stables buildings, which sit within the Fetternear Estate. The history of the estate dates to 640 AD and was the home of monks from the mid-1100s. The open day will give the public the first preview of plans to create a true single-estate whisky distillery.
The business model and plans are estate-led. This will include the use of estate-grown and locally sourced barley, on-site production, local energy generation, a future maltings facility and cooperage. All cask filling, maturation and bottling will also take place on the estate. The future distillery and estate are located close to the village of Kemnay near Inverurie in Aberdeenshire. For further details please visit www.inveruriedistillery.co.uk.
Rare Find
The independent bottler of Rare Find has announced a trio of single cask bottlings to celebrate the forthcoming Islay Festival. The Rare Find Fèis Ìle 2026 Collection consists of three single malts from the Caol Ila distillery each finished for three months in a different octave cask. These are ex-Ruby Port, ex-Tawny Port, and ex-Madeira wine. All are highly limited, bottled at 12 years of age and their natural cask strength and are non-chill filtered and of natural colour.
The Caol Ila 12-Year-Old Ruby Port Octave Finish is released at 58.2% ABV and there are just 61 bottles. The Caol Ila 12-Year-Old Tawny Port Octave Finish has a strength of 58.3% ABV and the cask has yielded just 63 bottles. Finally, the Caol Ila 12-Year-Old Madeira Octave Finish is released at 57.9% ABV and with just 66 bottles. This trio will be available via selected UK specialist retailers from May 22. Each bottle will cost £99.
