Whisky

Workers at Chivas Brothers sites across Scotland are due to take strike action next month

Hundreds of whisky workers to go on strike during festive period

SWI managing director Keith Rennie (left) and business operations manager Barry Anderson (right) toast the new development

Scotch Whisky Investments toasts opening of £10 million new facility

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The founders of Auld Bond Bottlers, John Thompson and Vikki Bruce

New Scottish whisky bottling facility targets growing single cask market

The boutique hotel will open later this year

Scottish whisky distiller to open new boutique hotel this year

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Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has been urged to freeze whisky duty in his autumn statement

UK Government should do more for whisky industry, majority of Scots say

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The Port of Leith Distillery shows the area's whisky resurgence is well underway

TRAVEL Robin McKelvie: This area of Scotland is enjoying a whisky rejuvenation

A formal strike ballot is to take place of Chivas Brothers’ workers

Scottish distillery workers to vote on strike action amid ongoing pay dispute

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An adjudicator from Guinness World Records oversaw the tasting

Scottish whisky club sets world record for largest online tasting event

Bertie Troughton found the whisky behind a cellar door at 750-year-old Blair Castle

'World's oldest whisky' found hidden in Scottish castle

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The proposed development is set to open in Fife

Scotch whisky HQ set to relocate to Scotland

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Dal Riata's new distillery will be located on the banks of Campbeltown Loch

Plans for new £4.5 million Scottish whisky distillery given green light

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The report said MP's must do more to promote Scotland other than tartan

British diplomats should receive lessons on Scotland, say MPs

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Has whisky's glamourous depiction distanced the drink from its origins in Scotland, asks Pat Kane

COMMENT Is the booming global appeal of whisky diluting its local traditions?

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Crime writer Val McDermid spoke to the SMWS's Whisky Talks podcast

Scottish writer Val McDermid regrets 'error' in popular character's design

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A third of women in the whisky industry have been touched inappropriately, new research has revealed

New survey highlights sexual harassment issues in whisky industry

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Outlander actor Sam Heughan's whisky brand wins top industry award

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The society is approaching its 40th anniversary

Global Scots whisky club sets sights on world record for tasting event

The UK Government's increased whisky duty will see an average bottle taxed at 75%

LETTERS Increased tax on Scotch whisky may not be such a bad thing

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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak during a visit to St Fergus in Aberdeenshire on Monday

LETTERS Rishi Sunak just gave two signs that Scotland is Westminster's cash cow

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Rishi Sunak and Boris Johnson visiting a brewery together in 2021

‘Naive and fanciful’: Scottish pub industry pans Tories' ‘Brexit guarantee’

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Rishi Sunak originally announced the plans for a hike in the amount of tax on alcohol

Scotch whisky 'hammer blow' as Tories to tax 75 per cent on a bottle

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Scottish whisky fest will serve up a dram on the road

Scottish whisky fest will serve up a dram on the road

Cosa Nostra whisky previously caused outrage in Italy

Shops warned to stop mafia-themed Scotch whisky orders

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Revellers enjoying the Clackmannanshire Whisky Festival in Alloa this year, with organisers set to launch a second event in Edinburgh in October

Whisky festival to be held at Murrayfield with My Name'5 Doddie foundation

Still Game creators Greg Hemphill and Ford Kiernan

Still Game's 'Jack and Victor' defeat Jack Daniel's in whisky branding court battle

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Struan Kerr-Liddell (L) and Gavin Hastings (R)

Gavin Hastings launches charity whiskies to support injured rugby players

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Yousaf will meet Sunak on Monday evening

'Bring fairness back' to whisky tax, says Humza Yousaf ahead of meeting Rishi Sunak

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Doddie Weir visited Ardnamurchan Distillery before his passing

Whisky chosen by Doddie Weir to raise funds for MND sells out in 20 minutes

Rare whisky chosen by Doddie Weir released to raise funds for MND

Rare whisky chosen by Doddie Weir released to raise funds for MND

Bruichladdich Distillery is helping to secure Islay's farming future

EXCLUSIVE Inside the distillery helping to secure one Scottish island's farming future

Only one ferry is currently operating on the route

Island distilleries operating ‘hand to mouth’ due to ferry disruption, industry warns

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Whisky recovered from a ship more than 100 years old is to be put up for sale

Decanter of whisky recovered from 130-year-old shipwreck to go under the hammer

Photo: Dylan de Jonge on Unsplash

Alcohol industry 'trying to obstruct public health policy' like adverts ban

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Jeremy Hunt has announced duties on draught beer and cider will be paused - but the drinks sector still faces rocketing prices

Hunt's 'Brexit pub guarantee' ruse 'hard to tolerate', says top Scottish economist

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An urgent meeting is being demanded between the sector and chancellor

Duty rise 'will be a broken system', says whisky boss and demands meeting with Hunt

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The industry had previously warned the government of the impact

Alister Jack 'regrets' lobby failure against whisky duty amid criticism from industry

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Co-owners Jon (left) and Victoria Erasmus (right) with Master Distiller/Brewer Bruce Smith (centre) at the opening of Uile-bheist Distillery, the first distillery to open in Inverness for 130 years

Inverness's first distillery in 130 years opens

Sandy Bowie at last year's fest (last manager of Carsebridge Distillery, aged 95) - Clackmannanshire Whisky Fest.

Wee County whisky festival explores deep roots of industry in the area

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Scottish whisky exports topped £6 billion in 2022 for the first time

Scotch whisky exports topped £6 billion for the first time in 2022, data shows

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These are the best places for whisky lovers to tour Scotland in a campervan

Can you do a whisky tour of Scotland in a campervan?

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The younger generations are drinking less alcohol than those that came before them

COMMENT Will next generation of Yes-backing, booze-shunning Scots herald a cultural shift?

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Michael and Katie Morrison co-founded the business in 2017

Scottish distillery signs major supermarket deal in first for Outer Hebrides

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The new whisky joins its forebearers in one of the bonded warehouses where it will stay for the next 8 to 10 years in Dumbarton, United Kingdom, circa 1940

HISTORY Pulling back tartan curtain on the story of Scotland's whisky industry

Robin McKelvie during his visit to Ardbeg Distillery on the Isle of Islay

TRAVEL Isle whisky tour that truly goes against the grain

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Arbikie Distillery has been given permission to build a green hydrogen-powered distillery

Scotland set for 'world-first' after plans for green distillery

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Taxing 'Big Whisky' could raise up to £1 billion for the public purse, the SNP trade union group has said. Photo: PA

COMMENT Why the Scottish Government must consider a tax on 'big whisky'

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Taxing Scotland's big whisky firms could raise hundreds of millions for public services, the SNP trade union group has said. Photo: PA

EXCLUSIVE Tax 'Big Whisky' to raise up to £1bn for public services, SNP government told

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British Library find provides a vivid snapshot of the 1920s distilling industry

EXCLUSIVE Whisky galore as archive search hits jackpot and inspires new book

The Allseas Pioneer arrived in Greenock on Saturday

'A game changer': First direct container shipping service launches between Scotland and China

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Mercury Prize-nominated Scots musician re-opens distillery after renovation

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Image Credit: Alison White

National Trust for Scotland help uncover 19th century whisky artefacts

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A tourist tax, in places such as Edinburgh, are among the things Scotland can do to tackle the cost of living crisis

EXCLUSIVE REPORT What the Scottish Parliament CAN do to tackle the cost of living crisis

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The site where the proposed 24 whisky warehouses could be built

Plans for massive whisky warehouse and attraction go to public consultation

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Whyte & Mackay's Invergordon distillery, pictured in June 2021

Whisky giant backs Highland bid for green freeport to help net-zero goal

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