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New video from Shackleton’s hut with new whisky shots

Richard Paterson — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 08:39:53 +0000

For those coming late to the news about the whisky being recovered from the Shackleton hut in the South Pole (press release and pics, press release as pdf, some video of me, my blog on the excavation, a blog post on what the whisky may taste like, a second post on some questions) here’s some new video straight from the shed – great to actually see it (and to see a longer version of this video head over to this alternative link).

Click here to view the embedded video.

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Travel here, travel there

Richard Paterson — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 03:50:03 +0000

I’m not neglecting you, the travel’s just hectic!

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A bargain for lovers of Jura Whisky

Richard Paterson — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:21:59 +0000

Now that we’ve sold the most expensive bottl e of whisky, here’s a bit of a bargain for fans of Jura malt whisky, following on from the Tesco £10 1 litre bottle of Whyte & Mackay giveaway…

If you head down to the Co-op in the UK, you’ll find there’s a third off the price of a bottle of Jura 10 year old, making it £16.79. And if you have one of the £3 off money vouchers which recently appeared in the Financial Times or Daily Telegraph, then you can have it for just under £14.

For those who have’t tried it, it’s a great little drink – light and fruity notes with hints of pine, citrus fruits, cinnamon and spice.

Anyway, if you’ll excuse me, I’m off to have breakfast…

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Richard Paterson — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 02:21:13 +0000

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Come along to the tweet-up/smoke-up with me at Corona Cigars in Orlando, Florida on Tues Oct 27

Richard Paterson — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:33:05 +0000

If you’re a whisky or cigar fan in the Orlando, Florida area come join me 7pm tomorrow night (Tuesday) as I’m going to be doing a talk about whiskies and cigars (as well as whiskies and chocolates) – The Orlando Sentinel has already written about it – and it should be great fun as the guys at Corona Cigar ( @CoronaCigarCo on Twitter) certainly know their stuff.

The event’s $15 but according to the Sentinel, they guys are laying on compimentary cigars. There’s some more details and a video of me here.

The address is Corona Cigar Company & Diamond Crown Lounge, 127 S. Orange Ave , Orlando, FL 32801, 407-404-5344 and we’ll be kicking off around 7pm.

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And the whisky logo winner is…

Richard Paterson — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 16:57:24 +0000

(After the click)

Congratulations Connosr.

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Site edit continues

admin — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 02:11:16 +0000

Just a quick note to say that work on the site is continuing today and some pages may come and go while others are tweaked. Thanks for your patience.

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2009 Belgian Grand Prix Race Report

Sporty Mackay — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 01:09:16 +0000

Adrian Sutil (car 20, VJM02/01):

11th +42.636secs

Giancarlo Fisichella (car 21, VJM02/04):

2nd +0.939secs

Giancarlo Fisichella has finished a nail-biting Belgian Grand Prix in second position – just one second from first place – marking the Force India Formula One Team’s first-ever World Championship points. The eight points now bring Force India to ninth position in the constructors’ championship and Giancarlo to 14th in the drivers’.

Giancarlo started from pole position, making an excellent start to lead the field through the first hairpin turn and round the first lap. An accident further down the field called for a safety car to be deployed and, despite strong defence on the restart he was unable to hold off the KERS-equipped Ferrari of Kimi Raikkonen. Giancarlo then matched Kimi’s lap times lap after lap until they pitted on exactly the same lap (lap 14). Rejoining just metres from Kimi, Giancarlo continued to shadow the Ferrari until his second stop, which again came on the same lap (lap 31). Giancarlo was generally quicker than the Ferrari but Kimi’s use of KERS kept him ahead, leaving Giancarlo just 0.939secs away from scoring an unprecedented win.

Adrian Sutil had started from 11th position but was unfortunately a victim of a start line accident that cost him his front wing. The German was forced to pit and rejoined far down the field. A strategy adjustment to a one-stopper gave him opportunity to move to 9th position, pulling off some spectacular overtaking maneouvres in the process. He again finished a strong race within sight of the points in 11th position.

Adrian Sutil (car 20)

It was a great weekend for the team, particularly for Giancarlo. He did a great race today, second position, which is a big achievement for everyone. We have clearly made a very good step and I think today anything was possible and we can look forward to the next race. Personally I am a little disappointed as someone crashed into me at the first corner and the race was over at that point. I think it was Alonso, who went straight into my rear and turned me around and destroyed my front wing. In the end it was disappointing as the car had the speed and I tried to get back in the race but it was frustrating. I am still very happy with the car and for the team as second place is still a very good position. I hope I can get a similar result in Monza.

Giancarlo Fisichella (car 21)

It’s been another great day and it was an amazing result today. Before coming to Spa if you had asked all the team if we would have been happy to finish eighth we would have said it was a fantastic result but second is a dream, just great. Actually if I can be honest I am a little disappointed as I felt we could have won the race. I was unlucky with the safety car when Kimi came past me at the restart and overtook me with the KERS. Actually behind him I was quicker but with the KERS I couldn’t get past as it was impossible to be quick on the long straight. But we can’t take it away from the fantastic result, both at the track and in the factory to get this result. After yesterday I was pretty confident to score points, it’s positive for the championship and for the coming races. A big thank you to everyone.

Dr Vijay Mallya, chairman and team principal

What a result. I am so proud of this race, which will ultimately go down in the history books as India’s first-ever World Championship points. It’s been a fantastic Saturday, fantastic race and to get our first podium and championship points is just unbelievable. We’ve worked so very hard to get this with a solid plan of upgrades coming through on the factory. Giancarlo drove a truly outstanding race. We can all be so proud of the entire effort.

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Fancy being a whisky guest blogger on The Master Blender?

Richard Paterson — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 10:37:16 +0000

As I mentioned I’m heading off for a couple of weeks to have a break – no doubt I will still be posting and tweeting – but if anyone wants to be a guest blogger while I’m away, drop a note below and the web chaps will be in touch!

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Who said whisky and curry doesn’t mix? This will have you thinking otherwise…

Richard Paterson — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 09:46:15 +0000

On Monday night, my travels continued for a night with a difference at The Cinnamon Club in London. There, I met with a group of high profile Indian businessmen to enjoy a meal specially prepared by top chef Hari Nargaraj and whisky drinks by myself. Hari’s menu was based on whisky tasting notes by me, aimed at finding curry dishes and whiskies that complimented each other. And what a revelation it was – never mind beer with curries, whisky is the way forward.

We had:

Cured organic salmon with orange and mint salad, Bombay spiced vegetables with cumin pao was served with the Whyte & Mackay Special Blend whisky.
Pan seared breast of chicken with smoked buffalo cheese and korma sauce.Stir fry of paneer with baby corn and Kadhai spice with Jura Superstition.
For dessert a spiced mango brulee to accompany the rare Jura 1974.
To complete this galaxy of enticing flavours the Dalmore 40 years old and coffee with handmade bitter chocolate brought this memorable dinner to a classic conclusion.

It was all down to matching the precise flavours in the whisky with those found in the curry dishes.Curries are reknowned for their multitude of flavours and it is the same with Scotch whisky, it is only matter of discovering them. And based on Monday night, I would say that it is well worth the journey.

And here’s a Master Chef with a Master Blender:

When Hari met Richard and curry and whiskies were improved for it

But if anyone ever says to you that whisky and curries don’t go together, just slap them for being silly and point them to the above. And if you are in London and looking for a curry, I can certainly say The Cinammon Club is well worth a visit. If you do go, tell Hari I said hi.

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