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Richard Paterson on March 5th, 2010

At the recent World Whisky Awards, held by Whisky Magazine, the Whyte & Mackay 40 year old (links to buy it here) was awarded Best Scotch Blended Whisky  and Best Scotch Blended 21 Year Old and Over.
On the back of the two award wins by the Whyte and Mackay 30 year old - Best Blended Whisky at [...]

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Richard Paterson on March 1st, 2010

A couple of people have asked where else they can find Whyte & Mackay online and in social media, so the social media types here have pulled together a little list for you.
And here’s a list of online stores where you can buy Whyte & Mackay globally.

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Richard Paterson on February 19th, 2010

Well, that was good fun wasn’t it? Appearing with radio talk show host, Cleverley Stone, and FOX 26 Morning News Extra anchor Ruben Dominguez. Don’t worry it you missed it, you can see it below…and that’s right – there’s no whisky poured. At all!

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admin on October 16th, 2009

Hi folks, Craig here with a couple of links to whisky Diwali podcasts. The previous links have been for decent-sized files (and have been spoken about on the previous Diwali Whisky post) but this one comes in at 15 minutes and is a bit long for Richard’s YouTube whisky channel.
The direct link for the long [...]

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Get the Indian nibbles in, pour a large Whyte and Mackay whisky, and get ready for a TV show all about Diwali and whisky. It’s just been confirmed to me the times for the show Nibbles and Whisky.

The show – a longer version of the videos you’ll have seen in the previous Diwali whisky post featuring myself and Cinnamon Club’s Vivek Singh – will go on air at 6.30pm on digital channel Bollywood For U Music (B4U) on the night of Diwali, October 17. It will also run on Sunday at the same time and on October 24/25 be on B4U Music, Channel 781 on Sky Digital.

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Richard Paterson on October 13th, 2009

I mentioned earlier that I had been filming down in London for suggested whisky which goes with the festival of light, Diwali. Well, that filming’s now online, so get your taste buds ready…

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Quick one this for fans of the Jura range, which as some of you know – especially if you were in Taiwan tasting it – has some exciting announcements coming soon, but it’s some videos of myself and others tasting the Jura 10, 16 and Superstition.
Might give you a thirst for a weekend whisky!

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Richard Paterson on August 3rd, 2009

Just back from the week-long whisky trip to America, taking in New York, Dallas, Chicago and Miami and it was a good – if heavy (carrying a kilt and lots of whisky) trip, but the one thing that amazes me about the US is the contradictions all the time. It’s a great land of opportunity [...]

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Richard Paterson on July 30th, 2009

Thanks to the talented and gentlemanly Michael MacLennan of STV, I’ve become aware of another bunch of whisky videos featuring me at the STV website, so without further ado:
http://programmes.stv.tv/made-in-scotland/video-extras/madeinscotland-20090625-hayman-whisky-water-1/
http://programmes.stv.tv/made-in-scotland/video-extras/madeinscotland-20090625-hayman-whisky-chocolate/
http://programmes.stv.tv/made-in-scotland/video-extras/madeinscotland-20090625-hayman-whisky-usher/
http://programmes.stv.tv/made-in-scotland/video-extras/madeinscotland-20090625-hayman-whisky-super-blend/
http://programmes.stv.tv/made-in-scotland/video-extras/madeinscotland-20090625-hayman-whisky-tasting/
Enjoy! Remember it was doing this that also brought up the idea of celebrity whisky.

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Richard Paterson on July 23rd, 2009

Goodness, I’m learning a lot about the internet over the last few weeks – including how easy it can be for people to take offence, including a few people on Twitter, while others have had issues with the picture of Tom Cruise used in an earlier post (a few Germans emailed me taking offence at [...]

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