Richard Paterson
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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I hope you all have a dram of Whyte and Mackay whisky handy for later on tonight. At 9pm on STV, I’ll be featuring in a show called Made in Scotland which features a number of celebrities and actors talking to prominent Scots about some of the more fantastic things to come from our wonderful [...]

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Richard Paterson on July 18th, 2009

There’s been positive reaction to the challenge between myself and The Ritz’s Colin Field over how to drink whisky – YouTube links below to the final video (Whisky Party also has a nice write-up) and a few people think I’ve gone a bit soft on Colin, but let’s go through the videos first – including [...]

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One of the fun things about going online is discovering what’s already there that involves you and Whyte and Mackay whisky. For example, I wasn’t overly surprised to find a three-part video tasting guide I had done for Whyte and Mackay popping up:

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