Eerst naar Forres, naar Brodie Country Fare.
Veel te veel leuks en moois om een keuze te maken. Gelukkig maar.
Brodie Castle.
Niet in geweest. Geen zin in guided tour van een uur.
Door naar Elgin, een heelijke winkelstad.
Heb je een kilt laten aanmeten, dan moeten die kruikjes gevuld worden.
Daarvoor hoef je alleen maar de straat over te steken.
Gordon & MacPhail is een genot met een enorme delicatessen afdeling en met de grootste en beste Scotch/Single Malt sortering die wij ooit gezien hebben.
Om 11 uur 's ochtends Single Malt proeven. Veel lekkerder dan een beschuitje.
The growing success of Benromach whisky has helped family-owned whisky specialist Gordon & MacPhail win a second Queen’s Award for Enterprise for International Trade.
The whisky specialist and distiller brought the Benromach Distillery back to life in 1998 when it was officially re-opened by HRH The Prince of Wales. Since then the Forres distillery has unveiled a series of hand-crafted single malt whiskies including the flagship Benromach 10 years old.
Managing Director, Michael Urquhart expressed his delight at winning the prestigious award for a second time, saying: “This is a wonderful achievement and recognition for the company and our dedicated staff, as well as for our customers and suppliers worldwide. The Queen’s Award is recognised across the world as a mark of outstanding quality and I have no doubt that winning the first award in 2009 has contributed to our recent growth.
“I am particularly pleased that the continuing success of Benromach whisky has played such a major part in our winning this award once more. The launch of Generations in 2010 with a 70 Year Old Mortlach then a 70 Year Old Glenlivet in 2011 were also highly sought after additions to the extensive range of single malt whiskies Gordon & MacPhail can offer to the market. As a result total exports have almost doubled in three years to more than £6m in 2012.
“We have been championing malt whisky for more than a century by buying and storing casks of whisky from distilleries across Scotland. But it’s been a particular pleasure for us as a family to drive the growth of our own Benromach whisky.”
Scotch Whisky Association Chief Executive, Gavin Hewitt welcomed the endorsement, saying: “Further congratulations to Gordon & MacPhail are very much in order. I am delighted that they have again been recognised for their outstanding export performance. The Scotch Whisky business is doing very well in our many overseas markets. Gordon & MacPhail is one of the beacons and an inspiration to others.”
The family-owned company is proud of its Moray roots and the company, its directors and its staff all play an active role in the local community. The company’s support helped secure Forres as the host town for the European Pipe Band Championships over the next three years when Benromach will be the principal sponsor.
Successful marketing of the Benromach brand has included sponsorship of the National Theatre of Scotland’s highly acclaimed production of The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart which toured extensively overseas following sell-out performances at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. As part of the performance, audiences have the chance to enjoy a dram of Benromach.
Gordon & MacPhail employs almost 140 people in Elgin and Forres. With around 300 different whisky brands stored in its warehouses, it cares for some of Scotland’s oldest and rarest casks.
Een fles van meer dan £15.000.-
Wie koopt dat, vraag je je af.
De verkoper gaf antwoord:
Chinezen en Japanners.
En lest best: Johnston of Elgin
Ze verkopen hier alle kleuren verf, die in de Schotse ruiten zitten.
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