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New plan approved

Ardgowan unveils revamped distillery design

Ardgowan Distillery
New look: distillery will produce a million litres a year   Ardgowan Distillery has revealed new designs for its £12 million plant being built on the Ardgowan Estate 30 milesRead More

As I See It

SNP’s double-take on whisky is a taxing issue

whisky bottles Diageo
The SNP fought the whisky industry in the courts and is now its cheerleader at Westminster, writes TERRY MURDEN

As distilleries see record visitors...

Whisky leader warns of tax threat to investment

Natural colour wall at Macallan distillery, Speyside
A Scotch whisky leader has warned that investment in increasingly popular whisky trails could dry up if

Profit rises at spirits group

Menezes hails ‘high performance culture’ at Diageo

Diageo CEO Ivan Menezes
Spirits group Diageo, the biggest producer of Scotch whisky, has reported a strong performance ..

Figures reveal spirit's trade boost

Whisky needs Brexit ‘protection’ to maintain export record

whisky bottles Diageo
Britain's trade deficit would be almost 3% bigger without the contribution of whisky to exports, according to new analysis backing calls for a 'protective' post-Brexit trade deal.

Brexit deal looms

Whisky leader demands retention of zero tariffs

Macallan single malt whisky
The Scotch Whisky Association is calling for zero tariffs to be maintained on key imported products in a new trade deal with the EU.

Company wanted to 'innovate'

Diageo’s secret move to change whisky rules

Johnnie Walker Christina
Whisky purists and the world's biggest producer are at loggerheads after proposals emerged to change the distilling process.

Distillery's ground-breaking release

InchDairnie innovates with ‘rye whisky’

Ian Palmer InchDairnie
Fife distillery InchDairnie has underlined its innovative intentions by declaring that its first release will be a groundbreaking rye whisky.

SWA calls for support

Overseas whisky sales fall despite growth of malts

Macallan single malt whisky
A growing taste for single malt whisky could not halt a fall in overall sales of Scotch overseas in the first half of the year.

New call for duty cut

Whisky sales plummet after Hammond’s tax hike

Karen Betts
Scotch Whisky sales in the UK have fallen by one million bottles after Chancellor Philip Hammond raised tax on spirits in his March Budget...