Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival 2019
Read all the latest news from the Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival 2019. This year festival runs from the 1st to 6th May 2019 and will be a massive event for the Scottish whisky industry in 2019.
Latest Whisky News from Spirit of Speyside 2019
Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival offers visitors a unique opportunity to get hands-on in whisky-making process
Published Date: 28th March 2019
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Visitors attending the world’s leading Scotch whisky festival are being given a unique and exclusive opportunity to get hands-on with the distilling process. Speyside Distillery is offering just 10 people the chance to work alongside its distillers to produce spirit when it throws open its doors during the Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival. Read more
World class start as Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival breaks its own records
Published Date: 7th February 2019
A surge in demand for tickets for the Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival generated sales of £209,449 in the first 24 hours of release – with 173 events completely selling out in that time. Read more
Another record breaker lined up for Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival as programme is revealed for 20th anniversary year
Published Date: 31st January 2019
The Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival has kicked off its 20th anniversary celebrations with another record-breaking achievement. As organisers take the wraps off the 2019 programme today (Thursday, 31 January), they have revealed that this year’s festival is on course to host nearly 600 events – almost 100 more than in previous years. Read more
Finalists announced in the Spirit of Speyside Festival Whisky Awards 2019- Now public must vote for winners
Published Date: 6th November 2018
Battle lines have been drawn in an annual contest to find the best whiskies in Scotland’s most prolific whisky-producing region. Judges have selected eight finalists in the Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival Awards – and are now handing the difficult task of crowning the best of the best to the public. Read more
Spirit of Speyside festival is back for its 20th year in May 2019 and again is all about promoting Scotland's national drink, whisky. This festival has developed over the years and is now one of the most significant whisky events of it kind anyway worldwide with around 500 whisky-inspired events over five days.
From now until the start of the festival, Planet Whiskies will be giving you all the details you require to have a perfect Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival will all the latest developments regarding whisky tasting and other key events.
If you want to read about previous Spirits of Speyside, please click on the links below.
<< Read the news from The Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival 2018
<< Read the news from The Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival 2016
<< Read the news from The Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival 2015
<< Read the news from The Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival 2014
Tomintoul Distillery Tour
Planet Whiskies had a fantastic trip up to the Speyside Whisky region of Scotland in February 2024 to visit Angus Dundee Distillers Tomintoul Distillery within the Cairngorms National Park. Then, after the distillery tour and tasting, which was hosted by Iain Forteath, the master blender of Tomintoul, our press group travelled and stayed the night at the recently bought country home of Tomintoul House in the Aultmore Estate (previously called Aultmore House). Planet Whiskies has made the Tomintoul Distillery, Distillery of the Month for both March/April 2024. Read more Planet Whiskies Tomintoul Distillery Tour
Bushmills Distillery Tour
Planet Whiskies visited the new Bushmills Distillery in Northern Ireland on the 25th and 26th of September. Read our review of the experience of Bushmills and Northern Ireland at Planet Whiskies tour of Bushmills and Northern Ireland
You can also read the whole section about Bushmills Distillery at Bushmills Distillery Information on Planet Whiskies... So Bushmills was Planet Whiskies Distillery of the Month title for January/February 2024
Drams Delivered To Your Door - The World’s Biggest Whisky Club Drops New Monthly Subscription Service
Whisky enthusiasts can now take their passion to the next level and have exceptional cask strength single malt whiskies delivered to their doors every month thanks to The Scotch Malt Whisky Society's new 'Drop & Dram' subscription service.
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