I’d be maybe 9 years old; my Dad had a heavy glass, a pint mug with a full colour Scottish piper, transfer printed on one side, I thought it was very fancy. My Mum must have been cooking in the kitchen, the smells wafting through to the sitting room was stomach rumbling. He’d poured a Gordon’s and tonic for my Mum, a visitor (possibly one of my…
The recent news story of the Fake Whisky scam (fraud) uncovered in London last year reminded me of the challenges that Kay and Leslie created at their favourite watering hole in the highlands of Scotland in the early 80’s. The scam in London was uncovered by Andy Simpson and David Robertson from “Rare Whisky 101” who wanted to authenticate a 1903 Laphroaig and two bottles of Fine & Rare…
Eriskay is one of the Outer Hebrides islands, sitting in the Atlantic Ocean off the west coast of Scotland between South Uist and Barra. The population of the island has for many years sat around the 140 to 180 mark, being only 2 ½ miles by 1½ miles in dimension. The island has many claims to fame, the traditional Hebridean song, the Eriskay Love Lilt, the Eriskay pony and the Eriskay…
Is it something to do with the fact that Leith was named as one of the UK’s top Hipster hotspots? (Zoopla research, c/o Edinburgh Evening News [http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/our-region/edinburgh/leith/leith-named-one-of-uk-s-top-hipster-hotspots-1-4309334] )? The Port of Leith Whisky Distillery has already hit the headlines locally with ambitions to gain exposure around the world. Leith is Edinburgh’s Port and was once the hub of today’s…
I read with interest this morning about a person I know who works both in Paris and Silicon Valley and he was recounting the vast cultural difference between a business lunch in each city. The languid nature of a “business” lunch in Paris that may go on all afternoon and into the early hours of the morning, sometimes touching on business, often passed over with in-depth conversations around the benefits…