Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/12/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]There was a warning on BBC World last night. Some are trying to market "Pure Malt" instead of "Single Malt". Turns out they don't have enough single malt to meet the demand (takes a few years of foresight to predict the market when your product takes 12 years to age :) ) It was Greek to me. Daniel On Thu, 4 Dec 2003, Jerry Lehrer wrote: > Nathan > > Along these lines, my wife discovered and bought a new (to me) Islay > Single Malt called Finlaggan, at Trader Joes, for $16. No age listed > on it. They do have a website, which is unreadable to me; > > www.singlemaltwhisky.com > > It is not listed in any of my books. > > Jerry > > > Nathan Wajsman wrote: > > > I see Macallans in most of the local liquor shops as well as in the airport > > shops I frequent on a weekly basis. The Cardhu situation is most serious > > indeed, and I have been listening to the BBC with baited breath all day to > > hear the results of the meeting in Edinbourgh today. Fortunately, Diageo > > appears to have backed down in the face of the moral arguments of the > > single-malt makers and has agreed to change the colour and the label on its > > bastard "pure malt" concoction and also to clearly identify the liquid as > > being a blended rather than single malt whiskey. > > > > Nathan > > > > Luc Bourgeois wrote: > > > > > Gerry, any info on the Macallan's? They've been hard to come by in the > > > past couple of years here in Quebec. > > > > > > Luc > > > > > > On Jeudi, décembre 4, 2003, at 01:24 PM, Gerry Walden wrote: > > > > > > > As I know a number of you are keen whisky drinkers I thought you might > > > > be interested in the controversy about Cardues which is going on here > > > > in > > > > the UK (and particularly Scotland) at the moment. Cardues have always > > > > marketed their whisky as single malt but have been unable to keep up > > > > with the demand so they have blended their whisky and are now calling > > > > it > > > > 'Pure Malt Whisky' which the other producers say is confusing to the > > > > public. The bottle, label and price all remain the same apart from this > > > > subtle change. So beware, you may not be getting what you think! > > > > > > > > Gerry > > > > -- > > > > Gerry Walden LRPS > > > > www.gwpics.com > > > > +44 23 8046 3076 > > > > > > > > -- > > > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > -- > > Nathan Wajsman > > Almere, The Netherlands > > > > e-mail: n.wajsman@chello.nl > > Mobile: +31 630 868 671 > > > > Photo site: http://www.wajsmanphoto.com > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html