Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/12/04
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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
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