Experience Scotland’s Whisky Distilleries and Golf Courses in Style
Scotland is a country famed for its history, beauty and culture as much as it is respected for its scotch whisky distilleries and world class golf courses. Being home to both, you would expect it to have whisky distilleries and championship golf courses in abundance and well in thinking that you would be correct. Like each distillery, every golf course has its own personality and character and provides its own unique memories to those fortunate enough to experience it. Luxury tour operator Aura Journey’s offer clients the chance to enjoy experiences such as these in comfort and style through their bespoke chauffeuring service.
As well as whisky distillery tours and golf tours, Aura Journey’s also provide clients tailored Scotland tours as well as airport and cruise transfers. Based in central Scotland and covering all areas of the country, Aura Journey’s are perfectly positioned to help ensure your experience in Scotland is aligned to your expectations.
With a range of Mercedes S, E and V class vehicles, Aura Journey’s are the perfect first class chauffeuring service to choose in Scotland.
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Whisky-Online Auctions – Bid on a Range of Collectible Whiskies
Whisky-Online July Auction – Choose from an extensive range of malts, blends and other rare and collectible whiskies available on the secondary whisky market. As well as boasting an impressive online whisky shop, Whisky-Online hold regular online auctions offering bidders the chance to buy many of those harder to find whiskies.
Whether adding to an existing collection, buying a special gift or merely choosing a finer whisky to compliment an upcoming special occasion, buying whisky at auction has become almost as common as buying from a high street or online retailer. In many ways, it is at auctions like these that many surprising expressions come up and while there are many good buys to be had, lets not forget that from a sellers point of view, whisky auctions also present opportunities for many record hammer prices to be achieved.
Whisky Shops and Online Retailers – The Green Welly Stop
Consistent with any of the higher end whisky retailers, selection, knowledge and exceptional customer service would probably be among the expectations at the forefront of your mind and The Green Welly Stop is a whisky specialist that probably ticks all these boxes and more. Situated on the A82 heading north in one of Scotland’s most picturesque regions, The Green Welly Stop at Tyndrum is perfectly located for those either heading to or returning from the Scottish Highlands.
With a whisky shop and online platform boasting hundreds of whiskies from all whisky regions of Scotland, not to mention the USA, Ireland, India, Taiwan and Japan, The Green Welly Stop was in 2013 and 2015 ‘Highly Commended’ in The Whisky Magazine’s Icons of Whisky Scotland Award for Online Retailers. Having started selling whisky in 1976, The Green Welly Stop moved their whisky shop online in 2007 and since then have become one of the most respected and favored places to buy whisky online.
Famous Whisky Bars – The Curly Coo Bar Stirling
As you would expect visiting the home of single malt Scotch Whisky, Scotland has among the finest whisky bars anywhere in the world today and it is one of these famous bars that we have featured in Malt Marketing’s whisky bar directory. Curly Coo Bar in Stirling boasts one of the largest and most carefully selected ranges of whisky seen in any bar in Scotland, or anywhere for that matter.
Now with over 130 individual bottling’s The Curly Coo has established itself right up there among any award winning whisky bar. Indeed The Curly Coo Bar received a 5 star rating from Trip Advisor for 2012 and 2013, won the Drammie Award in 2013 being voted The Best Whisky Bar in The World as well as featuring in Lonely Planet Travel Guide in 2013. On top of this, The Curly Coo Bar was voted best whisky bar in Scotland in 2015 in the Scottish Field Whisky Challenge.
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Proprietor Mandy Silver prides herself in having sampled each and every one of her whiskies and it is this passion and attention to detail that is ever apparent when enjoying a drink in The Curly Coo Bar in Stirling. With a warm, friendly and engaging atmosphere you can’t help but settle in and enjoy not just the vast array of whisky that is on offer but also a selection of locally brewed craft beers and of course a rather fine selection of gins as well. Where would the world be without gin? Buying more whisky I suspect… So when next expanding your whisky surroundings, taking in a distillery visit or catching up on your historic sites in Scotland, be sure not to miss out on this little hidden gem of a bar.
The Making of Highland Park Single Malt Scotch Whisky
It would be fair to say that as far as single malt Scotch whisky goes, Highland Park is well just that little bit special. With its roots on the island of Orkney and with a heritage as much Viking as it is Scottish, the Highland Park distillery continues to produce some of the most remarkable whisky seen out of any Scottish distillery. Indeed Highland Park’s 25 year expression has triumphed on many occasion and no less so than when it was awarded the first ever 100-point score, along with the Chairman’s Trophy for Best of Category, by judges at Ultimate Beverage Challenge’s fourth annual Ultimate Spirits Challenge in New York in 2013. The film below looks at the underlying core principles that make Highland Park whisky the success story that it is today.
