Highlights From the Archive
Highland Friends to Warm the Night
While single malts can be enjoyed year-round, the onset of winter and long cold nights is perfect whiskey weather.
December 3, 2008DiningNewsScotland’s Independent Spirits
The country’s small bottlers make sublime whiskeys. And you’ll never find them at home.
September 23, 2007TravelNewsLift a Wee Dram All Over Town
Spend a weekend tasting Scotland’s gift to the world at whiskey bars around the city.
January 28, 2007TravelNewsMalt Shop
Nothing gives a man instant swagger like Scotch. One whiff, and a weakling on wall-to-wall carpet becomes Burt Reynolds (or Tom Ford) on a bearskin rug.
September 18, 2005StyleNewsFrom the Distillery, a Secret Ingredient
Perched on the Isle of Islay, a raw, mist-driven island off the west coast of Scotland, the Ardbeg distillery has been renowned for its complex, smoky Scotch for nearly 200 years.
December 8, 2004Dining and WineNewsA Rugged Drink for a Rugged Land
Ian Urquhart, a gently spoken, 55-year-old Scotch whiskey man who heads the firm of Gordon & MacPhail, led the way through his firm's 6,000-barrel warehouses here in northeastern Scotland, identifying some of the choicest lots for an overseas visitor.
July 16, 2003TravelNewsSmoky Sunrise
Last year, Dewar's, the only Scotch that sells over a million cases annually in the United States, enlisted Playboy Enterprises in a major marketing campaign.
June 22, 2003StyleNewsRevisiting Blended Scotch
Slowly, enthusiasts are beginning to re-examine and appreciate blended Scotches on their own terms. And distillers, sensing more interest in blends, are introducing new products, like the 12-Year-Old Dewar's Special Reserve.
December 20, 2000Dining and WineNewsARTICLES ABOUT SCOTCH WHISKEY
Distillers Take a New Approach to Canadian Whiskies
Producers of Canadian whisky — rendered without an “e,” as with the Scottish version — are trying to regain ground lost to rye, bourbon and Tennessee whiskey.
April 20, 2011Letting Diageo In Could Help China
Baijiu, an alcoholic drink that is China’s pride, has been largely off limits to foreign investors, but Diageo is offering $1.1 billion for a Baijiu producer.
November 10, 2010PAIRINGS
Pairings column offers recipe for poblano peppers using smoky mezcal from Mexico as filling; photo
August 18, 2010To Enhance Flavor, Just Add Water
Diluting coffee and cocktails with water can change their balance for the better.
July 28, 2010In Scotland, Regulating the ‘Water of Life’
A major distiller of Scotch whiskey is now using recycled water in the process.
June 4, 2010Bootlegging, Pakistan-Style
Purveyors of contraband alcohol must hide their line of work from the police, the Taliban and their families.
April 13, 2010Not the Usual (but Original) Drink
One sip and you might think this dark, potent, aromatic drink was an Italian digestive. But Root is an American original.
January 27, 2010Chasing the Wildebeest
People are at their best when engaged in an endless quest. Relaxation makes them dull.
December 31, 2009Restaurant Review: Star Bar Ginza in Tokyo
Service at this calm and cozy hideaway is friendly, but don’t be deceived: there are few bars that take their craft more seriously.
December 20, 2009WORLD BRIEFING | ANTARCTICA; New Zealand Group Has Plans to Retrieve Explorer's Whisky
Specialists from New Zealand plan to recover two crates of Scotch whiskey left by explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton during South Pole expedition of 1907-9 and trapped in Antarctic ice; crates will undergo conservation work in New Zealand and be returned to Shackleton's hut, which is being restored as museum
November 17, 2009Make It Whisk(e)y, if You Please
From a posting on The Pour by Eric Asimov dated Feb. 9.
February 11, 2009Dining Calendar
The science of taste, Dan Ackroyd’s wines, fashion tea, a class about peat and its role in Scotch whiskey and other food and beverage related events.
February 11, 2009Cutbacks? Yes. Cheap Scotch? No Thanks.
Give me an austere label with a complicated back story about sherry casks and Presbyterians.
December 21, 2008Pairings | Scotch-Peanut Chocolate Truffles
A recipe for Scotch-Peanut Chocolate Truffles.
December 3, 2008Wall Street Journal Offers Wine Promotion (No Scotch?)
There is no WSJ label, no Journal vineyard. But two weeks ago, Journal subscribers began receiving brochures for WSJwine, a mail-order wine club.
September 29, 2008SEARCH 128 ARTICLES ABOUT SCOTCH WHISKEY:
Multimedia
Spirits of The Times: Single Malt Scotch
The panel gathered recently to sample 21 malts from the Speyside region of the Scottish Highlands.
MOST POPULAR
- Opinion: Shyness: Evolutionary Tactic?
- Across Europe, Irking Drivers Is Urban Policy
- Atop TV Sets, a Power Drain That Runs Nonstop
- The Hidden Route to Machu Picchu
- U.S. Plans Stealth Survey on Access to Doctors
- Op-Ed Columnist: Why Is He Bi? (Sigh)
- Drilling Down: Insiders Sound an Alarm Amid a Natural Gas Rush
- The Health Consumer: Sit Up Straight. Your Back Thanks You.
- In Medicine, New Isn’t Always Improved
- Drilling Down: Behind Veneer, Doubt on Future of Natural Gas
- Jon Huntsman Steps Into the Republican Vacuum
- At New Network, Olbermann Sets Sights on MSNBC
- For The Onion, Any Pulitzer Prize Will Do
- Microdrones, Some as Small as Bugs, Are Poised to Alter War
- Rand and Rubio
- Tech Investors Feel an Aura of Hope, a Touch of Dread
- Huntsman Is Set to Run as Outsider on the Inside
- U.S. Ambassador Responds to Karzai's Criticisms
- Charlotte R. Bloomberg, Mayor's Mother, Dies at 102
- Many Cities Face a Long Wait for Jobs to Return