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Published on: 21 Oct 03

Coffee

Like wine, coffee is deeply loved not only for its sophisticated taste and uplifting qualities, but for the way it eases contact and animates conversation between family and friends. Marianne Holtman spills the beans.
 
Published on: 21 Oct 03

Mineral Water

In South Africa, only those who took their pretensions very seriously ordered expensive mineral water on a regular basis a decade or so ago.
 
Published on: 19 Aug 03

Drinking whisky the way you like it

There’s an old Gaelic proverb that reckons there are two things a Scotsman likes naked. One is his whisky. By Graham Howe.
 
Published on: 28 Jul 03

An Introduction to Whisky

The Irish were the first to make whisky in the form that we know it, and until earlier this century, Irish whiskey out-sold Scotch (the general term for whisky from Scotland).
 
Published on: 28 Jul 03

Planning a Whisky Tour to Scotland

Travelling to Scotland and not visiting a distillery is like going to Paris and not seeing the Eiffel Tower. Dave Hughes, a regular visitor to the Highlands and Islands, shares some travel tips.
 
Published on: 28 Jul 03

South Africa makes whisky history

A world-first takes place in South Africa in October when some of the best and rarest single malt whiskies ever distilled are auctioned. Andrew Moth, who recently visited Scotland to learn some of the secrets of distilling, spells out what's in store.
 
Published on: 28 Jul 03

The Spirit of Scotland, Scotland

In the first of a 12-part series on Scotch Whisky, Graham Howe looks at the history and culture of "uisge beatha" (the ‘water of life’).
 
Published on: 28 Jul 03

White Horse, The Tale of the Whisky Baron

The great Whisky Baron challenged "Anybody doubting the age of Mackie's White Horse Whisky to take a dram and walk the tight-rope"! Graham Howe finds out how "Restless" Peter Mackie acquired his nickname.
 
Published on: 10 Jun 03

A whisky for every occasion

Guinness UDV and the chefs at The Cape Grace put their brains and hearts together to show how easily whisky and gourmet food can be combined.
 
Published on: 10 Jun 03

The making of Scotch

"Scotch Whisky is the stuff that made the old gods of the Greeks and the Romans feel sure that they were gods." - C.E. Montague
 
 

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