Mark H 
Following up on the success of last year’s event, Wade Bales is back (with Kaya FM this time) to host another 2-night event where both wine and whisky lovers can taste their way through a great selection of the industry’s finest wines and single malt whiskies. Click here to WIN tickets to the 2013 KAYA … Read more
1974 was a good year. It was the year the Rubik’s Cube was invented, the year the legendary “Rumble in the Jungle” boxing match between George Foreman and Muhammad Ali took place, the year I was born and also the vintage selected by Glenfiddich’s largest ever Vintage Reserve selection panel. What’s so special about the … Read more
South Africans are lucky people. Not only do we live in a beautiful country with a brilliant climate, we are also home to the World’s Best Blended Whisky! Every year Whisky Magazine holds their annual World Whisky Awards which aims to select, award and promote the ‘World’s Best Whiskies’ to both consumers and the trade … Read more
A short while ago Bunnahabhain approached me with an offer to host a private tasting of their un-chillfiltered range of whiskies for the Whisky Tasting Fellowship. The catch? I had to find, and confirm, 30 attendees within 24 hours of the offer. After a rather frantic day (and night) on the phone, firing off emails, … Read more
Grant’s Family Reserve whisky has been available in South Africa for several decades now, so it is only fitting that William Grant and Sons chose our country to be among the first to see the Grant’s 12 Year Old premium blended Scotch whisky on our shelves. The Grant family have been producing whisky for five … Read more
March 9th, 2012 saw the Johannesburg media launch at the Punchinello’s Restaurant in the Montecasino Southern Sun of Bunnahabhain’s un-chillfiltered range of non-peated single malts from Islay. That’s right, I said non-peated whisky from Islay. The most famous whisky island in the world is renowned for the amazing range of peated whiskies that come from … Read more