Mitch Bechard has spent the better part of two decades convincing people to fall in love with whisky — first as a Diageo ambassador working golf clubs and global markets, then repping William Grant & Sons brands in the US, and now from his own base in Speyside, where he runs CopperCairn, a bespoke whisky … Read more
If you know South African whisky at all, you know Dullstroom, and if you know Dullstroom, you know Wild About Whisky. What started in 2005 as a wine bar in Auldstone House has become one of the country’s true whisky destinations — a place where, on a good Saturday, a group might sit down for … Read more
Some people build businesses. Others build communities. Over the past decade, Marc Pendlebury has quietly managed to do both. As the founder of WhiskyBrother, Marc has helped transform what began as a specialist whisky retailer into one of South Africa’s most influential voices in whisky. Along the way there have been independent bottlings, whisky festivals, … Read more
Angelo Skoutellas, co-owner of Decanter Liquor, discusses rare whisky, building one of South Africa’s leading premium retailers, and why curiosity matters more than collecting hype.