Royal Salute Snow Polo Edition
Pigeon race. If you asked me which of the English royal family’s favorite sports, I would never say pigeon racing. But according to Vogue magazine, the activity has been appreciated […]
Whisky
Arran Port Cask Finish – Obssession
It may seem obvious what I am going to say next, coming from a monothematic blog like this. But I have a few small obsessions. And it’s not whisky, because […]
Aberfeldy 12 YO – Protagonist
There are films I always stop to watch, when I come across them on television. It’s as if my brain goes onto autopilot and comfortably surrenders to the sense of […]
Glenkinchie 12YO – Meritocracy
If you’re an engineer or a meteorologist, you probably know the Chaos Theory. If you’re not, I’ll explain. The Chaos Theory suggests that in complex systems, where there are a […]
Glenfiddich 26 YO – Self Indulgence
The other day, I was in the car driving the way I always do, like a bat out of hell with rocket boosters. I was in the virtually traffic-free fast […]
Macallan Classic Cut – Violent Elegance
Liver with fava beans and a good chianti, or a good Amarone, if you prefer the literary version to the film. Classical literature, especially Dante’s Divine Comedy, the Goldberg variations […]
Bowmore Feis Ile 2008 – Drops
Do you know what Feis Ile is? Feis ile is the biggest annual festival on the island of Islay, famous for production of peated whiskies. Feis Ile celebrates the culture […]
Dalmore 18 – Manners Maketh Whisky
Manners make a man. This is what the British writer William Horman wrote in his book Vulgaria in 1519 – a compendium of quotes and proverbs from his day. In […]
Ardbeg Kelpie
My daughter is studying Brazilian folklore at school. Yesterday, she came to tell me that her favourite folk character is the (one-legged) little menace, Saci Perere. It makes sense, since […]
Six Whiskies that are much missed in Brazil
Hiraeth. I couldn’t start this post any other way, but with ‘hiraeth’. The Welsh equivalent of our untranslatable Portuguese word ‘saudade’. Hiraeth has a little extra meaning – it […]