Canada's Premier Malt Whisky Appreciation Society
Media & Photos 2016
Video
Victoria Whisky Festival 11th Anniversary Video
Footage and production courtesy of Jen Steele Photography
Music track: Jock's Revenge by Whisky Kiss
Television
CHEK TV - CHEK News coverage of the Victoria Whisky Festival featuring Scott Adamson, Tomatin Distillery January 2016.
https://youtu.be/azl_egxLUNw
CBC TV - The Last Word, The Exchange: CBC Television interview with Mark Gillespie during coverage of the Victoria Whisky Festival January 2016 (6.49mins)
https://youtu.be/uEgjNKRqmX0
CTV Vancouver Island - CTV News Vancouver Island coverage of the Victoria Whisky Festival featuring Roberto Roberti January 2016
https://youtu.be/ioXEzpqu5WM
CTV News - Canadian Whisky Awards at The Victoria Whisky Festival featuring whisky super stars and authors Davin de Kergommeaux, and Dave Broom. Thursday, January 15, 2016
https://youtu.be/BvEJRG0S7kc
Times Colonist, Around Town: For the love of whiskies, by Michael D. Reid - Friday, January 16, 2016 04:43 AM
Times_Colonist_E-edition_17_Jan_2016_Page_46.pdf
Metro News, Canadian Whisky named the best in the world, but not Canada: Honour goes to Lot 40 at the Canadian Whisky Awards - January 16, 2016
Metro_News-Canadian_whisky_named_best.pdf
Analogue Magazine, At the Canadian Whisky Awards, by Nicholas Lyons - January 18, 2016
Analogue_Magazine-At_the_Victoria_Whisky_Awards.pdf
Saanich News, Lot No. 40 trumps Crown Royal’s Northern Harvest as top Canadian whiskey, by Travis Paterson - January 15, 2016
Saanich_News-Lot_No._40_trumps_Crown_Royal.pdf
Times Colonist, Enjoy a dram or two at the 11th Whisky Festival - January 14, 2016
Times_Colonist_E-edition_14_Jan_2016_Page_40.pdf
Scotch Whisky, VICTORIA WHISKY FESTIVAL, by Davin de Kergommeaux - January 26, 2016
Scotch_Whisky-Victoria_Whisky_Festival.pdf
https://scotchwhisky.com/magazine/features/festivals-and-events/victoria-whisky-festival/
Audio
CBC Radio All Points West with Robin Burns. Interview with Davin de Kergommeaux, author of Canadian Whisky: The Portable Expert
160113_CBC_VWF-Davin.mp3
CBC Radio On the Island with Gregor Craigie. Interview with Dave Broom, author of Whisky: The Manual and World Atlas of Whisky.
160114_CBC_VWF-Broom.mp3
100.3 THE Q - Interview with Iain Hooey, Vice President of the Victoria Whisky Festival.
160114_Theq_VWF2016.mp3
Social Media
Blogs
http://whiskycast.com: Episode 571: January 15, 2016
This week, we’re on location with the first of two episodes from the Victoria Whisky Festival in Victoria, British Columbia. For the last several years, the Victoria Whisky Festival has had at least one tasting session reserved for women only, and this year’s tasting featured Canadian Club’s Tish Harcus…one of the pioneers in leading tastings geared to women. We’ll talk with Tish and Julia Ritz Toffoli, founder of Women Who Whiskey…one of the fastest-growing whisky clubs for women with chapters in the US, Canada, Europe, and Africa. In the news, Corby’s Lot No. 40 has taken top honors as Canadian Whisky of the Year in the Canadian Whisky Awards for the second time in three years…the Nelson brothers have sold a stake in their Green Brier Distillery in Tennessee to Constellation Brands, and we’ll have the latest on new whiskies from Japan and Ireland.
http://whiskycast.com/episode-571-january-15-2016/
http://whiskycast.com: Episode 572: January 17, 2016
One of the most-discussed topics at this weekend’s Victoria Whisky Festival was a National Post feature on whisky questioning the future of vintage whiskies, and whether the whisky boom has already reached its peak. One of the whiskies mentioned in the story was The Glenlivet’s Founders Reserve, which is replacing The Glenlivet 12 in many markets around the world. We’ll get the reaction from The Glenlivet’s Ian Logan to that article, and what his colleagues at Chivas Brothers are doing to fight that perception on WhiskyCast In-Depth. We’ll also look at the impact of international trade deals on whisky exports, new whiskies, and while they’re not the same as the ones stolen last September during a New York City whisky show, Simon Brooking of Laphroaig has his green wellies back!
http://whiskycast.com/episode-572-january-17-2016/
