Edinvillie in the heart of Malt Whisky Country
                 
Glenallachie Distillery Aberlour Distillery Glenfarclas Distillery Benrinnes Distillery

Speyside is home to almost fifty distilleries and, according to those in the know, that's more than half of ALL of the distilleries in the whole of Scotland and Edinvillie sits, surrounded by such whisky giants as Aberlour, Glenfarclas, The Glenlivet, Glenfiddich, The Macallan, Benromach, Cardhu, Glen Grant, Glen Moray, Glendronach, Strathisla, The Balvenie, to name just a few.
 Nearby Dufftown hosts the Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival twice a year and attracts visitors from all of the globe, with many distilleries, not normally open to the public, opening their doors, allowing visitors an exclusive insight to their workings.
For further information on the distilleries & the Speyside Whisky Festival please use the links below.

Aberlour






Cardhu






Glenfiddich






The Macallan








 Malt Whisky produced in Speyside can be found in the top ten best selling whiskies all over the world. Many whiskies made in Speyside are the backbone of  most of the well known blended whiskies including Chivas Regal & Johnny Walker. Glenfarclas 15yr, 21yr & 25yr old Aberlour 10year old Single Malt Whisky is the best selling Malt Whisky in France.
Glen Grant is the top selling whisky (including blended) in Italy.
Cardhu is the best selling Malt Whisky in Spain		 Glenlivet






Glenfarclas






Glen Grant







Glenrothes
Aberlour Pot Still Trophy
 11,000 people are directly employed by the
Scotch Whisky industry.
An additional 60,000 people are indirectly employed.
3,300 rural jobs in Scotland rely on Scotch Whisky production.
Over £2.2 billion was generated for the UK economy by Scotch Whisky exports in 2004

 The Macallan Whisky
The oldest working distillery in the Highlands of Scotland is Strathisla, founded in 1786.
It is also the most picturesque distillery in Scotland.		 Distillery Workers at Aberlour The most popular malt whisky in the US is The Glenlivet
The Glenlivet was the first single malt to be exported to the US when Prohibition ended in 1934.
Copper Whisky Stills at Aberlour The Edrington Group, the parent company of The Macallan, have invested an unprecedented £40m in a single distillery. A "mothballed" stillhouse restarted production in November 2008, increasing the production of The Macallan by 30%  and the construction of two new warehouses, capable of storing 20,000 casks esure that The Macallan can continue to delight whisky lovers around the globe for many years to come. Strathisla Distillery
The Balvenie is the only distillery that still grows its own barley, malts in its own floor maltings, still employs its own Coopers to tend the casks & still has its own Coppersmith to maintain the stills. The British Medical Association states that
up to 30 grams of whisky per day can help to
 protect against heart disease. 		Glenfarclas is currently owned and managed by the 5th and 6th generation of the Grant family, the distillery is one of only a handful that are truly independent family run businesses.
                                  
Distillery Links
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Diageo Aberlour Benromach The Balvenie
Pernod Ricard Glen Grant Glenfarclas Glenfiddich
Campari The Glenlivet Strathisla The Macallan

If you want to learn more about whisky check out the links below

Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival


Click the image above for the
Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival website
for further information on the 2009 festival		 Malt Whisky Course
 
Click the link above for more information
about the Moray College and
 Gordon & MacPhail
Malt Whisky Distance learning course.

Glenfiddich Distillery Warehouses at Glenfarclas Glenlivet Distillery Cardhu Distillery

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