Edinvillie

Edinvillie in the Heart of Malt Whisky Country

                

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, Benrinnes, Glenfarclas, The Glenlivet, Glenfiddich, Glendullan, The Macallan, Benromach, Kininvie, Cardhu, Glen Grant, Glen Moray, Glendronach, Strathisla, The Balvenie, Mortlach.

Nearby Dufftown hosts the Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival twice a year and attracts visitors from all over 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.

Malt Whisky produced in Speyside can be found in the top ten best selling whiskies all over the world. Many of the whiskies made in Speyside are the backbone of most of the well known blended whiskies including Chivas Regal, Johnny Walker and Clan Campbell.
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, 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.

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. The value of Scotch whisky exports surged by 22% in the first six months of the year, with the equivalent of 570m bottles of whisky sold overseas after sales soared in Asia and South America. Foreign shipments of blended and malt whisky were worth £1.8bn, compared with £1.47bn in the first half of 2010. The whisky sales account for almost 25% of all food and drink exports from the UK and a staggering 90% of all whisky sales are to the export market but did you know that 77% of the cost of a bottle of whisky sold in the UK is tax!

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 six 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.

Diageo unveiled its new £40 million distillery at Roseisle, the distillery is the first malt distillery of scale to be opened in Scotland in over 30 years and has been built in response to demand for Scotch whisky brands such as Johnnie Walker and Buchanan’s around the world.
The award-winning distillery combines centuries of accumulated distilling knowledge and expertise with cutting-edge design and green technology to produce quality spirit for Diageo’s brands. The £40 million investment in Roseisle is part of the £600 million invested by Diageo in Scotland over the past six fiscal years and is focused on building high quality capacity to meet growing international demand for Diageo’s iconic brands.

The oldest working distillery in the Highlands of Scotland is Strathisla, founded in 1786. It is also the most picturesque distillery in Scotland.
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.
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.