Fitting that the last drop I drank for my tenure at Tasting Table (at least for the time being) is The Last Drop 2025. And what a success to go out on! Spectacular finds this year. It’s no spoiler to say I enjoyed each one immensely. And it’s even more fitting that my favorite turned … Read more
Yours truly found himself at the Macallan 200th anniversary party–and I have been to some big to-do whiskey releases, but this was the first one that ever felt like a movie premiere. I got to sample the junior half of the Time: Space confusingly doubly named release (and the truly luxe edition itself containing two … Read more
Tasting Table tasked me with Talisker and other single malt scotch whiskies to recommend if you haven’t had them. I can’t lie to you: these tend to get expensive, so I tried to lump some normally priced bottles in there either under their own entries or piggybacking on others. I’m told that Burns Suppers go … Read more
The HearstMade folks asked me to guide you through the differences in the various Glenfiddich gran/d/e series for Esquire, as barrels from different quarters of the world give their increasingly aged and expensive scotch whiskies new aspects that, quite frankly, you and I would have to splurge to enjoy. I got a very nice sampling … Read more
My Hearst client list continues to expand (and yet another debut is in the hopper) with a Johnnie Walker collaboration that was very easy to say yes to when they asked me to wax fondly on the Scottish icon. These two pieces commemorate the high-rye and black label, so the science demanded I sample both … Read more
