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A new Glenrothes from DL, an amazing gift set from Nikka and some more stuff from lost distilleries: there seems to be quite a lot of these coming out at the moment. Perhaps the bottlers have been persuaded into action by our special Lost Distilleries Feature from a few months back! Or maybe it's just coincidence. Also this week, an impassioned plea from our friends at Penderyn has arrived in the form of the press release below: Penderyn on the hunt for Memorabilia The Penderyn Distillery is launching its visitors’ centre in June this year. As part of the permanent display there will be a tribute to the history of Welsh whisky distilling, which goes back to the 4th century. The company needs people’s help and support in gathering artifacts and memorabilia as part of this display. Items of interest include full or empty bottles of Welsh whisky, barrels, photography, signage, business documents, promotional items, maps, glasses/pottery or anything artifact relating to the rich and long tradition of whisky distilling in Wales. As an example, the company’s managing director, Stephen Davies, recently discovered an unopened bottle of 116 year old Welsh whisky from the distillery in Frongoch along with many other artifacts including promotional items, maps and photography. Things people should look for: - There was a small commercial distillery at Dale in Pembrokeshire which opened in 1705. This distillery was owned by Evan Williams's family who later emigrated to the USA and helped found the Kentucky Whiskey Industry. - In the 19th Century a whisky distillery operated at Frongoch near Bala in North Wales under the chairmanship of a Mr Robert Willis, which closed in the late 1800's. - In the 1990s, the Brecon Brewery Limited produced Swn Y Mor - which claimed to be a Welsh product containing a Welsh distilled grain spirit, but the source of the spirit was a mystery because at the time there was no distillery in Wales. Here at TWE we're always

A couple of new Bruichladdichs this week, the latest in the popular Links series, and a new ongoing 18 year-old. We also have the new Glenmorangie 18 year-old, which has had a fancy packaging facelift to bring it into line with the rest of the range. Also this week: Morrison Bowmore Launches Prize Draw to Promote Black Bowmore Digital marketing agency Chunk has launched a new campaign for Morrison Bowmore, targeting Whisky lovers and collectors Worldwide who have been waiting with anticipation for the release of Bowmore’s oldest ever expression the now legendary Black Bowmore. In conjunction with its release one lucky winner will be drawn at random to win one of these limited edition bottles worth £2000. Each of the 827 bottles have come from a single cask filled on the 5th of November 1964 and are individually hand numbered and come with a wooden presentation case. Bowmore are offering a unique opportunity to own a piece of distilling history by launching a free prize draw to win one of these exclusive bottles. Entries are only open to those of legal drinking age in their respective countries and participants can enter online at www.bowmore.co.uk . The prize draw is also part of the build up to the new Bowmore campaign which launches at the beginning of next year. The Bowmore Way website, which is aimed at Whisky enthusiasts, includes a host of never seen before lifestyle video tips, public debate and opinion, competitions and much more. Ewan Morgan, Online Ecommerce Manager for Bowmore, said, “The Black Bowmore prize draw is just the first of many exciting campaigns on the Bowmore website. I’m sure this will help raise the online communities awareness of Bowmore as a premium Single Malt Whisky brand. This is new, exciting ground for us in many respects and we hope to run many more new and exclusive promotions in the near future.” So, what are you waiting for? You can register for the draw here: http://www.bowmore.co.uk/Register/Page1.aspx .