Scotland and Its Whiskies: The Great Whiskies and Their Landscapes


Printed:	2001	Author:	Michael Jackson
Publisher:	Harcourt Publishers Group	ISBN:	0151009422
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Amazon Review
Rugged Scotland's climate is too chilly to grow wine grapes, but it does support fields of barley and rushing streams of crystal waters. These combine to make Scotch whisky, whose well-aged, single-malt varieties connoisseurs prize above all other distilled spirits save France's cognacs and Armagnacs. Michael Jackson combines his broad knowledge of these whiskies with superb color photographs of Highland vistas in Scotland and its Whiskies. If it's true, as the French contend, that the land itself dictates the kind of wine its vines produce, it follows that Scotland's whiskies will vary from one distillery to another depending on the qualities of grain and water composing the final outcome. Growing taste for artisanal Scotch whisky makes this an especially useful purchase, and its exquisite Highland panoramas make it a worthwhile travel guide as well. Mark Knoblauch
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For this attractive travelogue and guide, Jackson and Wright explored the great distilleries of Scotland and the countryside which surrounds them. The text includes background information on the significance of whisky to Scotland, followed by detailed descriptions of specific regions of the country. A directory of Scottish distilleries is provided, and includes all of the working distilleries, those producing only intermittently, and those that have closed but whose buildings remain intact.