Today is World Whisky Day and we’re incredibly excited about it! We love whisky, as you know, but we realise that not everybody is as passionate about it as we are so we thought we’d offer you five absolutely lip-smacking options to try today… not all in one go...
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Five facts you probably didn’t know about whisky
Tomorrow is World Whisky Day (Saturday, May 16th) and we at Lockett Bros are getting all misty-eyed about the drink. We love whisky and we feel pretty blessed to be based in the country that just so happens to make the best whisky in the world. Come on, Scotland is...
Organic wines: What’s the big deal?
The rise of organic wine over the last few years has been pretty staggering and every year we see a bigger demand for it, but why go organic? Organic wine producers are popping up all over the world and it’s believed that the organic market is growing faster than any...
Which single malt whisky are you?
For every man, there’s a single malt whisky and for every single malt whisky, there’s a man somebody once said… probably. But what if our character traits were the drivers behind which single malt whisky we drink? What if there were stunning whiskies for every...
Arran single malts: From beauty… comes beauty
If a whisky is distilled in a breathtaking paradise, does that make the whisky taste better? Interesting question and we might just be inclined to say yes if Arran Single Malt whisky is the tipple. We at Lockett Bros have to put our cards on the table from the start...
Bruichladdich Cuvee 407 PX: It’s a little bit special
As a wine and whisky merchant of good repute – we think we can say that with a straight face – we naturally see huge amounts of different drinks passing through our doors but, every so often, we get our hands on something so splendid, we have to give it some extra...
Wines to drink when spring has sprung
We’re getting a little bit excited here at Lockett Bros as the winter weather seems to have finally abated and spring is ready to make an appearance. Have we just spoken too soon and jinxed it? Probably. But let’s just pretend that we’ve finally seen the back of...
New Zealand: Pioneering spirit that started a love affair with wine
New Zealand is now firmly fixed in the hearts and minds of wine drinkers the world over, such is the quality of the produce, but it wasn’t always like that. The South Island of New Zealand is, without doubt, one of the planet’s most impressive wine-producing regions...
The rise and rise of single cask whisky: An interview with Peter MacKay
In a category that offers so much variety it could make your head spin, there’s an option that more and more discerning whisky drinkers are turning to – single casks. Single casks give drinkers the chance to try a whisky that might not have been enjoyed as a single...