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WhiskyCast is where it all begins. Now in our 18th year, each weekly podcast brings you the latest in whisky news, along with the latest events, tasting notes, comments from other listeners, and the weekly “In-Depth” segment features interviews with the people who help make whisky the “water of life”.

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Episode 464: February 1, 2014

Jean Donnay, owner of Glann ar Mor Distillery in France and the new Gartbreck Distillery on Islay. Photo ©2011 by Mark Gillespie.Kilchoman became Islay’s newest distillery in 2005, about the same time Jean Donnay started making whisky at Glann ar Mor on France’s Brittany Coast. Fast forward 10 years to 2015, when Donnay is scheduled to open his new distillery on Islay’s Gartbreck Farm and claim the title of Islay’s youngest distillery. Gartbreck received planning permission this week, and construction is expected to begin this May. Jean Donnay joins us on WhiskyCast In-Depth to discuss his longtime dream of distilling on Islay and his plans for Gartbreck Farm. In the news, the TSA relaxes its rules on carrying duty-free whiskies on board flights for international passengers, Dublin officials give Teeling Whiskey the green light to start construction on its new distillery, and the Kentucky Bourbon Affair’s “golden tickets” sold out in little more than a week.


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