Dave Broom On Whisky, Writing And Change
Isabel Graham-Yooll was meant to be interviewing Dave Broom in Brighton for the Whisky.Auction magazine, but it quickly became more of an interrogation, with occasional smatterings of industry gossip.
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Jim McColl MBE, The National Treasure Who Treasures Whisky
Scottish broadcaster Jim McColl MBE was a presenter on BBC Scotland’s popular Beechgrove Garden show across four decades, and is the recipient of numerous awards including the Chartered Institute of Horticulture award for his significant contribution to horticulture. More importantly, he is a whisky enthusiast.
The Fairy Tale Qing
An auctioneers guide to the best independent bottling you’ve never heard of, Club Qing’s Fairy Tales and Scary Tales.
Memoirs Of A Whisky Salesman – Part 7
‘It wasn’t always champagne and roses…I haven’t spoken about it until now. It still angers me about the unnecessary waste of talent and experience of the DCL boys. All just to settle a schoolboy’s feud.’ The final edition of Memoirs of a Whisky Salesman lifts the lid on what life was really like when the chips were down.
Memoirs Of A Whisky Salesman – Part 6
Memoirs of a whisky salesman Roger Mallindine was promoted to the West End after being presented with a pair of gold engraved cufflinks. He was Salesman of the year in the UK for selling Haig.
Memoirs Of A Whisky Salesman – Part 5
In our fifth instalment of our memoirs of a whisky salesman Roger Mallindine fondly remembers one particular episode that changed whisky history.
Memoirs Of A Whisky Salesman – Part 4
Roger Mallindine had been selling blended whisky for decades and understood how the luxury whisky business worked. Now it was time to sell single malts. He suddenly found himself in a world of many privileges and memorable events.
Memoirs Of A Whisky Salesman – Part 3
It’s the late 1980s and Roger Mallindine had spent 20 years working his way up the Trade. He’s now in United Distillers post the Guinness/DCL merger, looking after whiskies for luxury outlets.
Memoirs Of A Whisky Salesman – Part 2
By the age of 19, Roger Mallindine had become shipping clerk at Bass Charrington Vintners. He soon left the shipping business and joined Showerings as a Rep for Babysham and Britvic juices which he sold out of army surplus ammunition boxes.
Memoirs Of A Whisky Salesman – Part 1
The tell-all memoirs of a whisky salesman are serialised every day this week. Here Roger Mallindine chronicles his arrival into the drinks trade in the tumultuous 1960s.
