worker looks at a bottle of Johnnie Walker whisky at the Diageo owned Shieldhall bottling plant in Glasgow, Scotland March 24, 2011.(Reuters) - When it comes to Scotch whisky, premium single malts get star billing, but the world's top seller of blended varieties is aiming for a similar audience with some new, more upscale labels.Johnnie Walker, best known for its best-selling Red Label and Black Label...
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Johnnie Walker has added the robust, harder-to-find Double Black to its whisky family.The whisky titan auditioned the more intense variety of its flagship Black Label in select duty-free shops in 2010.The stronger-tasting blend elicited positive response, and it was then offered as a limited-release variety in the US, and its signature smoke has taken a permanent position in the whisky maker's por...
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Johnnie Walker has added the robust, harder-to-find Double Black to its whisky family.The whisky titan auditioned the more intense variety of its flagship Black Label in select duty-free shops in 2010.The stronger-tasting blend elicited positive response, and it was then offered as a limited-release variety in the US, and its signature smoke has taken a permanent position in the whisky maker's por...
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When it comes to Scotch whisky, premium single malts get star billing, but the world's top seller of blended varieties is aiming for a similar audience with some new, more upscale labels.Johnnie Walker, best known for its best-selling Red Label and Black Label brands, has launched a pair of pricier blends -- Gold Label Reserve and Platinum Label -- in hopes of winning over growing numbers of affluent...
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Strathclyde have developed methods by which authentic Scotch whisky can be differentiated from counterfeit brands.Researchers from the Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry have found new ways to compare the content of whisky samples to determine if they are the whisky on the label or an imitation brand."The whisky industry has tools at its disposal for telling authentic and counterfeit whisky brands...
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researchers in Scotland have invented a laser test to identify fake whisky from genuine scotch malt.Their invention could save distilleries and bars millions of pounds in Asia where counterfeit whisky is big business but knowledge of single malts is rare.Police in India and other Asian countries regularly uncover fake whisky rackets in which organised gangs buy empty bottles, print their own labels,...
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at Strathclyde have developed methods by which authentic Scotch whisky can be differentiated from counterfeit brands.Researchers from the Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry have found new ways to compare the content of whisky samples to determine if they are the whisky on the label or an imitation brand."The whisky industry has tools at its disposal for telling authentic and counterfeit whisky...
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200 bottles of bogus Scotch whisky, which the label states were made in Italy, are being tested to see if they contain harmful ingredients.A total of 180 bottles of "Granton Scotch Whisky" were seized by Medway Trading Standards and customs officers.The Scotch Whisky Act 1988 makes it unlawful to apply the term Scotch whisky to products that have not been produced in Scotland.Councillor Mike O'Brien...
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had a sedate launch at the Novotel Hyderabad Convention Centre in Madhapur last year, but, like the best of blended whiskies, is coming of age now.room, a Cuban cigars trolley, the ambience is one of classy, understated elegance. The JW logo of the striding Scotsman etched on the door and windows, black leather furniture, the black andbrands, of which the Johnnie Walker Blue Label, has got to be the...
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JWL had a sedate launch at the Novotel Hyderabad Convention Centre in Madhapur last year, but, like the best of blended whiskies, is coming of age now.room, a Cuban cigars trolley, the ambience is one of classy, understated elegance. The JW logo of the striding Scotsman etched on the door and windows, black leather furniture, the black andbrands, of which the Johnnie Walker Blue Label, has got to be...
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