Comment – Wehring's Way – William Grant & Sons' Single Grain Scotch: Opportunity or Plaything?
By Olly Wehring | 8 October 2013
There was an element of fanfare last week when William Grant & Sons unveiled what it claimed is "a break with whisky conventions". The launch here in the UK of The Girvan Patent Still Single Grain 25 Year Old, announced on Friday (4 October) represents the company's entry into the single grain sub-category of the broader Scotch whisky sector.
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There was an element of fanfare last week when William Grant & Sons unveiled what it claimed is "a break with whisky conventions". The launch here in the UK of The Girvan Patent Still Single Grain 25 Year Old, announced on Friday (4 October) represents the company's entry into the single grain sub-category of the broader Scotch whisky sector.
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