Whilst some of our events have now sold out, tickets are still available for four Glenfarclas events during the 2010 Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival.

Thursday 29th April 2010 14.00-16.00
Four Glenfarclas Forty Year Olds
Due to the popularity of George Grant's masterclass, Glenfarclas are pleased to announce an additional event featuring a tour of the family owned distillery, followed by a tasting of four Glenfarclas forty year old whiskies with George Grant, Sales Director and sixth generation of the Grant family.

The tasting will include the first public tasting of the new Glenfarclas 40 Years Old Expression, the Glenfarclas 40 Years Old Scottish Classic, and two single cask bottlings from The Family Casks collection. As the new Glenfarclas 40 Years Old is only due for release during April 2010, this tasting gives you the opportunity to be amongst the first to taste this exciting new expression from Glenfarclas.

At the end of the tasting George Grant will present each participant with a voucher worth £40 against the purchase of any 40 year old whisky in the Glenfarclas distillery visitor centre, valid until the end of the Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival 2010.
£40 per person. To book click here.

Friday 30th April 2010
The Family Casks – Help choose the 1995 bottling
Sold out

Saturday 1st of May 2010 10.00 – 14.00
Glenfarclas Walk to the Water Source
Enjoy a walk to the Glenfarclas water source, on Ben Rinnes, with Robert Ransom. Where could be better to enjoy a dram? This is a hill walk over rough ground, so bring walking boots, waterproofs, warm clothes and a packed lunch. Weather permitting you should be rewarded with a fantastic view of Speyside. Relax after the walk with tea and shortbread at the distillery visitor centre. Please do not bring dogs.
£6 per person. To book click here.


Saturday 1st May 2010 11.00 -14.00
Glenfarclas Tour & Tasting with Ian McWilliam
Enjoy a tour of Family owned Glenfarclas, after which Ian McWilliam will introduce you to a selection of four of his favourite expressions of Glenfarclas, including one of The Family Casks.
£15.00 per person. To book please click here;

Sunday 2nd May 2010 19.00 – 22.00
Glenfarclas Dinner at Craggan Mill Restaurant, Grantown-on-Spey
Enjoy a four course Glenfarclas Whisky Dinner at Craggan Mill Restaurant, Grantown-on-Spey. Graham Harvey and Sheila McConachie, chef/patrons of Craggan Mill, and co-authors of the award winning book The Whisky Kitchen, will present a four course dinner, with each course inspired by an expression of Glenfarclas. To start, the Velouté of Haggis with Glenfarclas 15 Years Old, which featured in Graham's winning menu for the 2007 Spirit of Speyside Chef Competition.
Robert Ransom, Director of Sales & Marketing, of family owned Glenfarclas, will introduce an expression of Glenfarclas to accompany each course.
£42.00 per person. To book please click here.

Monday 3rd May 2010 11.00 -12.55
Glenfarclas Tour & Tasting with Kate Wright
Enjoy a tour of Family owned Glenfarclas, after which Kate Wright will introduce you to a selection of four of her favourite expressions of Glenfarclas, including one of The Family Casks.
£15.00 per person. To book please click here;

Glenfarclas 30 Years Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky has been awarded the Trophy for ‘Best Overall Whisky’ at the 2009 Australian Malt Whisky Awards; Australia’s most respected Whisky Awards. Conducted by the Malt Whisky Society of Australia, it is the second time the Glenfarclas 30 Years Old has received this prestigious honour, following a win in the inaugural 2003 awards. At the awards dinner the Glenfarclas 30 Years Old also picked up the coveted ‘Members Choice’ Trophy.

Independent and family owned since 1865, J. & G. Grant have been producing the award winning Glenfarclas Single Highland Malt Scotch Whisky for six generations. The distillery produces a traditional Speyside whisky with a heavy sherry influence. Commenting on the Glenfarclas 30 Years Old, Peter Godden, Chairman of the Judges said, ‘Pure, perfect sherry and malt combine. Clean, precise and rich with a flavour that drives on and on. A complete, perfect sherried style’.

Judging for the awards is conducted under international protocols. Craig Daniels, Chairperson of the Malt Whisky Society of Australia explained, 'Our intention is always to reward excellence in the bottle and to remove any other considerations from the equation’.

The Glenfarclas portfolio is distributed in Australia by Angove Family Winemakers. Commenting on the award, Richard Angove, Brand Manager, said, ‘As distributors of Glenfarclas in Australia since 1993, Angove Family Winemakers are thrilled with this result. Glenfarclas Single Malts are the pinnacle in their category and this award is testament to the Grant family who have such history and experience in creating these malts’.

George Grant, sixth generation of the family to own and manage the Glenfarclas distillery said, ‘It’s great to hear that Glenfarclas is being appreciated down under’.

Whisky Festivals and Glenfarclas events

14th - 17th March 2010
1st Klagenfurt Whisky Trade Show, Austria
Glenfarclas will be in Hall 2 on Stand Number A10

26th - 27th March 2010
Whisky Ship, Luzern, Switzerland
Glenfarclas will be on the Smuggler Whisky Stand

24th April 2010
Whisky Show, Ramada Plaza Hotel, Budapest, Hungary

29th April to 3rd May 2010
Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival

Thursday 29th April 2010 14.00-16.00
Four Glenfarclas Forty Year Olds
Due to the popularity of George Grant's masterclass, Glenfarclas are pleased to announce an additional event featuring a tour of the family owned distillery, followed by a tasting of four Glenfarclas forty year old whiskies with George Grant, Sales Director and sixth generation of the Grant family.

The tasting will include the first public tasting of the new Glenfarclas 40 Years Old Expression, the Glenfarclas 40 Years Old Scottish Classic, and two single cask bottlings from The Family Casks collection. As the new Glenfarclas 40 Years Old is only due for release during April 2010, this tasting gives you the opportunity to be amongst the first to taste this exciting new expression from Glenfarclas.

At the end of the tasting George Grant will present each participant with a voucher worth £40 against the purchase of any 40 year old whisky in the Glenfarclas distillery visitor centre, valid until the end of the Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival 2010.
£40 per person. To book click here.

29th April 2010
The Family Casks – Help choose the 1995 bottling
Sold out

Saturday 1st of May 2010 10.00 – 14.00
Glenfarclas Walk to the Water Source
Enjoy a walk to the Glenfarclas water source, on Ben Rinnes, with Robert Ransom. Where could be better to enjoy a dram? This is a hill walk over rough ground, so bring walking boots, waterproofs, warm clothes and a packed lunch. Weather permitting you should be rewarded with a fantastic view of Speyside. Relax after the walk with tea and shortbread at the distillery visitor centre. Please do not bring dogs.
£6 per person. To book click here.

Saturday 1st May 2010 11.00 -14.00
Glenfarclas Tour & Tasting with Ian McWilliam
Enjoy a tour of Family owned Glenfarclas, after which Ian McWilliam will introduce you to a selection of four of his favourite expressions of Glenfarclas, including one of The Family Casks.
£15.00 per person. To book please click here;

Sunday 2nd May 2010 19.00 – 22.00
Glenfarclas Dinner at Craggan Mill Restaurant, Grantown-on-Spey
Enjoy a four course Glenfarclas Whisky Dinner at Craggan Mill Restaurant, Grantown-on-Spey. Graham Harvey and Sheila McConachie, chef/patrons of Craggan Mill, and co-authors of the award winning book The Whisky Kitchen, will present a four course dinner, with each course inspired by an expression of Glenfarclas. To start, the Velouté of Haggis with Glenfarclas 15 Years Old, which featured in Graham's winning menu for the 2007 Spirit of Speyside Chef Competition.
Robert Ransom, Director of Sales & Marketing, of family owned Glenfarclas, will introduce an expression of Glenfarclas to accompany each course.
£42.00 per person. To book please click here. 

Monday 3rd May 2010 11.00 -12.55
Glenfarclas Tour & Tasting with Kate Wright
Enjoy a tour of Family owned Glenfarclas, after which Kate Wright will introduce you to a selection of four of her favourite expressions of Glenfarclas, including one of The Family Casks.
£15.00 per person. To book please click here; 

29th May 2010
Whisky An' A' That VII, with Robbies Drams in Ayr

We are pleased to announce that from the 1st of October 2009 Glenfarclas 15 Years Old will be available in 320 System Bolaget stores across Sweden. To read more on the System Bolaget website please click here.

 

 

 

 

 

Glenfarclas Distillery is celebrating the UK launch of new packaging for Glenfarclas 10 Years Old Single Highland Malt Scotch Whisky, which combines the family owned distillery’s traditional values with a contemporary presentation for the brand’s principal expression.

The new packaging sees Glenfarclas 10 Years Old presented in a striking red tube design, which whilst modern in style, is reaped in the company’s history. The bright red is the same shade as the red ink used by the current Chairman’s grandfather to hand write Glenfarclas in the 1930s, writing from which the Glenfarclas logo originated.

The new design builds on the layout and success of Glenfarclas 15 Years Old, 21 Years Old and 25 Years Old packaging, launched in 2006. This incorporates a repeat J&GG monogram pattern on the tube to symbolise six generations of family history, and a line drawing of the distillery with the pagoda pride of place in the Speyside landscape. Glenfarclas 10 Years Old will now also be bottled in a bespoke bottle, embossed Est. 1836, and in clear glass to highlight the natural colour of Glenfarclas.

George Grant, Director of Sales, and sixth generation of the owning family, commented, ’Please be assured that what is in the bottle has not been changed; Glenfarclas 10 Years Old continues to be produced in a traditional Speyside manner with a heavy sherry influence, and I am sure my forefathers would agree that the new presentation pays tribute to the quality of the whisky’.

The re-launch will be supported by a full sales and marketing programme including the continued Glenfarclas sponsorship of the Cheltenham Cross Country Series.