Prize Winning Islay Distilleries
Tuesday, April 03 2007
The San Francisco World Spirits Competition was held on March 18th and 19th in the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in San Francisco. There were over 700 spirits entered from 51 countries. Highland Park from the Orkney Islands won the distiller of the year award and there were important awards for Islay's Distilleries. The most eye-catching award was the 'best in show whisky' for the Bowmore Distillery.
Here is a round up of the awards won by Bowmore :
This is great news for the Bowmore Distillery team. All their prize winning whiskies are available in the new visitor centre which opened in November last year. But Bowmore Distillery was not the only distillery to win important prizes. The other distilleries performed excellent as well:
Lagavulin Distillery:
Caol Ila Distillery:
Laphroaig Distillery:
Ardbeg Distillery:
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