Distilleries
Waterford
Published 13/08/2025
Former managing director of the Scottish distillery Bruichladdich, Mark Reynier, founded the Waterford Distillery in 2014 in the town of the same name and County Waterford. The extremely modern distillery is located directly on the Suir River. Reynier and his team have developed an exciting concept that should make the grain the focus of attention and taste. 46 farmers supply the distillery with 120 tons of barley for 46 weeks of production.
Weidenauer
Published 13/08/2025
Visually a beautiful courtyard, in terms of content a “fruit and grain workshop” - that’s what Oswald Weidenauer himself calls his distillery. In the building from 1830, in addition to poppies and creepers, a Waldviertel crop is processed that has become synonymous with the house. “Ossi” Weidenauer could print “specialist for oat whisky” on his business card. Because the naked oat (it’s really called that!) is more important here in Kottes than the rye.
West Cork
Published 13/08/2025
The West Cork Distillers were founded in 2008 by three friends with the intention of reproducing the true Irish whiskey character through West Cork, distilling the best spirits in the world and then allowing them to mature. The company is based in Skibbereen, a small town in the south of the Emerald Isle and the unofficial capital of the West Cork region. In order to get close to their ideal and to produce the best possible Irish whiskey, the three founders brought top-class knowledge on board.
White Peak
Published 13/08/2025
The White Peak Distillery, founded by Max and Claire Vaughn was granted a building permit in July 2017 at Derwent Valley Mills UNESCO World Heritage Site in Ambergate, Derbyshire. The distillery laid down its first casks in May 2018 and the White Peak single malt whisky ‘Wire Works’ is due to appear in October 2021. Location of White Peak distillery A Peak District whisky distillery is housed in some of the country’s oldest factory buildings at the Derwent Valley Mills UNESCO World Heritage Site in Ambergate, Derbyshire.
Willowbank
Published 13/08/2025
The distillery with fivenames! Sometimes known as Willowbank, Wilson’s, Dunedin, Lammerlaw and more recently Milford. Distillation began in 1969 when the farm distillery was know as Willowbank Distillery by the founding Baker family. Being established on the South Island (to the south of Oamaru in Dunedin) of New Zealand which interestingly made it the most southerly distillery in the world. Formally production began in 1974 and the whisky was released under their Baker family’s Wilson’s brand name.