With Rossi & Rossi (official importer of the Ian Mcleod company), we will have the chance to taste the best malts of the two distilleries of the company, Glengoyne, Tamdhu and the Smokehaed brand (the peated malt of the company)

Speaker: Luca Chichizola (Italian Brand Ambassador)

Masterclass will be in Italian language

MASTERCLASS WILL TAKE ABOUT 70 MINUTES

Tamdhu 15 years old
Glengoyne 12 years old
Glengoyne Cask Strength
Glengoyne 21 years old
Smokehead Sherry Bomb

There are about 110 distilleries in Scotland today, but only Glenfarclas still has both direct-heated stills and uses rummager inside the wash still. Claudio Riva - Founder of Whisky Club Italia - will introduce to one of the few distilleries that has remained independent and familiar, which bases its core range using sherry cask.

Speaker: Claudio Riva

Masterclass will be in Italian language

MASTERCLASS WILL TAKE ABOUT 70 MINUTES

GLENFARCLAS 15 years old - 46% (100% Sherry cask)
GLENFARCLAS 17 years old - 43% (100% Sherry cask)
GLENFARCLAS 21 years old - 43% (First fill sherry cask + re-fill bourbon cask)
GLENFARCLAS 25 years old - 43% (100% Sherry cask)

Douglas Laing & Co., founded in 1948 by Fred Douglas Laing, is a family-run business in Scotland whose main goal is to offer traditional and unique creations.

You will taste Big Peat, Scallywag, Timorous Beastie, Epicurean and Rock Island. They are blended malt, coming from the best producers with whom Douglas Laing has had relations for 70 years.

Big Peat, for example, is a remarkable whisky made up of the most famous Islay malts, such as Bowmore, Caol Ila, Ardbeg and Port Ellen, just to name a few! It is bottled at 46%, without colouring or chill filtrations to keep the aroma of the whisky.

Speakers: Sam Travers (Global Brand Ambassador) & Gabriele Rondani (Rinaldi 1957). 

Masterclass will be in Italian and English languages.

MASTERCLASS WILL TAKE ABOUT 70 MINUTES

EPICUREAN (Lowland) - 46.2%
TIMOUROUS BEASTIE (Highland, including Dalmore, Glengoyne & Glen Garioch) - 46.8%
SCALLYWAG (Speyside, 100% SHERRY CASK) - 46%
ROCK OYSTER (Islands, including Arran, Jura and Orkney malts) - 46.8%
BIG PEAT (Islay, including Ardbeg, Bowmore, Caol Ila & Port Ellen) - 46%

Duncan Taylor has one of the world's largest private whisky cask collections.

Compagnia dei Caraibi, exclusive importer of the Duncan Taylor ranges, presents an unmissable tasting that will lead to the discovery of the different souls of excellence signed by this independent bottler.

A unique opportunity to taste the best expressions of the three Duncan Taylor ranges:
Black Bull, blends created using a large percentages of Speyside and Highland malts; Dimensions Collection, an exceptional range of single malt and single grain from all over Scotland and finally, the ‘The Octave’ range, single malts with a second maturation in Octave casks.

Speaker: Fergus Simpson (Brand Ambassador)

Masterclass will be in Italian and English languages.

MASTERCLASS WILL TAKE ABOUT 70 MINUTES

DIMENSIONS ICONIC - SPEYSIDE GLENFARCLAS SHERRY CASK - 7YO (2011)
THE OCTAVE - BUNNAHABHAIN OCTAVE - 10 YO (2008)
BLACK BULL - 21 YEARS OLD
THE OCTAVE - HUNTLY OCTAVE - 20 YO (1998)
THE OCTAVE - ARDMORE PEATED OCTAVE - 8YO (2010)

Located south of Belfast in the Killaney estate area, Hinch Distillery has set itself the goal of innovating Irish whiskey, without forgetting its 'artisan' origins.

Speaker: Michael Morris (Brand Ambassador)

Masterclass will be in Italian and English languages.

MASTERCLASS WILL TAKE ABOUT 60 MINUTES

Hinch Single Pot Still
Hinch 5Y Doube Wood Blend
Hinch 10Y Sherry Cask Finish
Hinch Peated

The Masterclass will be a “blind” route between 3 macro types of Scotch with a young Single Malt that has already shown great personality, as well as a Blended Malt couple and 2 Single Casks.

In summary 5 whiskys: 1 Single Malt, 2 Blended Malt, 2 Single Cask

Speaker: Ginny Boswell (Brand Ambassador)

Masterclass will be in Italian and English languages.

MASTERCLASS WILL TAKE ABOUT 70 MINUTES

Kingsbarns - Single Malt Nectar
Grove - Blended Malt Peat
Chimney - Blended Malt
Gardeners’ Biscuit Break - (Linkwood 2000 18YO) - Single Cask
Ardmore 2009 10YO - Single Cask