World Whisky Day News
Experts Forecast Future Revival of Scotland’s Legendary Whisky Coast
Ahead of World Whisky Day (17 May 2025), leading tourism and whisky experts have revealed their hopes for an enriching and sustainable revival of Scotland’s legendary Whisky Coast, once home to the Whisky Capital of the World. Plans for over 13 new distilleries, as well as a number of innovative new whisky experiences and hotels, have recently been unveiled across Argyll and the Isles – an area which encompasses four of Scotland’s recognised whisky regions - Campbeltown (once known as the Whisky Capital of the World), Islay, Highlands (Oban and Loch Lomond) and Islands (Jura and Tobermory).
Celebrate Whisky Month in Glasgow
May is National Whisky Month, and with World Whisky Day falling on Saturday 17 May, what better place to raise a dram than Glasgow? Known as the “water of life” in Gaelic, whisky is Scotland’s national drink. While you’re in the city, be sure to sample a dram, take a distillery tour, and even book your accommodation at a working distillery.
Illinois Celebrates World Whisky Day
It might be whisky (with no ‘e’) when referring to Scottish, Canadian, or Japanese grain spirits, but when it comes to grain spirits distilled in Ireland and the United States – it’s whiskey (with an ‘e’). Regardless of how it’s spelled, today, Saturday 18 May the world will unite to celebrate World Whisky Day - the annual day celebrating whisky, inviting everyone to try a dram and celebrate the water of life, but do you know the history of whiskey in Illinois?