MR PORTER has spent the last decade curating the world’s most desirable menswear brands, creating engaging original content for shoppers, as well providing first-class service across over 180 countries. Coming soon in November 2021, MR PORTER is entering into the world of fine spirits for the first time.

Glenfiddich Presented by MR PORTER, a limited edition whisky, is inspired by both Glenfiddich and MR PORTER restless explorations of taste, elegance and innovation. This limited edition whisky offers a fresh take on luxury style, a beautifully complex 20 Year Old producing layers of fudge, spiced oak and caramelised Demerara sugar. This would definitely attract whisky collectors and fans around the world, this is going to be a true whisky collector’s dream whisky in the making. Glenfiddich Presented by MR PORTER is a treasure that can be enjoyed with close friends and fellow whisky friends. This is definitely going to be an elegant and prized addition to home bars, it’s also the perfect accessory for raising a dram.

“Glenfiddich and MR PORTER have consistently challenged convention throughout their history, always pushing industry boundaries and innovation. This collaboration marks a first for both brands, joining a heritage and style as one, culminating in a limited and collectable whisky to enjoy for many years to come” comments Ben Palmer, MR PORTER Creative Director.

The rich and indulgent single malt has been curated by MR PORTER Creative Director, Ben Palmer, under the expert guidance of Glenfiddich Malt Master, Brian Kinsman. Both taste leaders have worked in tandem to develop the perfect final liquid, hand selecting casks of New American oak, ex bourbon and European oak sherry casks, married together to create a deep, silky smooth single malt. This use of Glenfiddich’s innovative Solera technique combines the three casks to create a bigger, richer and more complex flavour; a rare marriage of casks”.

Brian Kinsman, Glenfiddich’s Malt Master, said: “Innovation, craft, style and curation remains at the heart of both brands. Where Glenfiddich’s highly creative nature and diligent techniques have seen the brand create the best quality and innovative whiskies for 134 years, MR PORTER’s meticulous sourcing of the world’s leading lifestyle labels and brands has made it the world destination for style.”

Keep a lookout for its bespoke casing, this is also designed by Palmer and Kinsman. You will see the bottle presented in a crisp white, embossed casing, lined with a subtly designed, minimalistic monogram featuring the two iconic brand emblems.

Claudia Falcone, Glenfiddich Global Brand Director comments on the collaboration, “We are delighted to work alongside a brand that shares a similar ethos and approach to their craft and iconic curation. The marrying of style and heritage has created a unique and distinctive collector’s item of the best quality. This partnership with MR PORTER is the first of its kind and demonstrates how Glenfiddich is constantly striving to think ‘Where Next’ as a brand. It is this underlying ethos that has driven us historically and challenged us to break new ground.”

I am keen to own a bottle of Glenfiddich Presented by MR PORTER, how do I go about getting it?

Whisky collectors, luxury spirit enthusiasts and style seekers around the world, Glenfiddich Presented by MR PORTER is highly-limited vatting. If you are keen to own one of the 1,500 limited bottles worldwide, you will need to visit Glenfiddich.com to register your details into the ballet. The ballet is going to open on Wednesday 3rd November at 0001 GMT for a chance to be inside, to buy one of the limited exclusive bottles.

Glenfiddich Presented by MR PORTER will be available only to consumers based in the United Kingdom (RRP £300), United States (RRP $425), Hong Kong (RRP HKD3,300.00), Singapore (RRP S$608) and Australia (RRP $AUD540).

Terms and conditions apply. All applicants must be over the legal purchase age.

Participants will not be required to pay up until they win the chance to purchase the bottle. Subject to purchase.

Notes:

* The Glenfiddich range has received more awards since 2000 than any other single malt Scotch whisky in two of the world’s most prestigious competitions, the International Wine & Spirit Competition and the International Spirits Challenge.

** Information and pictures courtesy of Glenfiddich and Gusto Luxe **

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Whisky with a view project was partially inspired by this account on Instagram, traveling the world drinking whisky and taking photographs of whisky in the mountains, in the valley, the forest, in such gorgeous natural landscapes that whisky is usually associated with. Prior to that, I was learning whisky appreciation, thanks to The Whisky Festival 2017 at Changi Airport where I was introduced to Balvenie and The Whisky Festival 2018 at Changi Airport whereby I was introduced to Jura. As I grew and learned more about whisky appreciation, it led into whisky and food pairing adventures with my friends Chef Keith Crackling Roast and Chef Jude, this food and whisky photography project is always a work in progress, we would eat, drink and appreciate with our whisky collection, along with some photography shoot of course!

Behind the scenes, I always wanted to produce similar Whisky with a view sceneries here in Singapore. This proved to be more challenging than I expect since the landscape and terrain here is limited not just in land size, there aren’t many any high mountains and valleys. Nevertheless, I decided to produce my own Whisky with a view project, that fits into Singapore’s landscape and terrain.

Whisky with a View Project – SG Edition, got its maiden debut recently during a planned photo walk to explore and discover this old place/lost world, Keppel Hill Reservoir. This was my maiden start to Whisky with a View Project – SG Edition, somehow, it had re-ignited the explorer fire inside me again.

Whisky with a View Project – SG Edition is about appreciating our gorgeous natural landscapes with whisky. As I return back to exploring with my Canon cameras and lenses, through my Canon EOS RP Explorer adventures and stories, I hope to share and showcase more of the unseen natural landscapes in Singapore.

More photography stories and works on the way from my Whisky with a View – SG Edition project, along with whisky and food pairing project. For all whisky fans, I hope you appreciate and enjoy my whisky adventures like I do!

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There are many exciting festivites and activities taking place at The Whisky Festival and one of them is the Whisky Appreciation Master Class! In the year 2017, I attended a Whisky Appreciation Master Class by Balvenie at Changi Airport Whisky House inside Changi Airport Terminal 2 transit area. I had a great time know more about Balvenie whisky, tasting and appreciating it, check out my article that I published on my Whisky Appreciation Master Class during The Whisky Festival 2017! Although it was my second time visiting The Whisky Festival, I was just as excited, having the opportunity to attend another Whisky Appreciation Master Class at the Whisky House!

Thanks to Changi Social organising it for Changi Social Ambassadors, we attended the Whisky Appreciation Master Class by Jura whisky, hosted by Darroch Ramsay, Global Brand Specialist for Jura Whisky and we were guided on the tasting and appreciation of the new Jura Sherry Cask Collection.

Jura Whisky has a new Jura Sherry Cask Collection and there are four varieties of them, namely:

The Sound

Colour: Antique Gold

Aroma: Hazelnuts, orange and maple syrup

Taste: Caramel fudge

Finish: Black forest fruits and milk chocolate

ABV: 42.5%

The Bay

Colour: Copper Gold

Aroma: Toffe apple

Taste: Raisins, fig and ginger spice

Finish: Soft liquorice

ABV: 44%

The Loch

Colour: Mahogany gold

Aroma: Treacle

Taste: Baked apple, praline and coffee

Finish: Tropical fruit salad and cracked pepper

ABV: 44.5%

The Paps

Colour: Deep mahogany gold

Aroma: Ginger cake and vanilla

Taste: Balsamic, spiced pear and fig syrup

Finish: Roasted Walnut

ABV: 45.6%

Each of the four new Jura Sherry Cask Collection whisky has something special behind it, an inspiration and whisky story. Since we all have different tastes and preferences, that would be a taste that you would like from this Jura Sherry Cask whisky collection.

After listening to each different inspiration and whisky story, followed by tasting and appreciation of the new Jura Sherry Cask Collection, I am thinking to myself that I need to plan a trip to visit whisky distilleries in Scotland and Jura sounds like a very gorgeous destination to visit in Scotland, I can have a great time photographing Scotland landscapes and going for whisky tasting visits too!

If you are a whisky lover, don’t miss out on The Whisky Festival 2018 at DFS SingaporeChangi Airport! More information on The Whisky Festival 2018 at Changi Airport can be found on their website!

If you like to discover and know more about Jura Whisky, check out their website, Facbook pageand Instagram.

I would like to thank Changi Airport Social for the invitation to the whiskey appreciation masterclass!

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It’s Sunday in Hokkaido, another cold and chilly autumn morning with the cold wind blowing. My plan for the morning was to make a pilgrimage to a whiskey that I really like a lot, Nikka whiskey. The birth place of Nikka whiskey is in this place called Yoichi, just three JR stations away from Otaru. I checked the local JR train timetable heading towards Yoichi the night before, planned the time to wake up, head towards onsen, buy my breakfast from the JR Otaru station convenience store before boarding the local JR train to Yoichi.

The local JR train ride was fun and I always love my traveling experiences there. Although it was only three stations away, the distance between them were quite far apart. I loved the views from my short JR train ride, I saw the colourful trees, the sea, coast line, hills and houses. My train ride was quite busy, not too packed, there were a number of people on the same train ride too. I spotted some elderly Japanese folks drinking beer in the morning while traveling on the train!

Nikka Distillery

Upon arriving at JR Yoichi station, there were a lot of people that were riding together on the train also alighted along with me. It dawned upon me pretty quickly that we were all heading towards a common destination, the Nikka distillery! A short walk away from JR Yoichi station, I arrived at the entrance to Nikka distillery, I am awed and excited because I made a pilgrimage to my favourite whiskey!

Visiting and walking inside Nikka distillery wasn’t too difficult, you can choose to join a guided tour (in Japanese though) or you can choose to walk around and explore on your own. I chose to walk around and explore myself. There were many information at various locations on the history, significance and things related to Nikka whiskey. The most interesting segments for me were the whiskey museum and Nikka Kaikan (guest hall, tasting room). My most eagerly anticipated segment of visiting Nikka distillery was the free whiskey tastings! There were 3 types of whiskey available for tasting inside the Nikka Kaikan, there were some rules to follow for visitors, no drinking for those visitors driving and each visitor is only allowed to taste 1 glass of whiskey from each type of whiskey available for tasting.

Whiskey is supposed to be enjoyed slowly, shaking and stirring the aroma up from the whiskey, slowly sipping, enjoying the after taste before continuing to slowly sip up the rest of the whiskey. In the midst of my excitement and over enthusiasm, I drank two of the three whiskey in kind of double quick time. Although I really loved the taste and feeling, my head started to spin because I drank too fast and furious! I had to quickly grab some ice water to drink and settle myself down!

There was a place known as Distillery Shop “Northland”, a gift shop to buy gifts and Nikka whiskey. Initially, I thought of buying Nikka whiskey back home to Singapore, however, they were not able to do the duty free procedure therefore I decided not to buy it back. Instead, I bought an ice ball maker and a box of Nikka Distillery chocolates.

I checked the return trip JR train time table when I first entered into the JR Yoichi station, therefore, I had a bit of time to walk around Yoichi and have a quick look before making my way to JR Yoichi station. Japanese trains were very efficient, reliable and punctual. The station masters opened up the doors for the passengers to walk out to the platform about 10 mins before the scheduled arrival time of the JR train. The visitors queued up in rows, waiting in line for the train to arrive. The JR train arrived exactly at the scheduled time as printed on the boards inside the train station.

Reaching JR Otaru station, there was a short time transition for passengers to switch and hop on to the another JR train heading towards Sapporo. This was how great, detailed and thoughtful the Japanese placed in service delivery standards.

When I reached Sapporo, I wanted to look for the Travelers notebook by the Traveler’s Company. However, I wasn’t able to find my way around the shopping centre and I didn’t manage to buy it during my trip to Hokkaido. I went back to the same lunch place yesterday, ordered a curry beef rice, enjoyed my lunch and took the next available train back to Otaru, for my late afternoon to night view of Otaru from Mt Tenguyama.

Mt Tenguyama, Otaru

Mt. Tenguyama, is a famous and well known tourism destination in Otaru, as well as in Hokkaido. On top of Mt Tenguyama, it has one of the best views of Hokkaido, highly rated and recommended by both locals and international visitors. I took a bus from Otaru bus terminal in front of JR Otaru station towards the foot of Mt Tenguyama where the ropeway station was located. I took the ropeway up and it was a great view of Otaru, the port and the sea!

Mt Tenguyama indeed had some gorgeous views up at the top, there were a few observation points that allowed visitors to take photographs of Otaru and her surroundings from different observation points. The weather was a bit overcast and pretty cloudy when I was up on top of Mt Tenguyama. I explored around the top of Mt Tenguyama, it’s really peaceful and beautiful. There were gusty chilly winds blowing on that evening, making it very challenging for me to stay long outside in the open to take photographs (I was kind of freezing up there on Mt Tenguyama).

Waiting for the sun to set and night to arrive, I finally caught a good glimpse of the night landscape scenery of Otaru. I didn’t bring my tripod up to Mt Tenguyama therefore I made the best out of everything in a very cold autumn night with gusty winds blowing at the top of Mt Tenguyama.

Taking the ropeway ride down, enjoying the nights sceneries of Otaru. I took the bus back to Otaru city centre, went to JR Otaru station and bought a half deep fried chicken for dinner back to my hotel room whereby I was able to keep myself warm from another cold chilly autumn night.

On my last night in Otaru at Dormy Inn Premium, I went down for my night singing noodles, the hot and heartwarming Yonaki Soba, my last time to enjoy this wonderful noodles, I am not too sure when I would have the chance again. Upon finishing the delicious Yonaki Soba, I went back to my room, packed my luggage while resting before coming down to relax and enjoy at the onsen before my sleep time.

Hokkaido Autumn 2016 Day 3

Hokkaido Autumn 2016

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