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Business Daily: Resurrecting ‘ghost’ whisky distilleries

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Resurrecting ‘ghost’ whisky distilleries

08/05/2024 GMT

BBC World Service - Business Daily, Resurrecting ‘ghost’ whisky distilleries

How some of Scotland's most iconic and coveted whisky-making sites are being revived

How some of Scotland's most iconic and coveted whisky-making sites that fell on hard times and closed in the 1980s and 90s are being revived.

In Scotland in the 1980s, a slump in the whisky market brought about the closure of some of the country's most iconic distilleries. These sites become known as 'ghost' distilleries - where spirit production has stopped, but where some stock is still available. 

In this programme, Elizabeth Hotson will be discovering why some of these distilleries are now being brought back to life. 

She visits the legendary Port Ellen on the Isle of Islay for its much-anticipated re-opening and hears from the master blender there, and she takes a tour of London’s fabled Vintage House. 

A whisky writer explains what makes a truly great dram and we learn why investors need to be careful if they’re planning to jump on the whisky bandwagon.

(Picture: A bottle of Port Ellen whisky bottled in 1980. Credit: Elizabeth Hotson/BBC)

Presented and produced by Elizabeth Hotson

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