Update whats been up.

The 7th was real fun try presenting whisky to 250 people, their is only so much time you can manage to keep them listening, I have told most people I prefer to limit a tutored tasting to 50 people and rather go Whisky dinner for such large groups, that way you only need their attention for 20 minutes.
Ahhh well I still need to decide if I am too boring or if the crowds are just rude.
The 8th saw a nice group of people with a lot of new faces and boy were they lucky we featured some fantastic whisky they all seemed very keen and open minded.
I managed to go a whole week from the 13th to the 20th without presenting an event I finally caught up on some paperwork.
The 20th kicked off with me presenting the Van Gogh Vodka range to what turned out to be a very surprised and delighted crowd. My club met on the 22nd for part 2 and were rather pleased with being able to sample 2 whiskies that are not available in SA, it must be said they had a negative prejudice towards J&B Nox which I am afraid I could not change until they discovered Knockandoo that is.
A few were very pleased that I finally included a blended whisky(JW Blue Label) no I will not be featuring blends in the future. The reason I did it was The Royal Lochnagar did not arrive on time as such I selected what I thought was the next best thing.
The 23rd had me presenting to Beluga's Staff a full range of whisky including bourbon.

As of Monday the 27th I have been in Jozi I kicked off at Melrose Arch Wine sense with a Whisky and Sushi evening which must have been one of the toughest crowds I have ever presented to. Tuesday we gathered at the Wanderers Club with a great bunch of enthusiastic people thanks to Jeff Spiller. It turned out to be a brilliant tasting and was really well received.

Tonight I present at the Wanderers to The Rotary Club so I am sure it will be a lot of fun.
Tomorrow I am off to Pretoria to present to a Wine Club I will do my best not to have a go at their sour grapes I am sure we will have a blast though.

Then Friday Its back to the Mother City to celebrate my younger sons second birthday.

That's what I've been up to.Please do not be scared post a comment if you like but do consider yourself updated.
Slainthe Mhath

Coming Up Next week

For those of you that do read this Blog......

Tuesday 7 August Corporate tasting with international speaker, this should be interesting will be nice to get feedback from delegates to see how I compare.
Wed 8 August Club tasting at the FBG in Greenamrket square I reveal some new whiskies including a Brora 23 Years old which makes my top 8 of all time it is the first time in about 3 years that there has been a new entry, peat and sherry wowowowowow fan...tastic.
Thursday 9 August was supposed to be a tasting with Don Paul at Marimba where we would be creating our own blends but as fashion week is on at the same time it looks as though we will have to postpone the event again.

So there is much to do about whisky, hope to see you out and about till then Keep dramming.

August Still Cold and Wet

Well August has officially arrived, I ended July with a tasting at The FBG in Greenmarket square which was well received and good to see so many new faces.
Today is cold and wet again so methinks a dram be a good idea.

There is some terrific news, coming soon, I will be completely overhauling my club and how it is structured as well as a strategic partnership which you wine lovers will certainly enjoy,,, more on this a bit later look out for my Newsletter.

This was not a quiet week by any ones standards, Tuesday was my Club tasting, Wednesday was a Cigar tasting at a woman's Success club which was rather interesting.Last night was some quality family time to celebrate the wife's birthday.

As yet I have not received a single comment so I am assuming that no one is reading this blog which makes me wonder if I can better spend this time elsewhere.

Have a good weekend
Keep Dramming