- Paperback: 144 pages
- Publisher: Duncan Baird Publishers; 2nd edition (17 Mar 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1844831221
- ISBN-13: 978-1844831227
- Product Dimensions: 24 x 21.8 x 1.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 427,619 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Author Michael Jackson and photographer Harry Cory Wright have produced a doubly individual portrait of Scotland, viewed through a gregarious glass. Whether they are studying ancient forms of barley in the Orkneys, drinking tea with peat-cutters while a storm brews over Islay, or favouring the finished product by the shore at sundown, they bring a personal understanding to the magic of malt. Anyone with even the slightest fancy for Scotland or its water of life will gain much from joining their explorations.
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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
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This review is from: Scotland and Its Whiskies: The Great Whiskies, the Distilleries and Their Landscapes (Hardcover)
The author and photographer’s collaboration gives us a work that vividly portrays Scotland and its whiskies. Written and visual images rather than details such as lists of distilleries and bottlings are in these pages. It is a perfect read while enjoying a fine single malt. The greatest negative is that it is too easy to keep reading and enjoying on into the third or fourth glass.A good read when planning a visit. There is useful information and material that doesn’t always find its way into guidebooks. The descriptions evoke clear images that are amplified by the photographs; helpful when planning for the memorable experience of enjoying a countryside and its distilleries. For those who enjoy a read about Scotland and its whisky then this book is a recommended investment. It will compliment any book collection that holds works on whisky.
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A Whisky Tale at a Winters Fire,
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This review is from: Scotland and Its Whiskies: The Great Whiskies, the Distilleries and Their Landscapes (Hardcover)
This beautiful coffee-table book is the pictorial companion to Michael Jackson's authoritative Whisky Companion. The author and his photographer Harry Cory Wright take us on a marvellous journey, from the lowlands across the isles to Orkney and south again to Speyside, drawing romantic and grandiose portraits of the great whiskies, the distilleries and their landscapes.While your friends are tasting your rare malts collection you should pass around this volume and show off your exquisite taste by adding expert comments on the various brands. Better still, keep the whisky and the book to yourself; settle down in a leather Georgian wing chair, in front of a winter's fire and be carried off to that whiskiest of all islands, savouring your Lagavulin, Bowmore or Bunnahabhain. The magnificent photographs of Harry Cory Wright evoke the magic and diversity of Scotland's moors, hills and coasts and leave no doubt why such a stiff and enticing drink originates from that country. This is the ultimate guide on how to become a drunk in style. Macomber
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4.7 out of 5 stars (11 customer reviews) 23 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
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Truly magical insite to Scotland and her Whiskies,
By Charles Swett - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Scotland and Its Whiskies: The Great Whiskies and Their Landscapes (Hardcover)
A couple of years ago I was blessed by being given one of the best, if not the best job in the world. "Brand Ambassador" for one of the finest and best known Scotch Whisky Brands. After an all too brief trip to Scotland, I have dedicated most of my free time to reading everything about Scotland and her Whiskies that I can get my hands on.Mr. Jackson's wonderfully poetic description of the land that now owns my heart has served to make a return trip much more than a wish. I so loved this book that I made a gift of it to the library of Cardhu Distillery. Thank you Mr. Jackson for making Scotland come alive to Whisky lovers everywhere. Slainte bha Charles Swett 12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
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A combined piece of verbal & photographic art!,
By Rose Glavas - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Scotland and Its Whiskies: The Great Whiskies, the Distilleries and Their Landscapes (Paperback)
An excellent book about my favourite all time drink! That's how I would describe this well written, beautifully photographed and intricate journey through Scotland, describing its whiskies.
Working together, Jackson and Wright have put together a combined piece of verbal and photographic artwork. The information provided is very educational, but enjoyable, with historic and technical information entwined with Jackson's fireside conversational style making this a pleasure to read. I can't reproduce the photography but I can give you a sample of the style of writing from page 63: "After I had breathed the air of early Christianity and Celtic myth, the journey back was slow. It was not just the two hours' drive from Fionnphort to Tobermory, the main town of Mull, but also the otherworldliness of the landscape." This book has been broken up with the chapters as follows: Overture; The Islands; The East; Coda; Directory of distilleries; Glossary, Index and Acknowledgements. I liked the maps each section had that showed where distilleries were either operating, operating with visitor centre, mothballed or operating intermittently; or closed. This information would come in handy if you are planning on visiting the areas yourself. `Scotland and its Whiskies' is the perfect gift for that special person who has everything (including you!). It is an informative and enjoyable read; while pleasing the eye at the same time. 3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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An excellent addition to any Whisky fans library,
By Polizei Fan - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Scotland and Its Whiskies: The Great Whiskies and Their Landscapes (Hardcover)
This book was purchased along with MJ's 5th Edition Whisky guide. I found it an excellent read while enjoying a nice glass of single malt. The pictures are beautiful and MJ's commentary make me want to visit Scotland and tour the distilleries myself.
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