Jack Croxford-Scott

Scotch whisky has become increasingly popular, with new records being broken and old and rare spirits outpacing fine wines, gold, and real estate, despite its past reputation as a drink for drunks and backward folks.

Whiskey is the world's drink and can be made by anyone, for anyone. But right now, traditionalism is having its moment.

Sarah Elsom, head distiller of Cardrona and (partly) reformed winemaker sat down with Worth to discuss the similarities between these two crafts.

After decades in the whisky wilderness, known only to blenders and industry bods, Tamdhu now has a very respectable presence in the world of single malts.

Rare whiskey has seen its asset value grow by a staggering 564 percent over the last 10 years.

“This cask is quite simply all we have left of Mosstowie; a style of whiskey that can never be replicated, making this whiskey we have in our hands quite literally irreplaceable,” said Stephen Rankin, a fourth-generation member of the family behind Gordon & MacPhail.

While we concede that St. Andrew’s national day is undoubtedly a lesser known affair than the saintly day of our Irish cousins, we’re not going to argue about a culturally grounded excuse to pour a few fine Scotches