Word: scotchness
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...sample a 1939 vintage whisky that retails for $1,500 a bottle. Talks will be given by, among others, distillery retail manager Ronnie Routledge, who is a "Keeper of the Quaich" - the industry's highest accolade for those who have dedicated their professional lives to the promotion of Scotch whisky...
...left space in the Square in financial reach of only banks and bars. Without anywhere to sit with even a cup of coffee at 1 a.m., it’s hardly surprising that students end up either at Brother Jimmy’s or bonding over a bottle of scotch. Or simply sitting in their dorm rooms, depressed that there’s nothing...
...obstreperous to sit still and be deconstructed, but after a long day of promoting The Life Aquatic in interviews for local newspapers from around the country, Murray, with a glass of Scotch in his hand and an empty New York City hotel suite at his disposal, seems relaxed. Not just for the moment but in life. Even his failure to win a 2004 Oscar for Lost in Translation was, he insists, no big deal. (As a spoof of his supposed disappointment over losing the Best Actor award to Sean Penn, Murray appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman...
...accommodating guy. Neat and trim in his habitual jacket and tie, he's a black man managing a luxury hotel in Kigali, Rwanda, a decade ago, making friends and doing favors across racial and national boundaries. He knows when an obsequious word or a proffered bottle of single-malt Scotch will do him the most good with corrupt local officialdom. And he is doing his best to ignore the rising tensions between his country's ruling Hutu tribe (of which he is a member) and the rebellious Tutsi...
Although he has moved to new geographical territory with Sideways, Payne is familiar with the backdrop. He grew up with Greek parents who drank Scotch and ouzo, but he discovered wine when living alone and cooking, watching Jacques Pépin on PBS. He also had an Italian girlfriend, whose ex-boyfriend had taught her about wine and who, in turn, taught...