We are delighted to announce the 7th in our Icons of Wales Series. ‘Rhiannon’ is a Sherrywood Grand Cru finished whisky at 46% abv. You can order online here. Written in the Welsh language in the 11th century, The Mabinogi are the earliest prose work in the history of Britain. They were transcribed from the oral tradition and have since …
We had a visit from Franz Scheurer all the way from Australia recently. He was a fine fellow with a penchant for motorbikes, whisky and Iranian cigarettes. Franz is a very well respected journalist in the spirits trade and wrote this wonderful article about Penderyn, which included the quote above. Read the full article here.
Welsh Whisky lands 3 Golds at the Prestigious International Wine & Spirit Awards Penderyn, a unique Welsh whisky distillery based in the Brecon Beacons, is celebrating having taken home three prestigious gold awards at this year’s International Wine & Spirit Competition. The IWSC, which celebrates the finest in new spirits and wine pressing each year, lauded the brand for its …
The Prince of Wales, HRH Prince Charles visited South Wales today and Penderyn were invited to meet him at the Patti Pavilion in Swansea. Penderyn has a history with Prince Charles as he was at the launch of our whisky in St David’s Day 2004, and also opened our Visitor Centre in 2008. The Prince spotted the Penderyn stand and …
Great to see Penderyn Madeira 46% listed as one of the 10 Best World Whiskies on the inews site. They described it as, ‘…a delicious drop of gleaming gold from the Brecon Beacons.’ You can read the full article here.
At the recent St David’s Day Dinner in New York, Joshua Hatton (who is part of our US Importers ImpEx Bev) was introduced to Emmy-winning Welsh actor, Matthew Rhys, by Sian Whitelock, Penderyn’s Brand Director. Matthew is a big fan of Penderyn and occasionally works as an unofficial Brand Ambassador, and therefore agreed to be interviewed by Joshua and his …
After the success of Penderyn’s re-launch into the US market in partnership with our importers, ImpEx Bev, Penderyn Distillery are delighted to announce that our range in the US is expanding from 5 bottlings to 8. Three bottles from our Gold Range at 46% – Portwood, Peated and Rich Oak – are set to join the Gold Range Madeira and …
Following on from our Grand Slam editions of 2005, 2008 and 2012 (celebrating Wales winning the 6 Nations Rugby Grand Slam) we are delighted to launch a 2019 Grand Slam edition in association with the Welsh Rugby Union. The whisky is a 46% Portwood finish and is a new whisky. It comes in the classic Penderyn bottle to match the …
We were delighted to welcome our US Importers, Impex Bev, to the distillery last week. Sam and the team flew over on a whistlestop tour of the UK and spent a lovely day with us. Impex Bev do a sterling job for Penderyn in the US and we are now available in more than half the US states with 5 …
It’s the awards season for whiskies and, after picking up a Gold for our Penderyn Sherrywood at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition we have now had 3 commendations from the Ultimate Spirits Challenge Awards. Each of the 3 whiskies were branded as ‘Very Good – Strong Recommendation’ with Madeira and Legend receiving scores of 88/100 and Sherrywood getting 85/100. …
