Macaloney’s Caledonian Distillery is considering a trade complaint regarding Scotch Whisky Association’s (SWA) attempts to block access to the German whisky market.
The SWA has threatened the Canadian whisky distillery's German distributor with a lawsuit unless it stops importing the Canadian Best single malt whiskies. As a result, importation has been suspended.
The dispute is over moves by the SWA to prevent Macaloney’s using its founders name, along with the words ‘Island’, ‘Glenloy’, ‘Invermallie’, ‘Caledonian’ and others in its whisky branding, because the SWA says they are ‘evocative of Scotland’.
