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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Suzy Pope

Festive spirit: how a master distiller created a new whisky that’s ‘Christmas in a glass’

Julieann Fernandez
Master blender Julieann Fernandez has captured the Christmas spirit. Photograph: Robert Ormerod/The Guardian

Between the heather-bruised hills and sweeping glens of Scotland’s western countryside sits a traditional distillery where Julieann Fernandez is distilling and blending away with the precision of a forensic scientist.

She is creating a distinctive whisky for M&S, part of a new range of spirits specially crafted for Christmas. With its festive character profile, the whisky begs to be cracked open on the big day – as a cocktail base, nightcap or punchy addition to mulled wine.

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