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the back labels (middle photo above) commemorating the club’s visit. Each of the
distilleries and the restaurant (see below) did this.

Later in the afternoon we
were all taken to a
restaurant for lunch. The
smaller bottle with the red
wax closure is from the
restaurant, which had never
before bottled a miniature of
their own wine. Both the
front and back labels are
shown. The picture on the
label is of the grandfather of
the two sisters who currently
own and operate the
restaurant.
The last two bottles were
produced by the club.
Each year the club has a
bottle or two produced for
its members. This pair is
number ten of 90 pairs
produced by Daniel Douju
Cognac. This is not a case
of the club buying bottles
and putting on the label
themselves; these bottles
came from the distillery.

I bought a number of non-
club bottles at the show in Barcelona. The set of four Vince n’ Theo are from Royal
Dirkzwager Distilleries, the people in Holland who produce the Van Gogh bottles. The two
Havana Club Rums in the leather holder are from Cuba. The first Chivas (on the next
page) is a special edition
sold only in Japan. It
was made with water
from Mizunara. The
remaining two are sold
only at one distillery in
Scotland. Polugar single
malt rye describes itself
as ‘The Legendary
Russian Breadwine’ Nice
bottle and something
different. (I found
another two versions of
these, Classic Rye &
Wheat, on an Australian web site and so added them to David’s article – editor)

Back home now, well, nearby anyway. The set of four are from Calera, a prolific distillery

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