The Ileach Newspaper was present on Jura and made a beautiful video of the Jura Distillery Open Day of 2009. Jura Distillery Open Day 28th May from ileach newspaper on Vimeo. … [Read more...]
Archives for May 2009
Jura Distillery Launch: Jura Paps Single Malt collection
A limited edition of 1,300 bottles inspired by the famous Paps of Jura will be launched by one of the world's top barmen from The Ritz in Paris. The launch of this very special Jura Paps edition will take place during the Islay Whisky Festival which includes the Jura Distillery as well. At the … [Read more...]
Spirit of Jura – Fictions, essays, poems from the Jura Lodge
In 2007, Jura Distillery renovated the old manager’s house that sits tall and adjacent to the distillery, overlooking Small Isles Bay and the distillery courtyard. The furniture, fixtures and fittings are an eccentric and eclectic mix of stuff that just plain works, right down to the old black … [Read more...]
Scottish Ultra Marathon 2009 Results and Report
Competitors in the Vango Scottish Ultra who have suffered a week of wet and windy weather, making it more of a challenge than it perhaps initially seemed. [image courtesy Carl Reavey] After cancellation of the last day due to atrocious weather the final results of the 2009 Scottish Ultra are: … [Read more...]
Scottish Ultra Marathon in Ultra Bad Weather
Carl Reavey, editor of the Ileach Newspaper, went out last Monday to capture day two of the Scottish Ultra Marathon that started on Islay on May 3rd and lasts for six days. The Ultra Marathon has two stages on Islay and four on Jura. On Sunday the weather was pretty good but it broke down on Sunday … [Read more...]