It looks like Edrington has finally got it''s hands on Cutty Sark as a deal has been agreed with Berry Brothers for them to pass the Cutty Sark brand to Edrington and the Glenrothes brand moves the other way (although the Glenrothes distillery itself will remain with Edrington). As you'd expect long term supply agreements are also expected to be in place.
This news isn't going to surprise insiders too much as I remember talking to an Edrington contact as long ago as October/November 2008 who said they were expecting to acquire the Cutty Sark brand for the Maxxium portfolio.
You can find full detail on the story at Scotchwhisky.net
Thursday, 4 February 2010
New delivery terms and conditions
We have now formally amended the T & C in line with recent EU delivery issues.
It's offically, five working days delivery time in the UK, up to six weeks in the EU and 8 to 10 weeks for the rest of the world.
Here's a screenshot of the new website Terms and Conditions at www.prestigewhisky.com :
It's offically, five working days delivery time in the UK, up to six weeks in the EU and 8 to 10 weeks for the rest of the world.
Here's a screenshot of the new website Terms and Conditions at www.prestigewhisky.com :
UK Orders :
All of our mainland UK orders regardless of number of bottles have a flat charge of £ 8.95 per order
Delivery is usually within five working days. However, because some of our products are bottled to order it can take a little longer (perfection takes a little time). We will keep you fully informed if this is the case. Free gift cards are available if a present is going to take a while - contact us for full details.
Due to the nature of the whiskies we stock, limited bottlings and rare whisky can become unavailable very quickly. This is often outwith our control and we will always let you know as soon as we can when this happens following any order.
Please note that the 'Silver' Range is only available to UK purchasers.
Overseas Orders :
All Western EU/non mainland UK orders (e.g. Channel Islands, Northern Ireland etc) are £ 24.95
Other European orders will cost £ 29.95
European orders can take up to six weeks for you to receive your whisky. This is outwith our control and would ask you to bear this in mind when making your order.
Shipping to the USA and Canada costs £ 49.95
Other Worldwide orders £ 59.95
Orders outside the European Union can take between eight and ten weeks for you to receive tour whisky. This is outwith our control, please bear this in mind when making your order.
Please note that our silver range is only available to UK based customers.
For more information and details of extra insurance you can purchase let us know.
For orders to the USA, Russia, China and India we strongly recommend your purchase additional shipping insurance that we can provide you with.
Prestige Whisky work with an extremely professional courier business and will provide proof of dispatch upon request - please remember that we can't be held responsible for overzealous customs officials!
Please note that the payment of any levies,taxes or import charges for your orders destination country are the responsibility of the purchaser and Prestige Whisky in no way accepts this liability.
Where we think there may be issues as above we will get in touch to discuss the best options prior to dispatching your purchase.
All of our mainland UK orders regardless of number of bottles have a flat charge of £ 8.95 per order
Delivery is usually within five working days. However, because some of our products are bottled to order it can take a little longer (perfection takes a little time). We will keep you fully informed if this is the case. Free gift cards are available if a present is going to take a while - contact us for full details.
Due to the nature of the whiskies we stock, limited bottlings and rare whisky can become unavailable very quickly. This is often outwith our control and we will always let you know as soon as we can when this happens following any order.
Please note that the 'Silver' Range is only available to UK purchasers.
Overseas Orders :
All Western EU/non mainland UK orders (e.g. Channel Islands, Northern Ireland etc) are £ 24.95
Other European orders will cost £ 29.95
European orders can take up to six weeks for you to receive your whisky. This is outwith our control and would ask you to bear this in mind when making your order.
Shipping to the USA and Canada costs £ 49.95
Other Worldwide orders £ 59.95
Orders outside the European Union can take between eight and ten weeks for you to receive tour whisky. This is outwith our control, please bear this in mind when making your order.
Please note that our silver range is only available to UK based customers.
For more information and details of extra insurance you can purchase let us know.
For orders to the USA, Russia, China and India we strongly recommend your purchase additional shipping insurance that we can provide you with.
Prestige Whisky work with an extremely professional courier business and will provide proof of dispatch upon request - please remember that we can't be held responsible for overzealous customs officials!
Please note that the payment of any levies,taxes or import charges for your orders destination country are the responsibility of the purchaser and Prestige Whisky in no way accepts this liability.
Where we think there may be issues as above we will get in touch to discuss the best options prior to dispatching your purchase.
International Deliveries from Prestige Whisky
Over the recent festive period we had issues with deliveries into Europe. When the business was set up we expected deliveries into Europe to take around ten to fourteen days.
In December 2009 it actually took over three weeks. We had just chalked this down to either customs delays or simply the Christmas rush.
In fact we've now had one order in particular to Belgium outstanding since the 6th of January - a total of 28 days today. Obviously we're actively investigating the circumstances around this delivery with a view to establishing if this is a delay or a lost package. However I think it's important that we be honest with Prestige Whisky customers so I wanted to outline a couple of important issues around overseas postage.
Clearly we're reliant on overseas courier companies who receive handoff from our reliable UK partners. At the moment we actually pay more for mainland European package delivery than we charge on to our clients - there are a number of reasons for us subsidising this service but one thing is apparent that unless we were to hike the rate charged astronomically we aren't in a position in Europe to offer a reduced turnround on delivery times.
However, we are still keen to offer a service outside the UK, it just seems that cutomers may need to be extremely patient.
With this in mind, and we will update the website accordingly I have to warn overseas customers that it can take several weeks for consignments from the UK to arrive with them. Please bear this in mind when ordering.
In fact we've now had one order in particular to Belgium outstanding since the 6th of January - a total of 28 days today. Obviously we're actively investigating the circumstances around this delivery with a view to establishing if this is a delay or a lost package. However I think it's important that we be honest with Prestige Whisky customers so I wanted to outline a couple of important issues around overseas postage.
Clearly we're reliant on overseas courier companies who receive handoff from our reliable UK partners. At the moment we actually pay more for mainland European package delivery than we charge on to our clients - there are a number of reasons for us subsidising this service but one thing is apparent that unless we were to hike the rate charged astronomically we aren't in a position in Europe to offer a reduced turnround on delivery times.
However, we are still keen to offer a service outside the UK, it just seems that cutomers may need to be extremely patient.
With this in mind, and we will update the website accordingly I have to warn overseas customers that it can take several weeks for consignments from the UK to arrive with them. Please bear this in mind when ordering.
Wednesday, 3 February 2010
Changes to the layout of the PW website
This time there are no visible changes to the textual content or layout as such but we're just beginning to make use of the visual potential of some of the IT kit that we are now using - so we're hoping that the new images of products that we're now able to include within the blog make things look a lot better.
Hopefully readers are now enjoying the blog a little more - please feel free to contact us on info@prestigewhisky.com if you want to leave any feedback or ask questions.
Hopefully readers are now enjoying the blog a little more - please feel free to contact us on info@prestigewhisky.com if you want to leave any feedback or ask questions.
New, low cost whisky
This is a lovely award winning whisky that would suit someone who is new to whisky or fancy trying something of an Islay type without perhaps so much peat flavouring.
Enjoy.
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