Our World Whisky section covers the various styles and regions of the world, including whisky from countries like Wales, India, Taiwan, Australia and beyond.
New Zealand's growing whisky industry also features here, from the now-closed Willowbank distillery in Dunedin (1951-1997) through to the Thomson Whisky Company in Auckland and Workshops Whisky from right here in Christchurch. The biggest whisky distillery in New Zealand is the family-owned Cardrona, whose spirit first ran in November 2015.
World Whisky
Penderyn 'Portwood' Welsh Single Malt 46%
$135.00
Finished in Portwood, this whisky from Penderyn is bottled at 46%. The richness of this whisky is first apparent in the nose with dried fruits, dark chocolate, cranberries and toasty oak. The palate adds a creamy texture with honey and warming spices emerging. The finish is sweet and lingering with gentle notes of soft oak.
Penderyn 'Rich Oak' Welsh Single Malt 50%
$159.00
Penderyn's Rich Oak is a new expression from Wales only whisky distillery, matured exclusively in oak casks specially selected by Master Distiller Dr. Jim Swan. His tasting notes talk of the distillery's characterful fruity flavour, green apples, banana and tropical fruits all sharing the limelight with creme brulee and vanilla flavours. A big a...
Penderyn 'Sherrywood' Welsh Single Malt 46%
$105.00
This 'Sherrywood' release from Penderyn has been matured in both ex-bourbon and ex-oloroso sherry casks. Dark fruit and toffee come together with fresh green apples and hazelnuts on the nose. The palate has a sweetness to it which moves into a refreshing dryness. Sweetness from notes of toffee and sultanas produce a long finish.
Penderyn 'That Try' Welsh Single Malt 41%
$107.00
This Penderyn whisky celebrates an infamous (and exceptional) try by the Welsh rugby team in 1973 against the All-Blacks, known to those in Wales as 'That Try'. While this whisky has been made with unpeated barley, it has been finished in quarter casks from a famous Islay distillery, giving the usually fruity Penderyn a distinctive peaty tang an...
The NZ Whisky Company 'High Wheeler' 21 years old 43%
Region: New Zealand
Strength: 43%
Volume: 350ml
$89.00
Years ago, in the Willowbank distillery in Dunedin, a batch of whisky was made in the distillery?s pot-stills using unmalted barley. This 'single grain whisky' was then blended with 70% of their single malt, and placed into American Oak, ex-bourbon barrels. Twenty-one years later the NZ Whisky Company have selected casks, that have been stored s...
The NZ Whisky Company 1987 / 2015 43% 350ml
Region: New Zealand
Strength: 43%
Volume: 350ml
$469.00
Distilled in 1987, the year of the All Blacks first Rugby World Cup triumph, this vintage has been ageing in oak barrels for 27 years developing flavours of lemon marmalade, chile, some dark chocolate and raisin notes finishing with a soft, oaky character.
The Oamaruvian 18 years old 55.8%
Strength: 55.8%
Volume: 500ml
$199.00
A rare dram from the last remaining stock of the Willowbank distillery in Dunedin. The aptly named Oamaruvian has been slowly maturing in casks by the shore in Oamaru since the distilleries closure in the late 1990's. This bottling is a combiantion of specially selected casks from the ageing Dundedin doublewood bottling which spent part of their...
Thomson 'Two Tone' Whisky 40%
Region: New Zealand
Strength: 40%
Volume: 700ml
$75.00
'Two Tone' refers to the 2 kinds of cask used for the maturation of this Thomson whisky - European oak which formerly held New Zealand red wine, and American white oak used exclusively for whisky.
Thomson 'Zeitgeist' Single Cask 46%
Region: New Zealand
Strength: 46%
Volume: 700ml
$134.00
Zeitgeist, meaning 'spirit of the time' is Thomson whisky's newest release, made entirely from 100% New Zealand grown malted barley (un-smoked) and matured for over 3 years. This single cask bottling is a limited edition, hand numbered release of 196 bottles.
Thomson 23 years old 46%
Thomson 23 years old 46%
Region: New Zealand
Strength: 46%
Volume: 700ml
$310.00
This is the latest release from Thomson's stock of whisky that was distilled at the old Willowbank distillery in Dunedin that sadly closed in the 1990s. Thomson Whisky's oldest release to date.
Thomson Manuka Smoke 'Progress Report' 46%
Region: New Zealand
Strength: 46%
Volume: 700ml
$98.00
Distilled at the Thomson whisky distillery in Auckland, this progress report bottling represents one of the few examples of Manuka smoked barley spirit produced in New Zealand. Made from Canterbury-grown barley that has been dried with the perfumed smoke of the Manuka shrub, this bottling has a balanced smokyness that evokes clove and cinnamon s...
Thomson South Island Peat 'Progress Report' 46%
Region: New Zealand
Strength: 46%
Volume: 700ml
$98.00
Batch 2 of the peated spirit distilled at Mathew Thomson's wee Auckland based distillery.
Workshops Whisky 'Straight from the Cask' 61.1% 500ml
Region: Christchurch, New Zealand
Strength: 61.1%
Volume: 500ml
$114.00
Selected and bottled exclusively for DramFest 2018, this is the first ever cask strength release from Lawry's Workshops Distillery in Christchurch. Matured in a virgin French oak barrel for over 3 years, this is a big whisky - the wood imparts notes of leather, along with porridge sprinkled liberally with brown sugar, old matured Christmas cake ...
Workshops Whisky 500ml 46%
Workshops Whisky 500ml 46%
Region: Christchurh, New Zealand
Strength: 46%
Volume: 500ml
$89.00
Midway through 2016 Doug and Anthony Lawry of Christchurch based Workshops Whisky, released their very first bottling to much success. They pride themselves on using as much locally sourced materials as possible, including all the barley which is grown in Canterbury and malted at Gladfield. This is the second cask selected by the team, matured i...
Workshops Whisky Manuka Smoked 46% 500ml
Region: Christchurh, New Zealand
Strength: 46%
Volume: 500ml
$98.00
Distilled at the Workshops Distillery in Christchurch, this whisky was made entirely from barley that has been dried with Manuka smoke. This distinctive smoke, created by burning branches of the Manuka bush, has imparted a unique meatyness to the whisky, giving it a contrasting savoury edge to the sweet then tannic-dry style.
