Canada's Glen Breton Whisky Gets To Keep Its Name

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed)
Jun 12th 2009 at 10:01PM

A year ago I wrote about the fracas regarding Canada's Glen Breton whisky. The Scotch Whisky Association was up in arms about the whisky's name saying that the word Glen could mislead consumers into thinking that the product is from Scotland. But the Association has lost the fight to keep the Nova Scotia distillery from using the name Glen Breton for its single malt. The Canadian Press reports that the Supreme Court of Canada refused to hear an appeal of a lower court ruling that allowed the label to stand. The association has said that it will still oppose the use of the label outside Canada.

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