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Canada's Glen Breton Whisky Gets To Keep Its Name

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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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Glen Breton Whisky Needs a Name Change

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

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A Canadian whisky has to surrender its name as part of the ongoing battle to protect the name of Scotch whisky. A court has decided that Glen Breton, the only single malt whisky produced in Canada, has to drop the "glen" part of the name because it might fool people into thinking the brand is Scotch whisky. Scottish brands often have names such as with a "glen" in the title such as Glenfiddich, Glenlivet or Glenmorangie.

As you might imagine, the Scotch Whisky Association is thrilled with the ruling of the Canadian Federal Court which refused to register the "Glen Breton" trademark. They produced evidence in the form of instances of Glen Breton being described as Scotch whisky in retail outlets, menus, newspaper articles and websites. The distillers on Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia will be appealing the decision. You can't really accuse the company of being deceptive, it's says Canadian right on the bottle and the large maple leaf on the label should be a clue as to origin.

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Glen Breton Ice, The First Ice Wine Whisky

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

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I've been hearing more and more about whiskies aged in a variety of wine or bourbon barrels resulting in new fruitier and more nuanced tastes. The Cape Breton-based Glenora Distillery has launched a new whisky called Glen Breton Ice which is the first single malt aged in an ice wine barrels. Glenora sold around 150 bottles at their distillery, the only only single malt whisky distillery in Canada, this summer. The company got the idea to age their whisky in an ice wine barrel by an Asian client (makes sense given the Asian love of ice wine). Glenora received their ice wine barrels from the Jost Winery, in Nova Scotia. Glen Breton Ice will be available in selected Nova Scotia Liquor Corp. stores for $49.95 for a 250 ml bottle but good luck finding it elsewhere.

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