Duncan Taylor & Co Ltd Raise a Dram in Celebration

Duncan Taylor & Co Ltd, a single malt whisky specialist with ownership of one of the largest privately-held collections of rare Scotch whisky casks has reached the finals of the eighth annual Grampian Awards for Business Enterprise.

The Huntly based business, which was established in 1938, has been nominated in the Business Growth category for businesses that began trading before 1st June 2004 which have shown significant development in one or more of the areas of training, marketing, people development, e-commerce and international trade.

Euan Shand, Managing Director at Duncan Taylor & Co Ltd says, "We are delighted to have been chosen as a finalist in the Business Growth Category. This is an exciting time for Duncan Taylor, with expanding developments into new sections of the alcohol market, resulting in significant growth in profits. This year we are well on our way to reaching our expected turnover of over £4 million.

"Duncan Taylor & Co has several ranges of whisky, boasting among them an exclusive collection of 'The Rarest of the Rare', an historic range of single cask whiskies from distilleries that are no longer in existence, the Rare Auld range and the NC2 Range, which is bottled in natural form promoting non-chill filtered and non-coloured whiskies. All casks are meticulously hand selected before bottling to maintain quality and continuity of our award winning whiskies.

"The company has faced many challenges since the decision was made to start bottling our own range of cask strength single malt and single grain scotch whiskies. The rapid growth from dealing only in the UK market to exporting to 27 countries worldwide had to be handled carefully. We have also expanded our workforce in order to meet growing demand for our developing customer base. Our staff numbers have subsequently doubled in the past two years."

Euan continues, "The long term plan for the company is to develop an environmentally friendly boutique distillery with the ability to produce a selection of spirits unique to the facility including vodka and gin, as well as single malt & blended scotch whisky. A visitor centre will be included and will be a welcome addition to the distillery adding Huntly to the famous whisky trail and encouraging tourist trade in the community, which will benefit the local economy in broadening the appeal of the area to whisky enthusiasts from around the globe.