Simon Coughlin, who is currently our CEO at Bruichladdich, is taking over the management of a newly created “Whisky Business Unit” within our parent group, Remy Cointreau. This follows the group’s recent acquisition of the ‘Domaine des Hautes Glaces’ in France and ‘Westland Distillery’ in the USA. Domaine de Hautes Glaces is a fascinating small farm distillery located high in the mountainous French Alps. They grow all their own cereals for distillation, and place respect for the land, people and time at the centre of their philosophy.  Westland Distillery is a little larger, located in Seattle, Washington, USA, and like us, are obsessive abou...