Is Islay whisky just about peat? The 2026 World Whiskies Awards Gold winners prove there's far more to discover on this ...

Bowmore, which is owned by Suntory Global Spirits (along with Laphroaig, another Islay distillery), is known for making ...

The following script is from "Whisky Island" which aired on May 3, 2015. Bob Simon and Steve Kroft are the correspondents. Harry Radliffe II, producer. 60 Minutes is constantly on the lookout for ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about travel and food. So I love forks in the road. Islay, the southernmost island in Scotland’s Inner Hebrides, is ...

Scotland, the land of tartan kilts, has always been a top destination for Americans. But now tourists are pouring in with a specific purpose—to try every ancient Scotch on the planet, it seems. As ...

The island of Islay—which sits off the western coast of Scotland—is a salty, scrubby outpost of whisky and tradition; it’s also been home to the world-renowned Laphroaig Distillery since 1815.

Islay is renowned for its peated single malts. Of course, not all peated whisky comes from Islay, but most of the big names do, with Lagavulin, Ardberg, and Laphroaig all feeling pretty mainstream.

Islay—pronounced eye-la—has been one of Scotland’s whisky heartlands since at least the 1700s. Once a cottage industry, making Scotch here is now big business: global giants Beam Suntory, Diageo, LVMH ...

The following script is from "Whisky Island" which aired on May 3, 2015. Bob Simon and Steve Kroft are the correspondents. Harry Radliffe II, producer. 60 Minutes is constantly on the lookout for ...