Waterford Whisky Dinner! September eleventh, 2022 – Irish Whiskey Information
September 4th, 2022
Mark Reynier is the founder and CEO of Waterford Distillery and shall be right here at The Kitchen on Sunday September 11 to host our first Whisky Pairing dinner since January 2020.
Mark grew up within the wine enterprise and in 1996 he established Murray McDavid Impartial Bottlers, we nonetheless have a few of his bottles on the cabinets and extra in storage. The Murray McDavid workforce bought the mothballed Bruichladdich distillery on Islay in 2000.
With Mark’s background in wine he discovered a lot about terroir and the science behind wine making. He believed that terroir wasn’t simply indicative to grape rising and the wine business. While on the helm of Bruichladdich he got down to show that the soil the place the barley was grown was as vital because the soil for grape manufacturing. Bruichladdich nonetheless has terrior particular releases. In 2012 Remy Cointreau bought Bruichladdich and Mark went trying to find a brand new distillery location the place he might develop the most effective barley. When the chance to buy an outdated Guinness brewery in Southern Eire offered itself, he jumped on the likelihood and Waterford was born.
Mark’s objective was to take his many years of experience and “break the norms” by creating whisky with a concentrate on terroir. By utilizing new applied sciences, avoiding shortcuts within the distillation course of, and dealing instantly with Irish farmers, Waterford is ready to produce purer flavours. With their single farm origin whiskies, you possibly can really style the flavours or Eire in a singular manner.
