Wales Footballer Gareth Bale becomes Penderyn Distillery’s Latest Signing!

Jon Media, National Press, Penderyn People, Products, Whisky Business

Penderyn Distillery are delighted to announce that superstar footballer Gareth Bale has become a shareholder of the business and will be a global ambassador for Penderyn’s spirit brands. Bale, who is on his way to the World Cup as the pivotal player in the Welsh football team, is proud to be creating this world class partnership with the internationally acclaimed …

Penderyn Grand Slam 2019

Announcing Penderyn Grand Slam 2019

Jon Tregenna Media, Products, Whisky Business

Following on from our Grand Slam editions of 2005, 2008 and 2012 (celebrating Wales winning the 6 Nations Rugby Grand Slam) we are delighted to launch a 2019 Grand Slam edition in association with the Welsh Rugby Union. The whisky is a 46% Portwood finish and is a new whisky. It comes in the classic Penderyn bottle to match the …

New Penderyn Legend

Penderyn Legend – 2019 Model Unveiled!

Jon Tregenna Uncategorized

We have had huge success with our multi award-winning Penderyn Legend, and have recently taken the decision to make the iconic Welsh dragon more noticeable by giving it a smart new background. Previously it was a red embossed dragon on a red matt background, but the new burgundy colour is, we hope you’ll agree, rather stunning. We’ve also changed the …

Swansea Copperworks

Penderyn’s 2nd Whisky Distillery in Swansea moves one step closer

Jon Tregenna Media, Whisky Business

We were at the Swansea Copporworks site on Friday to celebrate the announcement of a Heritage Lottery Fund grant that has been won by Swansea City Council to start developing the old industrial site. Penderyn is hoping to open a new distillery on the site in 2021. The distillery will be housed in the old Powerhouse, a once fine building …

Penderyn Rich Oak 46

Introducing Penderyn Rich Oak 46%

Jon Tregenna Media, Products, Whisky Business

We are delighted to announce a new addition to our award-winning Gold Range of  Single Malt Whiskies, bottled at 46% abv. Rich Oak joins Madeira, Sherrywood, Portwood and Peated, and features a smart grey box and label. Whereas in the past it has been limited in supply, by making the transition to our flagship range, Rich Oak will now have …

IWSC

Two More Golds from the highly prestigious IWSC Awards – 7th August 2018

Jon Tregenna Penderyn People, Products, Whisky Business

The golds keep coming for Penderyn. After the six recent Gold awards from the 2018 World Whisky Masters we are delighted to report that we have won 2 Golds at the highly prestigious International Wines & Spirits Competition (IWSC). Firstly, our Gold range Peated 46 won Gold (Outstanding) award in the Worldwide Whiskies category. This is a great achievement and …

Penderyn Women Distillers

Meet Penderyn’s All Women Distilling Team

Jon Tregenna Media, Penderyn People, Products, Staff & Directors, Whisky Business

It’s generally known that women have better noses than men when it comes to detecting aromas. There are many women distillers across the spirits industry, but Penderyn is probably unique in that their distilling & blending team are all women. Whilst they have specific roles and responsibilities, they meet together regularly to nose new batches of spirit & whiskies and …

World Whisky Masters 2018

Penderyn’s Record Gold Haul at World Whisky Masters

Jon Tregenna Products, Uncategorized, Whisky Business

We’ve been picking up gold medals at international whisky shows for a few years now, but were nevertheless absolutely thrilled to discover that we won 6 Gold medals at the Spirits Business World Whisky Masters 2018. The gold-winning Penderyn whiskies were Legend, Myth and Celt from the Dragon Range; Madeira and Sherrywood from the Gold Range, and the Icons Of …

Penderyn Exhibiting at World’s Leading Wines & Spirits Trade Fair in Singapore

Jon Tregenna Media, Overseas, Whisky Business

Penderyn are delighted to be exhibiting at the largest trade fair of its kind in Southeast Asia – ProWine Asia (Singapore) 2018 – modelled after the global formula unique to the ProWine World Series and located at the hub of a thriving region, offers companies an international platform to tap on thriving market prospects and reach out to key buyers. …

The Gold Range in our New Bespoke Whisky Bottle

Jon Tregenna Whisky Business

March 1st was St David’s Day and what better day to launch our new bottle across our Gold Single Malt Welsh Whisky Range. The bottle, which was designed by eminent designer and Penderyn Director, Glenn Tutssel, was initially launched containing our house style Madeira finish at Whisky Live in Paris in September last year. Now our Peated, Portwood and Sherrywood …