There are all the old classics and some more unusual bottles too, with collectors’ items nestled among limited edition releases. Add to that a wide array of craft gins and – new to the store – high quality Scottish gifts and food. You could be forgiven for thinking you’ve landed in retail heaven! You’ll find that perfect gift for the friends or family you are flying off to visit. If you find a bot
tle which would be more at home in your own drinks cabinet (and we bet you can!) mention it to the staff and they’ll arrange for you to pick it up when you return to Inverness. The stock in The Whisky Cellar has been carefully curated by Murray Lamont, a Highland whisky and wine connoisseur. In addition, he and his wife and business partner Ellie are proud owners of Mackays Hotel in Wick and The Whisky Cellar’s sister wine and whisky shops, Bin Ends, in Wick and Thurso. For Murray, whisky is about taste and flavour, and about matching the right dram to the right occasion. But above all, it’s personal. It’s about people, and memories, and friendships. Good food, good wines and good whisky are about more than fuel and alcohol; they are about good friends – and making good memories. A purchase from the Whisky Cellar could be the start of making many more.
