And second, unlike unaged spirits such as vodka and gin, whiskey needs to sit in a barrel for several years before it can be served.
Gavin Hewitt, chief executive of the Scotch Whisky Association, which represents the industry, stressed that Scottish-made whisky was competing in tough international markets where it was up against other whiskies and other spirits, from vodka to distilled rice.
Many of its people drink cheap homemade wine, vodka and other spirits.
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That 3% includes imports and domestically produced spirits alike--some of it vodka, some of it not.
That is the plant that quenches a very large share of Britain's thirst for spirits - not only whisky, but vodka, gin and rum too.
For the last three years the French wine and spirits giant, whose portfolio includes Absolut vodka, Chivas Regal scotch and Malibu rum, has invited an up-and-coming fine art photographer to shoot a series of portraits for its annual report, building a one of a kind collection in the process.
Diageo, the British company behind spirits like Guinness, Johnnie Walker Scotch and Smirnoff vodka, will soon toast the retirement of its longtime chief, Paul S. Walsh.
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Tuthilltown Spirits, a New York-based company that makes vodka, whiskey and gin, expects to produce around 8, 000 cases this year.
And in June, Diageo announced it was teaming up with another spirits firm, Shui Jing Fang, to launch Shanghai White vodka in Hong Kong.
Similarly, Virgin Vodka, which is produced by a joint venture with the William Grant spirits group, was also launched with a fanfare in 1994.
All vodka--thousands of different brands of it, according to the Distilled Spirits Council, an American spirits-industry promotions group.
The top three vodka brands in Russia, which sold a combined 20 million cases of vodka in 2007, only accounted for 6% of Russia's total spirits market.
And Chase Distillery in the Welsh borders made headlines not long ago when its potato-based vodka, sold at swanky bars around the world, stole the honours at this year's World Spirits Competition in San Francisco.
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