World Whisky Day to be annual event

An international day to celebrate whisky, held for the first time this year, is to be an annual event.

World Whisky Day in March saw around 20,000 people take part in more than 180 events from Seattle to Singapore at restaurants, bars, distilleries, societies, clubs, shops and among individual whisky enthusiasts.

It has attracted the support of tourism body VisitScotland, industry organisation Scotland Food and Drink and the Scotch Whisky Experience.

Blair Bowman, a University of Aberdeen student who founded World Whisky Day, said: “I still cannot believe how much support the first World Whisky Day received. Now that the government and other organisations are getting behind the initiative, it is sure to be an even bigger success.”