Whiskey a go go for producers

Global sales have doubled in the past decade, with total drink exports hitting €1.45bn. It’s time to raise a toast to the spirit of Irish whiskey, writes Ray Ryan

At a recent event in Teeling Whiskey Distillery are Andrew Cowan, chairman of the Drinks Ireland/Irish Whiskey Association tourism committee and CEO of Matt D’Arcy’s & Co in Newry, Co Down; Lisa Jameson, brand home general manager for Teeling Whiskey Distillery; William Lavelle, head of Drinks Ireland/ Irish Whiskey Association; and Claire MacCarrick, Irish Distillers. Picture: Marc O’Sullivan

THE renaissance of Irish whiskey over the past decade has seen it become the world’s fastest growing brown spirit.