Oliver Moore: Waterford spirit has organic edge

A new and specific route to market has emerged for 46 tillage growers in Ireland — including six lucky organic growers.

Waterford Distillery is one of Ireland’s newest. And it is bringing the notion of terroir — very directly — into how it operates.

The people behind it are Carlow woman Lisa Ryan, who grew up on a farm before working for 12 years with Diageo as a brewer, and Mark Reynier, the high-flying former chief executive of Bruichladdich distillery in Scotland.