{"id":249,"date":"2014-07-29T13:19:00","date_gmt":"2014-07-29T13:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"\/blog\/post\/michael-owen-signs-for-spey-whisky\/"},"modified":"2017-04-24T10:24:06","modified_gmt":"2017-04-24T09:24:06","slug":"michael-owen-signs-for-spey-whisky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.masterofmalt.com\/blog\/post\/michael-owen-signs-for-spey-whisky\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Owen Signs for SPEY Whisky"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"SPEY<\/p>\n

We’re a little late to this one (busy ‘n’ that), but yet another footballm’n has in fact entered the whisky<\/a> world. Following Haig Club’s signing of ‘Sir’ David Beckham<\/a>, SPEY have now snapped up his old England team-mate Michael Owen! (Meanwhile, Sven has wine covered<\/a> – surely it’s only a matter of time before we’re hit with a Rio Ferdinand Cognac<\/a>…)<\/p>\n

I’ll cover the interesting history of SPEY whisky below, but first allow this to sink in for a second: Michael Owen is the Global Brand Ambassador for a single malt Scotch whisky.<\/p>\n

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We’ve even heard that SPEY are planning to bring out a limited edition Michael Owen release later in the year! Perhaps it will be a 1998 vintage?* His would surely be better than Beckham’s…<\/p>\n

\"Michael<\/a><\/p>\n

Zing!!!<\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

I won’t lie to you though, this entire blog is basically an excuse to share one of my favourite youtube videos of all time with you. Stick with it. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, and you’ll come out the other end with a real appreciation of the kind of legendary charisma Owen will bring to this new role. (Keep an eye out Sam Torrance, ex Ryder Cup-winning captain!) I give you, Michael Owen’s helicopter tour of Dubai in all its glory…<\/p>\n