Distillery
Dalwhinnie
Phone Number
01540 672219
Capacity
2,200,000 litres
Founded
1897
Status
Active
Address
Dalwhinnie, Inverness-Shire
Owner
Diageo
Website
www.malts.com
Historical Facts
1897
John Grant, George Sellar and Alexander Mackenzie from Kingussie commence building the facilities. The first name is Strathspey and the construction work amounts to £10,000.
1898
Production starts in February. The owners encounter financial troubles after a few months and John Somerville & Co and A P Blyth & Sons take over in November and change the name to Dalwhinnie. The architect Charles Doig is called in to make some improvements.
1905
America’s largest distillers, Cook & Bernheimer in New York, buys Dalwhinnie for £1,250 at an auction. This marks the first time a foreign company takes ownership of a Scottish distillery. The administration of Dalwhinnie is placed in the newly formed company James Munro & Sons.
1919
Macdonald Greenlees & Willliams Ltd headed by Sir James Calder buys Dalwhinnie.
1926
Macdonald Greenlees & Williams Ltd is bought by Distillers Company Ltd (DCL) which licences Dalwhinnie to James Buchanan & Co.
1930
Operations are transferred to Scottish Malt Distilleries (SMD).
1934
The distillery is closed after a fire in February.
1938
The distillery opens again.
1968
The maltings is decommissioned.
1986
A complete refurbishing takes place.
1987
Dalwhinnie 15 years becomes one of selected six in United Distillers´ Classic Malts.
1991
A visitor centre is constructed.
1992
The distillery closes and goes through a major refurbishment costing £3.2 million.
1995
The distillery opens in March.
1998
Dalwhinnie Distillers Edition 1980 (oloroso) is introduced for the first time. The other five in The Classic Malts, each with a different finish, are also introduced as Distillers Editions for the first time.
2002
A 36 year old is released.
2003
A 29 year old is released.
2006
A 20 year old is released.
Credit:
Reproduced from the Malt Whisky Yearbook 2009 with the kind permission of Mr Ingvar Ronde.