Marcus meets you and with a dram in hand whisks you north, over the Forth Road Bridge, onto Perthshire. Your first tasting is the Connoisseur Experience, tasting 5 drams at  Aberfeldy Distillery (Dewars).  It’s a really fascinating distillery with a small museum and  original equipment from centuries ago.  Then north to pop in to Dalwhinnie Distillery pairing chocolates with your scotch. Finally, check in to your hotel in Elgin, a traditional Victorian hotel with superb food and an excellent whisky bar.  This is where you will spend the next four nights.  Enjoy your first night in Scotland.

Over the next three days there’s options, for Scotland’s distillery tours – our suggestions:  The Glenlivet Distillery Visionary Tour sampling 3 delicious drams, the Aberlour Deconstructed tasting lovely sherry finishes, the Speyburn Hopkins Experience tasting some of their oldest and rarest expressions,  something very different and the Blending Experience at the pretty Strathisla Distillery, where you create your own Chivas Regal Blend.

Visit at as many Scotch whisky distilleries as you wish:  Craigellachie, Cardhu, Benriach and of course Glenfiddich.  Drop in dramming means purchasing drams to suit your taste and as many as you like!

Leaving the heart of scotch whisky country head to the Victorian town of Pitlochry where you can enjoy lunch in an olde worlde pub. Then into Blair Atholl Distillery (Bells) to buy drams – their bar is made from an old mash tun – makes a great photo. Or alternatively, we can arrange a private tasting for you in Robertson’s Whisky Shop.  

Finally, one of our favourites, a 6 dram tasting experience at Tullibardine Distillery – a French owned distillery who experiment with cognac, port and wine cask finishes.  Then on to Edinburgh/Glasgow (probably a little bit tipsy) where Marcus leaves you.