THE CULTURE OF WHISKY: Ireland, Scotland, North America, Japan

THE CULTURE OF WHISKY: Ireland, Scotland, North America, Japan
Text: Patrick Mahé
Photography: David Lefranc
Format : 210 x 270mm
Extent : 240 pages
Illustrations :
Binding : hardcover with jacket
Retail price : 35 €
Word count : approx 42 000
Publication: September 2012
All the best places to taste the best whiskies of the world:
including the new hot spot, Japan!
THE BOOK:
This beautiful book is about the culture, ways of drinking and the lifestyle surrounding the four most
renowned whisky countries: Ireland, Scotland, North America and now Japan. An address book with
the best place to taste the world’s finest whiskies completes the book, along with a list of the top
100 whiskies of the world. Our photographer travelled throughout the world to put together this
modern vision of a traditional subject, accompanied by Patrick Mahé’s evocative and informative
text.
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Where the best whiskies of the world are made,
What the distilleries, taverns, lounges, speak-easies and bars of Ireland, Scotland, North
America and Japan look like
CONTENTS:
Introduction
1. Ireland: Where whiskey was born
2. Scotland: Tartan of one thousand whiskies
3. North America: The Scots & the Irish export bourbon
4. Japan: 90 years of production and counting
The top 100 whiskies of the world (by the Maison du Whisky)
Address book with the best places in the world to taste whisky
THE AUTHORS
Patrick Mahé is a journalist and writer. He was the Editor-in-chief of Paris Match and today
manages Editions du Rocher. As a novelist and writer he has published many books on a
diverse number of topics such as whisky, rock music, television and travel. He is the author
of La Magie du Whisky at Editions du Chêne, Rock made in France, Le Titanic, Ecosse &
Irlande (translated into 3 languages).
David Lefranc is a photographer who has travelled the world for the past 25 years. For the
past 7 years he has specialized in magazine reportages and works for magazines such as
Figaro Magazine, Express magazine, Les Echos, Marie France, Gala etc. He was the
photographer for La Magie du Whisky at Editions du Chêne.
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