Lakes Distillery secures Harvey Nichols as first UK distributor

Luxury department store, Harvey Nichols has been announced as the first UK-wide retailer of The ONE, the first blend of whiskies from around the British Isles ever to be produced.

Created by The Lakes Distillery, The ONE combines the finest whiskies from Scotland, Ireland, Wales and England, and will be featured within Harvey Nichols’ stores including London, Edinburgh, Manchester and Dublin.

This listing comes shortly after The Lakes Distillery announced distribution deals for The ONE across The Netherlands, France, Belgium and The UAE just six months after its launch.

Paul Currie, founder and managing director of The Lakes Distillery, commented: “Harvey Nichols has become synonymous with British style and excellence, qualities which directly resonate with The ONE’s brand values. The store is renowned for only stocking the finest quality whisky, of which The ONE will now join the ranks.

“The ONE is very much an artisan blend - the team in Cumbria has enormous experience in making the very finest whiskies, and their expertise has put together this outstanding blend, which has a lightly peated character and is already making an impact on the growing premium whisky sector.”

Visitors to Harvey Nichols will be able to purchase The ONE’s 70cl bottle or the beautifully presented gift box including the 70cl bottle and two branded glasses.

The team behind the new £5m distillery in Cumbria includes former Isle of Arran Distillers co- founder, Paul Currie, and Chris Anderson, Master Distiller, formerly of Dewars. Building work is well underway on the Lakes Distillery, which when complete will be England’s biggest distillery producing over 1 million bottles of The Lakes Malt per year. Production is set to start this summer on The Lakes Distillery’s whisky, gin and vodka, while its bistro, tours and shop will open to the public by December 2014.

A select number of whisky enthusiasts around the world are invited to become part of the early stages of The Lakes Distillery story. The company has launched a Connoisseurs’ Club, where just 60 members can come to the distillery to make their own whisky, fill their own rare sherry cask, and then come to annual tasting ceremonies when they can taste their maturing whisky.

In addition, the Lakes Distillery will set aside the first 100 casks of malt whisky produced exclusively for members of its Founders’ Club. Each year for ten years, members will then receive one 70cl bottle and two tasting bottles, making up a collectible set of the distillery’s first ever production.

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