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In August, we had the opportunity to visit a close friend from Edinburgh, who has now returned to her paternal family home in Orkney.  Carrie Paxton is becoming increasingly well known in the Orkney Islands and beyond, for her excellent hand fired, painted glass work, crafted in her workshop at St. Ola, with many pieces…

Following on from my own family’s involvment in the making and culture of whisky in Scotland, which I mentioned in my last blog, I thought it might be interesting to share the fact that we have one of the world’s greatest (if not THE greatest!) whisky experts, based here in Edinburgh. Blair Bowman is a…

Do you like whisky?  Whisky and quaichs are inseparable partners, woven together in the fabric of Scotland. Long before I became aware of the existence of the quaich, whisky played a significant role in my family. My grandfather and my uncle, on my mother’s side, were both coopers to trade, and worked in Usher’s brewery…

Welcome to the new, completely redesigned and re-engineered quaichshop.co.uk website. If it’s your first visit – ceud mìle fàilte!  If you’ve been here before – welcome back!  In either case, we hope you find the new site easy on the eye and simple to navigate and use. Quaichshop grew out of two bricks and mortar…