Whisky Advocate: Port Ellen Distillery Reopens After 40 Years

Port Ellen, Islay’s legendary silent distillery, is silent no more. The newly built Port Ellen Distillery reopened on March 19th on the whisky isle’s south coast. The distillery had closed in 1983, part of a wave of closures across Scotland that year. The rekindling of the spark at Port Ellen marks the final project in Diageo’s $250 million investment in Scotch whisky, a program that has included the opening of Johnnie Walker Princes Street in Edinburgh, the reopening of Brora Distillery, new Johnnie Walker brand home experiences at Glenkinchie, Caol Ila, Cardhu, and Clynelish, and upgraded visitor facilities at Talisker and The Singleton of Glen Ord. Whisky Advocate has the full story.

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