The designated shop is simple and
tasteful with room to step back and take an overall
view of the whiskies available. And what a choice!!
If you can't find the scotch you need there then, really,
short of actually having the keys to Scotland's warehouses
I'm not too sure where you are meant to go next.
It’s good also to see that the
range of bourbons and Irish has improved. It is the
kind of place a whisky connoisseur can spend a couple
of hours in without realising where the time has gone,
a must do, unofficial stopping point on the Whisky Trail.”
 Jim
also conducted several whisky masterclasses throughout
the day, much to the delight of the whisky enthusiasts
who had travelled from far and wide to obtain signed
copies of his new book ‘Jim Murray’s Whisky
Bible 2005’. It was a fantastic opportunity to
meet one of the true whisky legends and Jim was beset
with whisky questions all day.
The new Wine Room displays in excess
of 600 wines and high quality champagnes, encompassing
some of the finest vintages from around the world, including
some emerging regions like Chile, New Zealand and South
Africa and G&M staff conducted in depth wine tastings
on their customers’ favourite regions throughout
the day.
And for those discerning customers
who were looking for the finest cheeses, cooked hams
and tapas, found that the delicatessen offered a wide
range of local dairy and meat products, including G&M’s
own recipe cooked meats.
An unusual nosing competition tested
entrants’ olfactory senses to the limits, challenging
them to identify several different smells. The winner,
Moira Cooke from Miltonduff, received a magnificent
Puccini decanter filled with the finest 30 year old
MacPhail’s Single Malt Scotch Whisky. James Fetherstonhaugh
was the proud winner of a six-bottle case of Champagne
and George Storm from Forres won a Walkers luxury hamper.
The shop offers only the very highest quality of goods
and is determined to stay true to the original opening
promise of 1895 and “endeavour to give the utmost
satisfaction” and ensure that customers “may
depend on getting a superior article at a popular price.”
For more information / photographs
/ images
please contact the Marketing Department at
Gordon & MacPhail on 01343 545111.
Gordon & MacPhail, George House, Boroughbriggs Road,
Elgin, IV30 1JY
ABOUT GORDON & MACPHAIL’S
RETAIL SHOP
Opened on Friday 24th May 1895 at 58-60 South Street,
Elgin, the Retail Shop has always endeavoured to provide
customers with the most unique and distinctive products
of the highest quality. Originally offering the inhabitants
of Elgin and Moray luxury grocery items, tea, wine and
spirits, the shop has evolved over time and with this
latest refurbishment, its tradition of excellence is
as strong as ever.
 The
shop stocks more than 800 bottlings of whisky and more
than 600 wines from around the world. The delicatessen
offers a wide selection of local cheeses, home cooked
and finished meats. Since the refurbishment, the shop
will also be offering freshly-baked bread and its own
filled sandwiches.
WHAT’S BEING SAID ABOUT
THE RETAIL SHOP |
Whisky Guide | 
The
Retail Shop first opened the doors to its “centrical
and commodious” premises back in May 1895 and
has endeavoured to provide its customers with the most
unique and distinctive products of the highest quality
ever since. Now, nearly 110 years later, Gordon &
MacPhail is delighted to be able to offer its customers
a new and enhanced shopping experience with a Whisky
Room, Wine Room and large delicatessen, still housed
within the original buildings.