Blackwood Distillery
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Blackwood Distillers was set up in 2002, originally to build Shetland's first ever whisky distillery. Alongside this long term goal, the company also launched a series of white spirits drinks, such as Blackwood's Vintage Dry Gin, and DIVA Vodka.
Blackwood planned to build the whisky distillery at Catfirth, Nesting, but following planning delays they decided to move the operation to the redundant RAF base in Unst.
But, in March 2007 Blackwood announced a U turn because they couldn't agree terms with the developers of the RAF base. As a result the Catfirth site is again the favoured location.
Blackwood have already won international awards for their Gin and Vodka spirits which bear the Shetland name.
| Address: | Benholm, Skellister, South Nesting. ZE2 9PP |
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| Tel: | 01595 694455 |
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| Mobile: | 07714 236606 |
| Website: | http://www.shetlandwhisky.com |
| e-mail: | info@shetlandwhisky.com |
