SURGING whisky gross sales have seen turnover greater than double at a drinks enterprise based mostly on one in every of Scotland’s most distant islands.
Colonsay Drinks Ltd offered spirits value practically £3.5m final 12 months as demand for his or her
whisky bottling grows based on Firms Home filings.
The corporate distils gin on the island of Colonsay within the Southern Hebrides and likewise bottles whisky from different primarily island and coastal distilleries.
Gross sales director Keith Bonnington mentioned: “It’s a outstanding set of outcomes for a small enterprise on a distant island however exhibits the ever rising worldwide curiosity in Scotch whisky exhibits no signal of letting up.
“A variety of our enterprise has been abroad with gross sales to Switzerland, Germany, Denmark and the Far East significantly buoyant.”
Colonsay has a inhabitants of solely about 130 full time residents and is known for its lovely seashores and ample wildlife.
It lies simply North of the whisky island of Islay which is dwelling to over 10 distilleries.
Mr Bonnington mentioned: “Gin continues to be a difficult market with so many manufacturers accessible however we now have seen gross sales of our Wild Island Gin holding up fairly properly.
“The power has come from whisky with promote out bottlings of Caol Ila from Islay, Tobermory and a 30 12 months previous Jura.
“Our core blended malt Island Hopper model continues to carry out properly with new releases of it and fascinating single malts deliberate for 2024.
“Like all companies on the West Coast Islands we now have been impacted by the ferries fiasco however hopefully the place will enhance quickly.”