There’s a lot of romance attached to the whisky business, and I’m not sure the events of last week will have done much to redress the balance between mythology and reality. I’m talking about the reopening of Diageo’s Port Ellen distillery on the isle of Islay, two centuries after it was originally built – and just over 40 years after Diageo precursor Distillers Company Ltd (DCL) closed it down (apparently) for good.
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