Distillery boss toasts to team for keeping drink flowing in all weathers

THE manager of Scotland's highest distillery has expressed pride at his team's unbroken record of keeping operations running amid the heaviest winter snowfalls.

- BY DAVID YOUNG

Proud: Manager John Hart

Dalwhinnie Distillery sits at around 1,300ft above sea level in the Cairngorms National Park, in the heart of the Highlands.

Manager John Hart, 60, said the six-strong operations team is well prepared for what the rest of the winter might bring, as he described the annual challenge of keeping whisky production going when the site is blanketed in snow.

"We probably get more snowfall than most parts of Scotland in terms of being a village around about 1,300ft up, so it definitely presents operational challenges when we get the snowfall," he said.