It's Not Scotch, but Tasmanian Whisky Is Flying off the Shelves
- Number of distilleries expected to double over next five years
- Tasmania economy getting support from tourist demand
When Patrick Maguire first showed his Tasmanian whisky in Paris over a decade ago, he struggled to convince European connoisseurs to taste it.
“They’d wouldn’t make eye contact and would walk straight past,” said Maguire. “The attitude when we turned up was ‘that’s very nice, but it’s not Scotch’."