How lovely to hear once again from our former guest Kat, bonny Scottish lassie Kate Manning, who is writing specially for our dedicated readers about a topic that is even closer to Scottish hearts than getting even with the perfidious Sassenachs -- the defence of Scotch whisky. Here she tells of a battle in far-off China to preserve the palates of discerning dilettantes in distant Myanmar:Great Scotch! Win Against Counterfeit Whisky Caps in ChinaFew distilled spirits have such international appeal, and are as widely produced, as whisky. Cat's whiskers? No, cat's whisky!National rules and regulations governing its production, coupled with intellectual property laws, not only allow it to maintain its distinctive place on the global market; more importantly, it also helps us to distinguish philosophic wine and the oil of conversation from the devil’s brew and poison scourge (admittedly, the morning after a bottle of either tends to be one and the…
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