HIGHLAND GRAIN LIMITED
Farmers Co-operative and Producers of Quality Malting Barley
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Highland Grain
Registered Office:-
Glaikmore
North Kessock
Inverness
IV1 3UD
UK
Tel: +44(0)1463 811435
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5 March 2008 Highland Grain/Glenmorangie Malting Barley Awards
The annual malting barley awards dinner and prizegiving, which took place in December 2007, was again kindly sponsored by Glenmorangie. Over 100 Highland Grain members, their partners and guests packed the dining room at the Carnegie Lodge Hotel in Tain on a night where both quality and price were celebrated in equal part. Quality has nearly always been an ever present but the price and Highland Grain’s marketing performance were equally celebrated this year. There was also cause to celebrate an increase in direct business with Glenmorangie with both Highland Grain Chairman, Jim Whiteford, and Glenmorangie’s Dr Bill Lumsden referring to this in their respective addresses. Jim Whiteford said that Highland Grain were very keen to support the Scotch Whisky industry and has successfully achieved long term supply agreements with targeted distillers. Given that the prospects for Scotch Whisky had improved dramatically, he said that it was very good news for Highland Grain that Glenmorangie were keen to do more business. In his speech, Dr Bill Lumsden said that he was keen to continue and to develop the arrangement to give Glenmorangie a degree of security of supply as the business grows. He said that the agreement, whereby Highland Grain supplies the barley for malting by Greencore Malt, would give Glenmorangie an excellent basis for its own production in the future.
An album of pictures taken on the night (courtesy of Liz Whiteford) can be seen by clicking here.
The prizewinners in the 2007 awards are as follows:-
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Best Sample – Optic
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1st
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P Rattray, Brae Farm, Dingwall
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2nd
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Messrs Robertson, Tomich Farm, Beauly
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3rd
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Balintore Farms, Fearn, Tain
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Best Sample – Other Varieties
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1st
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Ardross Castle Enterprises Ltd, Ardross, Alness (Oxbridge)
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2nd
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FoulisFarms, Ardullie, Dingwall (Appaloosa) |
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3rd
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Rosskeen Farms, Rosskeen, Invergordon (Appaloosa)
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Best Overall Malting Quality
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1st
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W G Campbell & Sons, Resolis Mains, Balblair
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2nd
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H McCulloch, Badrain, Culbokie
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3rd
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A J Maciver & Son, Easter Auchterflow, Munlochy
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Back, L to R: Alistair Macintyre, Hamish McCulloch, William Gill, James Maciver, Hugh Mackenzie, Ken Mackenzie
Front, L to R: Dr Bill Lumsden, Isobel McCallum, Graham Eunson, Donald Campbell, George Maciver
Note - P Rattray, Messrs Robertson, Ardross Castle Enterprises and Foulis Farms were unable to collect their prizes on the night. These were collected by Isobel McCallum, George Maciver, Alistair Macintyre and Ken Mackenzie
Note - P Rattray, Messrs Robertson, Ardross Castle Enterprises and Foulis Farms were unable to collect their prizes on the night. These were collected by Isobel McCallum, George Maciver, Alistair Macintyre and Ken Mackenzie
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