Whisky Advocate’s 23rd Annual Lifetime Achievement Award

Lifetime Achievement This year we honor three icons of the whisky world: Willie Cochrane, Eddie MacAffer, and Richard Paterson.

Willie Cochrane The Isle of Jura’s remote and sparsely populated landscape maj not be for everyone, but it’s a seductively beautiful place to spend your working life. When Willie Cochrane first came to Craighouse, he thought he would stick it out for a year. Thirty-nine years later, after overseeing the production of tens of millions of liters of Jura spirit, he decided to call it a day. Although born in the great city of Glasgow, I’m certain his prominent position at...