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This year Destination Cellars has been nominated in the Single Outlet Category for the Australian Icons of Whisky. We are thankful to be included with some of the most established retail outlets this country has to offer. We promise to keep on doing what we love doing in the years to come. 

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Confessions of a retailer: Destination Cellars

25th September, 2019 by The Spirits Business

Todd Morrison, owner of Destination Cellars, discusses the challenges and rewards of running a spirits store in Hobart, Tasmania.

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Destination Cellars, Heartwood, Rare Whisky, Tasmanian Whisky -

The latest release from Heartwood has landed from local whisky alchemist, Tim Duckett (aka Mr. H). The Dregs #3's radioactive pink fluorescent label adorns the bottle containing a deep amber fluid that weighs in at Heartwood's usual testicular heft of 61.8% ABV.

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Chris Condon Of Launceston Distillery kindly came down from Launceston with some of his prized first releases to share some anecdotes and explain what they're doing in Hanger 17. Clearly a popular man in Tasmanian distilling circles as he drew no less than 6 distillers and independent bottlers and a couple of aspiring distillers to boot! It was a fascinating hear his story and sample some of their wonderful offerings. A great night was had by all present. A big thanks to Chris from us at Destination Cellars.

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A celebration of Viking heritage A large and enthusiastic crowd gathered at Hadley's Hotel on Tuesday night to sample 6 expressions from legendary Scottish distillery Highland Park. Spirits platform's Bridget Rogers and Gareth Jones crossed the Bass Straight with suitcases of discontinued whisky, fortuitously discovered gathering dust in the back of their warehouse. They educated us with an interesting presentation on the Orkney Islands, the people and Highland Park Whisky.  The whiskies were all well received and as always it's very interesting to see how different all our palates are. The clear winner of the evening was the extinct "Dark Origins" with...

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