The Distillery Behind Scotland’s Most-Awarded Single Malt

Glenfiddich is part of the William Grant & Sons company, a family-operated business that owns The Balvenie, Tullamore DEW, and Hendrick’s Gin, among other spirits brands. Though superlatives regarding both awards and sales may be true, a visit to the Dufftown distillery, in Scotland’s Speyside region, reveals an operation that in many ways still feels like the family-run business it was when William Grant founded it in the 1880s with his brood of sons (he also had two daughters, let’s not forget).  Read more here, and see 53 photos of travel—worthy Scotch whisky distilleries, from USA Today.