Romanow: Japanese whiskies high on quality and reliability

If you are a real whisky lover, you will have noticed “pretenders” appearing on shelves in the last 30 years. Canada has Glen Breton, New Zealand has a couple, but the real change has been the arrival of the Japanese malted whisky.
In the same way the Japanese started out in cheap electronics to become a world leader, their whiskies have gone from being something of a joke to being good enough for the Scots to respect. To make the point, all you have to do is comp