Wine World: Islays a love-them or hate-them affair

A friend asked me what whisky to buy for his bar – his daughter was getting married and he expected to be doing a great deal of hosting. I recommended an Islay whisky, because I adore their products.
The thing about Islay whisky is that it is all made on an island. And the ‘inland’ distilleries are closer to the sea than Halifax is to the Atlantic. The net result is single malts that are hugely aromatic, smelling of peat and iodine. This was driven home to me today when I set u