Talking Whisky with Hirundine *may include some rugby chat

About this episode

Rosalind interviews South African rugby stars Duhan van der Merwe and Pierre Schoeman about their whisky brand Hirundine and their experiences in the rugby world.

On this episode of Scran Rosalind talks to South African Scotland rugby stars, Duhan van der Merwe and Pierre Schoeman. Outside their day job they have launched Hirundine, a 12 year old Speyside single malt which is a part of their Against the Grain whisky collection. During their chat they tell Rosalind how the business came about, the challenges they faced in getting it off the ground and the positive success it has seen to date. Duhan and Pierre have big plans and judging from this chat they will do their best to realise them. Rosalind being the Scottish rugby fan that she is, couldn't miss the opportunity to ask them about the upcoming Six Nations and whether they will be drinking their whisky from the Calcutta Cup in a few weeks! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Rosalind

Guests: Duhan van der Merwe, Pierre Schoeman

Topics covered

• whisky
• rugby
• entrepreneurship
• sports
• Scotland
• interview

Keywords

• whisky
• rugby
• Hirundine
• Duhan van der Merwe
• Pierre Schoeman
• Six Nations
• Calcutta Cup

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Hirundine, Against the Grain

Places: Scotland, Speyside, South Africa

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