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Celebrating Chivas Regal!

Published:Friday | October 15, 2010 | 12:00 AM
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Sister act! Promo belles Ashley (left) and Robin Philips gave guests a warm welcome. - photos by Winston Sill/Freelance Photographer
Chef Gari Ferguson lymes with Chesna Haber, brand manager.
Cheers! Jonathan Surtees, wife Paula (centre) and Marilyn Bennett toast the rebirth of Chivas Regal brand.
George Cummings raps with Enola Williams of Red Bones.
Gillian Ferguson (left) and Carole Fullerton chat during the cocktail session.
Joe Cabassas (left), regional brand ambassador for international distributor Pernod Ricard, compares notes with Indian High Commissioner Mohinder Grover.
Businessman Gary Peart (left) tries some of the 'good stuff' Chivas Regal with National Water Commission boss E.G. Hunter.
Richard Spence (centre) gleefully accepts his bottle of Chivas Regal 18-year-old scotch from Joe Cabassas, regional brand manager for Chivas Regal.
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Something this good should never be forgotten. Wray and Nephew, distributors of the premium scotch Chivas Regal, hosted a reintroduction/re-familiarisation of the potent potable on Wednesday, at the Red Bones Blues Café on Argyle Road. The Wray and Nephew folk went for a cosy setting with recorded blues music. Not to be guzzled like a frothy brew, Chivas Regal, with its honeyed flavours, is known for being oh so smooth.

To help remind Jamaicans of the quality of the product, the hosts brought in Joe Cabassas, regional brand ambassador for Pernod Ricard, the second largest wines and spirits distributor on the planet. For those who were not familiar with the Chivas brand, Joe was more than willing to teach a few things.

Special creations

Guests, some of whom were more experienced with the brand, went for it neat (no ice) or with ginger ale. The bartender also served up special creations including the Chivas Royal, a combination of Chivas with Apple Schnapps or ginger ale, served in a champagne glass.

Who would have thought back in 1801 when the Chivas brothers opened their emporium, that one of their creations would still be a hit?

daviot.kelly@gleanerjm.com