A CALL from Donald Trump to boycott Glen-fiddich whisky after the tycoon's nemesis was hailed Top Scot of the Year at an awards ceremony sponsored by the spirit firm appears to have backfired.
A CALL from Donald Trump to boycott Glen-fiddich whisky after the tycoon's nemesis was hailed Top Scot of the Year at an awards ceremony sponsored by the spirit firm appears to have backfired.
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David Ross Highland Correspondent
Social networking sites yesterday carried numerous pledges of support for the famous malt whisky, with people promising to go out and buy a bottle immediately or even buy shares in the company.
It came after Trump warned there would be commercial repercussions for distiller William Grant & Sons after Michael Forbes, the farmer who lives on Menie Estate close to Trump's Aberdeenshire golf course and who refused to sell his land to the tycoon, was honoured after a public vote at the Glenfiddich Spirit of Scotland awards.
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