The Drurys, and good scotch,
at home in Punta Gorda
PHOTO PROVIDED BY NANCY ANDREAE
Punta Gorda resident Nancy Andreae, right, bumped into Cathy and Mike Drury while visiting their Whisky Castle during a bike tour through Scotland. During a whisky tasting, she discovered the couple had just purchased a home in the Punta Gorda area.
PHOTO PROVIDED BY WWW.WHISKYCASTLE.COM
The Drurys Whisky Castle is in a centuries-old building in the small town of Tomintoul.
HERALD PHOTO BY GORDON BOWER
Mike Drury concentrates on pouring the first Scotch into proper tulip-shaped glasses.
HERALD PHOTO BY GORDON BOWER
Cady Rowe demonstrates the proper nosing technique before she starts sipping a sample of fine malt whisky.
HERALD PHOTO BY GORDON BOWER
By the end of the evening, everyone was in a jovial mood, including Cathy and Mike Drury, left, and host Nancy Andreae.
By GORDON BOWER
Punta Gordy
You can bump into Punta Gorda
people almost anywhere, but
longtime resident and world-
traveler Nancy Andreae didn’t expect to find one while on an August bicycle tour through a remote area of Scotland.
The group stopped in Tomintoul, a town of just 360 people that lies on the Scottish Whisky (no “e” per the Scottish spelling) Trail, to attend a tasting at the Whisky Castle. The host that night was Mike Drury, the proprietor, who let drop to his mostly American crowd that he had just purchased a home here.
