Text on dustbinder regarding Author: Ulf’s first contact with alcohol, in general, was at the European Club in the city of Abadan in Persia (now Iran), at the age of 15. It was the then famous blend whisky 'Black & White', which now is a bit hard to find. His infatuation was instant and intensive, and life lasting. And he had begun an un-systematic journey through the realm of whiskies over time, and around the globe. During a string of years his libation was the usual, traditional whisky blends, with an ice cube or a dash of soda water. Suddenly, around 1970, he found his salvation and his road. The Savoir was the Macallan. And the road was not for Mandalay, but for Speyside and their single malt whiskies. Later in life, he de facto made a pilgrimage to Mandalay to fetch a bottle of a locally produced malt whisky. Other whisky paths he followed brought him to Japan and its rich whisky culture. In the early 80's when swamped with Single Malts he not only bought in a hotchpotch fashion