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Where the vine does not grow, grain is distilled. The northern limit of the vineyard explains the map of whisky better than any brand story.
Stop 01 of 04 · The frame
North of the limit of the vineyard, the raw material changes: grain is distilled. The map carries two delimited French areas and three distant markers — Scotland, Ireland, Kentucky. That geography explains the map of whisky better than any founder's tale.
Stop 02 of 04 · The islands
The two great geographical indications of whisky are entered in the Union register — the Irish one covering the Republic and Northern Ireland, an area straddling two states, like the Genièvre of the cross-border room. The database has an outline for neither: two points, in all honesty.
Stop 03 of 04 · The French part
France too has its whisky geographical indications — two, rooted in grain-growing and brewing regions. Their areas are delimited and drawn where Scotland has only a point: this is not a hierarchy of importance, it is the state of the documentation, and the notation shows it without hiding it.
Stop 04 of 04 · Distinctive product
Bourbon is not a geographical indication: it is a distinctive product of the United States, recognised by agreement between states. The difference is not cosmetic — no delimited area, no product specification in the Union register — and its entry sets it out. The map places it with a marker in Kentucky, without claiming more.
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