Some years ago, Glenfiddich launched its magnificent 38 YO Glenfiddich whisky in mouth blown crystal decanters which had been manually finished by sandblasting, hand painted gold decoration, each bottle having a unique limited batch number. In 2013, Stolzle Glass Group conducted an innovation presentational William Grant's operational facility; this resulted in the award of the 38YO Glenfiddich project and forms part of STO's strategy into the "Luxury" Prestige Spirits decanters market. The development and production of the sophisticated iconic triangular decanter took place at the UK production site of the Group, in Knottingley W Yorks. It was a huge challenge to manufacture the whisky decanter fully automatically, and decorate it in several steps: The heavy based bottle is hand cut and manually polished before the application of the gold painting in the engraved front surface. The larger volume of automatic production of this brilliant decanter bears not only a reduction of unit costs but guarantees greater accuracy too. For more information, please visit: www.stoelzle.com
