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New Princess Cruises’ Video Gives a Dram about Australian Whisky

Princess Cruises iscontinuing its voyage through the world of whisky, extending its onboardexperience of the premium spirit in dedicated bars and menus across the fleetand releasing a new video featuring fine Australian whisky.

Presented by PrincessCruises ‘whisky ambassador’ Peter Stevens, the new video comes as a chaser to the cruise line’s firstonline offering which announced the new whisky menu, featuring more than 60premium whiskies from around the world.

The latest videorelease follows the debut of a second dedicated whisky bar on anAustralian-based ship with ‘The Nook’ now open on Sea Princess. Princess’ firstwhisky bar opened on Dawn Princess last June, while the full whisky menu isavailable in bars on Emerald Princess and Golden Princess.

The popularity ofPrincess Cruises’ whisky menu across its Australian fleet reflects the growingtrend for intimate, specialist whisky bars onshore, giving guests theopportunity to taste whiskies from the world’s best producers, and learn moreabout the premium beverage from knowledgeable bar staff.

In the new video,Peter Stevens explains the benefits of the Australian climate in producingworld-class whiskies, with environmental elements creating distinct flavoursand variations in temperature allowing faster maturation.

Three Australianwhiskies available on the menu are also profiled in the video; Lark’s ClassicMalt from Tasmania, Bakery Hill Single Malt from Victoria and Limeburner’sSingle Malt from Albany in Western Australia.

Princess Cruises VicePresident Australia & New Zealand Stuart Allison said the cruise line wasthrilled to see the popularity of its premium whisky bars and menus with itspassengers.

“A cruise holidayoffers time to relax as well as time to discover new things, so a cruise is theperfect opportunity to relax with a fine dram of whisky from the world’s bestdistilleries and also to learn a little about whisky along the way,” Mr Allisonsaid.

Fares on Sea Princessstart from $1,699* per person twin share for a 12-night Treasures of Asiacruise departing Fremantle September 14, 2016.

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