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He made a point when he came in in the morning of walking straight through the tun room and the mash houseвЂ¦ If it was a very good trip, heвЂ™d stand and chat to you if it wasnвЂ™t so good, heвЂ™d walk straight on through.вЂ™ вЂWe always knew if Hugh had had a good trip or a bad trip. вЂArmando Giovinetti came over and bought a few cases, and stuck them in the boot of his car, but Hugh spent a lot of time in Italy,вЂ™ says Malcolm. Mitcalfe oversaw Glen GrantвЂ™s conquest of the Italian market, where it was distributed by the Giovinetti family.

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He came to the cooperage when I was working there, learning how to build a cask. вЂWhat I did like about him was that he came as the bossвЂ™s son-in-law, but he ended up spending the better part of a year at the plant, learning from the bottom up,вЂ™ recalls Malcolm. Hugh Mitcalfe joined Glen Grant in 1959 as export and marketing director he was the son-in-law of distillery owner Major Douglas Mackessack, having married his daughter Kirsteen.

Italian visitors: Mitcalfe (centre left, dark glasses) with Douglas Mackessack (kilt) and representatives of Glen GrantвЂ™s Italian importers at Inverness Aerodrome in 1961 HUGH MITCALFE (1934-2019) Whisky writer Charlie MacLean added that MitcalfeвЂ™s contribution to the history of Scotch malt whisky вЂmust not be underestimatedвЂ™ вЂ“ particularly his work in Italy with Glen Grant, and then with Macallan. вЂHugh was intimately involved in every stage of The MacallanвЂ™s transition from being a top-class malt for the blenders into a powerful brand in its own right, thereby laying the foundations for the global fame to come,вЂ™ said David Cox, previously a director of The Macallan Distillers Ltd, now retired. In the 1980s, Mitcalfe developed MacallanвЂ™s вЂAnniversaryвЂ™ expressions, starting with a 25-year-old, and moving on to a 50-year-old and a 60-year-old, a bottle of which recently sold for more than ВЈ1m at auction. вЂI keep saying to people, when they say вЂњyou built The MacallanвЂќ no, my team built The Macallan, and Hugh was an important part of that team.вЂ™ вЂHugh Mitcalfe was the marketing brain behind The Macallan,вЂ™ added Willie Phillips, Macallan MD from 1978 to 1996. вЂThrough his endeavours, Glen Grant really made it in ItalyвЂ¦ We were selling nearly half a million cases there in the 1970s.вЂ™ вЂHe left an indelible mark on Glen Grant,вЂ™ said Dennis Malcolm OBE, Glen Grant master distiller. Mitcalfe, who died вЂpeacefullyвЂ™ on 2 January, spent nearly 20 years at Glen Grant вЂ“ a time of huge success for the Rothes single malt, especially in Italy вЂ“ before moving to Macallan and helping to transform it from a little-known Speyside distillery into perhaps the worldвЂ™s most recognised malt whisky.

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