Here's a little item that came to my attention this morning ... strikes me that the bureaucrats in Washington have gone over the edge with this one and have proven once again, the truth in the old aphorism that says the problem with common sense is that it really isn't all that common ...
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
US bans 'Cuban' Glenfiddich
A scotch malt has been banned from the US because it was matured in Cuban rum barrels. Glenfiddich Havana Reserve has fallen foul of American legislation which restricts trade with Cuba, even though it is distilled in Scotland.
The luxury 21yearold single malt, which costs £60 a bottle, is produced by William Grant and Sons at its Dufftown distillery in the Highlands, 4000 miles from the sugar cane fields of Cuba.