点评:Having visited Glenallachie distillery and met a very nice lady who informed us she was the mother of the manager at Cardhu, we decided to take up her offer of visiting this site. We had already visited several others in the area and following a very pleasant visit to Speyburn we decided to drop in to Cardhu on our return to Aviemore.
We walked around the shop and noticed a visitors cafe/bar and decided we would stay for some food. Before doing so we explored the history of the distillery further from the information on the wall panels adjacent to the food/bar area and leading to the cinema room. On doing so a woman who was conducting a tour (at 15:30 on the 13/05) asked us to leave as she was conducting a tour, this was the only reason given. There were no notices to say you were not allowed beyond this point and my wife and I had not even noticed the tour until she spoke to us. This is not the highland hospitality we experienced in any of the other distilleries which were warm and welcoming and very helpful and as such we won’t be returning and will also be advising friends and family to avoid at all cost.
翻译:参观完格兰阿拉奇酒厂后,我们遇到了一位非常友好的女士,她告诉我们她是卡杜酒厂经理的母亲。于是,我们决定接受她的邀请,去卡杜酒厂看看。此前我们已经参观过该地区的其他几家酒厂,在斯佩伯恩酒厂度过了非常愉快的时光后,我们决定在返回阿维莫尔的途中顺道去卡杜酒厂看看。
我们在商店里逛了一圈,注意到一家游客咖啡厅/酒吧,便决定进去吃点东西。在此之前,我们先浏览了一下咖啡厅/酒吧旁边、通往放映室的墙上的介绍,进一步了解了酒厂的历史。就在这时,一位正在带团的女士(5月13日下午3:30)要求我们离开,因为她正在带团,这是她给出的唯一理由。没有任何告示说不能继续往前走,而且我和妻子直到她跟我们说话之前,根本没注意到有导游在讲解。这与我们在其他任何一家酿酒厂感受到的高地热情好客截然不同,其他酿酒厂的工作人员都非常热情友好,乐于助人。因此,我们不会再来了,也会建议朋友和家人不惜一切代价避开这家酿酒厂。