Whisky bosses have lost a legal battle with Portuguese wine producers over a malt created in tribute to Portree town on the Isle of Skye.
The makers of Talisker whisky launched Port Ruighe in homage to the area where the Scotch is produced.
Port Ruighe is the old Gaelic spelling of Portree, the main town on the island in the Inner Hebrides where the Talisker distillery has been based since 1830.
Diageo, the owners of Talisker, applied to register the name of the whisky as a trademark in Europe.
However, the body representing port wine-makers in Portugal objected to the move because the names “Port” and “Porto” were already protected under EU trademark laws. Diageo’s application for a trademark had been successful but the Douro