The Power Of Darkness

The Power of DarknessWhen an unpertentious Manhattan chophouse mounts 20 single-malt whiskies on its back bar, aged vintage Armagnacs appear on the shelves of the neighborhood liquor stores and racy new liqueurs seem to bloom every day, people in the gusto lane see the handwriting on the wall. What all that says is welcome to a new era of taste.Malt whisky illuminates the return to flavor. For years, this unblended, undiluted whisky--the original Scotch--was virtually unknown here. Then two High...