There's a saying that the nature of a place nurtures its people, perhaps referring to this kind of magic.
Sean Lowell and Gordon Sterling landed on Islay from the Port Allen dock.
This is the port where Sean previously found the warehouse of old newspapers, and also the port where the Port Aelen Distillery is located.
Port Aelen Distillery and Brunschwig Distillery were closed around the same time.
The few whiskey distilleries on Islay that closed in the early eighties failed to catch a good time.
Port Aelen Distillery is now part of The Diageo Group, the world's largest alcohol company, a group that once extended an olive branch to the recently withdrawn Sean Lowell.
Sean Lowell was the talent they wanted to recruit five years ago; they just hadn't anticipated then that Sean Lowell would inherit the mantle of The Divine Palate.
The members of The Dump Me Alliance are unaware of Sean Lowell's visit to Islay.
However, for the distilleries on Islay, it is no secret.
