It is famed for a love of singing and a passion for rugby.
It has a distinctive Celtic language and is the birthplace of the poet Dylan Thomas.
But few would claim that Wales, a nation of three million people outnumbered by sheep, is well known for whiskey, or whisky, as it is known in Wales.
That was how the problems began in Abergwyngregyn (pronounced ABER-gwin-gregin), in the shadow of the ice-capped Snowdonia mountain range, where Aber Falls single-malt whisky is produced in a distillery filled with the strong malty aroma of barley.
Made with exclusively Welsh grain and water from a picturesque nearby waterfall, the light, slightly fruity, single-malt whisky distilled by Aber Falls was the first in more than a century to be produced in North Wales.
Persons:
Dylan Thomas
Locations:
Wales, Abergwyngregyn, gwin, Aber, Aber Falls, North Wales