Balvenie Balvenie is located in Dufftown. In early 1892 work began to convert an 18th-century mansion (Balvenie New House) into a distillery.The building took fifteen months to complete, and on 1 May 1893, the first distillation took place at the Balvenie Distillery. Since being first built, Balvenie has been continually under the ownership of William […]