Editing Speyside single malt (section)

==Legal status==
{{further|Scotch Whisky Regulations 2009}}
Speyside is a "protected region" for Scotch Whisky distilling under [[Scotch Whisky Regulations 2009|UK Government legislation]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/2890/contents/made|title=The Scotch Whisky Regulations 2009}}</ref> According to ''Visit Scotland'', this region includes the area between the Highlands to the west, Aberdeenshire in the east and extending south to the [[Cairngorms National Park]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.visitscotland.com/see-do/food-drink/whisky/distilleries/speyside/|title=Speyside Distilleries - Whisky Tours, Tastings & Map|website=www.visitscotland.com}}</ref> Due to the way that the regions are specified, Speyside is wholly within the [[Highland single malts|Highland region]] and thus whiskies produced in Speyside may legally be described as coming from either region.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://blog.thewhiskyexchange.com/2017/08/highland-vs-speyside-a-tale-of-two-regions/#:~:text=Everybody%20thinks%20of%20Speyside%20as,forward%20Glenfarclas%2C%20Dalwhinnie%20and%20Macallan. | title=Highland vs Speyside – a tale of two regions | date=18 August 2017 }}</ref>