Original Scottish green ginger wine John Crabbie's distinctive elephant trade mark stems from the Scots merchant adventurers who pioneered trade with countries in the orient, from which we still buy the herbs, spices, fruit and ginger for Crabbie's Original Scottish Green Ginger Wine. It was during the time of the Raj that another Scot, a colonel MacDonald, first created the famous 'Whisky MacDonald' or 'Whisky Mac' (equal measures of Crabbie's and Scotch whisky), a truly warming experience.