Tag: Allison Patel

Irish Whiskey’s Ups and Downs in 2018 (Episode 744: December 9, 2018)20181209123051

Irish Whiskey’s Ups and Downs in 2018 (Episode 744: December 9, 2018)

Mark GillespieDecember 9, 2018@BDP514AM, @BourbonScript, @whiskeycat1324, Alaska, Allison Parc, Allison Patel, Anchorage, artist, assets, Augusta, Balcones, banks, Bardstown, Basil Hayden's, Beam Suntory, BenRiach, Bernard Walsh, Bill Ashburn, Bill Newlands, Billy Leighton, blending, Bobby Parnell, Bond & Lillard, Boo, border, Bottled in Bond, Bourbon, Brenne Whiskey, Brexit, Brian Belmore, Brooklyn, Brown-Forman, Bruichladdich, Buffalo Trace, Buffalo Trace Antique Collection, Campari, Canada, Canadian Whisky, cancer, Cask Masters, Catoctin Creek Distillery, CEO, cognac, competition, Constellation Brands, consulting, contest, contract, councils, court, craft distilling, Cutty Sark, Damian Riley-Smith, Dave Sweet, David Marra, definition, design, Diageo, Dingle Distillery, distilling, divorce, Dr. George Moore, Dundalk, earthquake, Eddie Russell, Edrington, Enda Kenny, ennis, events, executive, extradition, Facebook, festivals, Forsyths, Forty Creek, Forty Creek Whisky Weekend, France, fraud, French, Gareth Moore, geographical indicator, George Washington's Distillery, Georgia, GI, Glenlivet, Glenmorangie, Great Britain, Great Northern Brewery, Great Northern Distillery, Grimsby, Guess the Distillery, Hall of Fame, health warnings, Heaven's Door, heritage grains, Hibernia, Ian Curle, India, Ireland, Irish Distillers, Irish Whiskey, Irish Whiskey Association, John Teeling, Journey Cask Collection, Ken Grier, Kentucky, Keri Scruggs, Kingfisher Airlines, La Martiniquaise, Label 5, Label of 5 World Tour, Laphroaig, Lawrenceburg, Lawson Whiting, Lebanon, Leo Varadkar, Lifetime Achievement Award, Lisa Wicker, Lovingston, money laundering, Mongolian Oak, Mount Vernon, New Brunswick, New York, Northern Ireland, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, NPRM, Oban, Old Charter Oak, Old Ripy, Ontario, Pappy Van Winkle, Paragraph Publishing, Paul Varga, Peterson Farms, politics, producer, prosecutors, public comment, Public Health Bill (Alcohol), quote, Rachel Barrie, Rami Mouallem, regulations, reporter, retirement, Rob Sands, Robert Polson II, Samson & Surrey, Scott Harris, Scott McCroskie, single malt, slow-motion, spirit safe, stumped, Taghta, Talisker, Taoiseach, Tax & Trade Bureau, Tennessee, The Drinks Business, The Macallan, TTB, U.S. Treasury Department, United Spirits, Unity, Victoria Caledonian, Vijay Mallya, vintage, Virginia, Virginia Distillery Company, W.B. Saffell, Walsh Whiskey Company, warehouse, Washington Post, whiskey, Whiskey & Barrel Nite, Whiskey Barons, whisky, Whisky Live, Whisky Magazine, Whyte & Mackay, Widow Jane, Wild Turkey, winner, Writers Tears, Zach McCabe0 comments

Irish Whiskey continues to be one of the fastest-growing segments of the whisky business around the world, but the distilleries in Ireland and Norther...

Whisky Tasting at Houston’s Reserve 10120170908120428

Whisky Tasting at Houston’s Reserve 101

Mark GillespieSeptember 8, 2017Adam Spiegel, Allison Parc, Allison Patel, Bill Lumsden, Brenne, California, Cherrywood Rye, Christa Havican, cognac, Dennis Malcolm, flood, France, French, Glen Grant, Glenmorangie, Greater Houston Community Foundation, Harvey, Houston, Hurricane, Mike Raymond, Nath Pizzolatto, recovery, Reserve 101, Rye, Scotch Whisky, single malt, Sonoma County Distilling, storm, Texas, whiskey, whisky, whisky bar0 comments

We’re back with a new name, but with the same goal of opening up whisky conversation as regular whisky lovers taste, rate, and debate whiskies f...

Ardbeg’s Native Ileach Mickey Heads (Episode 631: March 5, 2017)20170305014032

Ardbeg’s Native Ileach Mickey Heads (Episode 631: March 5, 2017)

Mark GillespieMarch 5, 2017#trypod, A. Smith Bowman, Adam Harris, Alex Conyngham, Alexander Murray & Co., Allison Patel, ambassador, anniversary, archaeology, Ardbeg, Ardgowan, arrest, Atlanta, Australia, Australian Whisky Holdings, bankruptcy, Bardstown, Barrell Bourbon, Barrell Craft Spirits, Beam Suntory, beer, Boris Johnson, bottling, Bourbon, Brenne Whisky, brewer, brewery, Brian Shemwell, Brown-Forman, Brussels, Buffalo Trace, Bulleit, bus, CEO, charity, Chris Malcolm, Cincinnati, collectors, construction, cooper, coopering, counterfeit, court, D.E.W. and a Brew, Dan Rosen, David Faughn, David Frost, dendrochronology, Diageo, diplomat, Dublin Airport, Earl of Mount Charles, eBay, editor, EU, European Union, fake, fraud, fundraiser, Ger Buckley, Glenlivet, Glenturret, Golan Heights Distillery, Golani, Greenock, Hall of Fame, Highland Park, Icons of Whisky Awards, Ileach, Inverclyde Council, Inverkip, investors, Irish Whiskey, Isabel Graham-Youll, Islay, Israel, Jack Daniel's, Jamieson's Jigger, Jane Maher, Jeff Arnett, Jim Beam American Stillhouse, Joe Beatrice, John J. Bowman, Julian Van Winkle III, Julie Hesketh-Laird, Jura, Karen Betts, Keith Batt, Kentucky, Kentucky Artisan Distillery, Killian O'Mahony, Kim Bennett, Laphroaig, lawyers, Limestone Branch, London, Louisville, Lux Row, Luxco, Lynchburg, Maker's Mark, Martin Daraz, Mauritania, Mazurt Brewing Company, Meier's Winery, MGP, Michael Jamieson, Michter's, Mickey Heads, Midleton, Mike Reppucci, Minor Case Beam, Morocco, Nant, NUPBL Foundation, Ohio, Orkney, Paul Beam, podcast, police, Port Ellen, Rare Bourbon for Rare Disease, retirement, Rhode Island, road trip, Rupert Wheeler, Sazerac, Scotch Whisky, Scotch Whisky Association, Scotland, Scott Mansfield, Shelbyville, Simon Brooking, Slane Castle, Slane Irish Whiskey, Sons of Liberty, St. Patrick's Day, Steve Beam, still, Stuart Thomson, SWA, Tasmania, Tennessee, Tim Herlihy, trees, Tripp Stimson, Tullamore D.E.W., Vendome, Victoria MacRae-Samuels, Westland, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Live London, Whisky Live New York, Whisky Magazine, whisky.auction, Willie Pratt, winter, World War II, World Whiskies Awards0 comments

Mickey Heads grew up about three miles from Islay’s Ardbeg Distillery, but the third-generation whisky maker never thought he’d wind up as...

Episode 578: February 28, 201620160228163223

Episode 578: February 28, 2016

Mark GillespieFebruary 28, 2016@MaltReview, @WhiskyDiscovery, A. Smith Bowman, Abraham Bowman, Akashi, Allisa Henley, Allison Patel, Annasach, Aspen, auction, Bainbridge Island, Bainbridge Organic Distillers, Balcones, Bernheim Original, Bourbon, Brenne, campaign, Canada, Chip Tate, Chris Ratcliff, Colorado, Colorado Springs, Compass Box, competition, Dallas, Dave Worthington, Diageo, Dickel, Distillery 291, drinks, Ed Belfour, Eric Gregory, F1, Far North Spirits, Force India, Formula One, France, George Dickel, George Dickel Superior #12, goalie, Hallock, Hillsburgh, hockey, Hokkaido, Houston, Ian Millar, India, International Wine & Spirits Report, James Earley, Jameson, Japan, Jared Himstedt, John Little, John Lunn, judging, KDA, Kentucky Distillers Association, Last Straw Distillery, lawsuit, litigation. White Oak Distillery, Lot No. 40, Mark Meek, medal, MGP, Michael Swanson, Minnesota, Mizunara Oak, motorsports, OId Scout, Olympic, Ontario, ouster, Pappy Van Winkle, petition, Pikesville Rye, Pioneer Spirit, Popcorn Sutton, racing, Reserve 101, Røknar, Rye, Sazerac, Scotch, settlement, Sheffield, Skagit Valley, Smirnoff, Smooth Ambler, sourced whisky, SpiritusNZ, St. Patrick's Day, Steve Beal, Tate & Company, Tennessee, Tennessee Whiskey, Texas, The Pogues, Tony K's, transparency, True Blue, Tullahoma, United Spirits, Vijay Mallya, Virginia, Waco, Washington, West Cork Distillers, West Virginia, whiskey, Whiskies & Spirits Conference, whisky, Whisky Live New York, Whisky Magazine, William Grant & Sons, World Whiskies Awards, Yama2 comments

There’s been a lot of attention paid recently to women working in the whisky industry, but when Allisa Henley was promoted to Head Distiller at ...

Episode 554: September 26, 201520150926192922

Episode 554: September 26, 2015

Mark GillespieSeptember 26, 20151970's Collection, A. Gillies & Company, Adam Spiegel, Adrian Bosner, Allison Patel, anniversary, ANZAC, Ardbeg, Australia, Bardstown Bourbon Company, Benromach, Bill Lumsden, Bourbon Hall of Fame, Brendan Buckley, Brenne, Brian Nation, Broxburn, Buffalo Trace, Campbeltown, construction, Dad's Hat, Diggers & Ditches, distillation, Dry Fly, expansion, experiment, find, France, Germany, Glenmorangie, Harlen Wheatley, Heaven Hill, Hedley Wright, Herman Mihalich, Hermitage, Icons of Whisky Awards, International Space Station, Ireland, Irish Distillers, John Quinn, Karen Cotter, Kent Fleischmann, Kentucky, La Maison du Whisky, Lark Distillery, Littlemill, Loch Lomond Group, microdistillery, New Zealand, New Zealand Whisky Company, news release, Old Midleton Distillery, Paris, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pope Francis, Ranald Watson, Richard Paterson, Sassicaia, soldiers, Sonoma County Distilling, Springbank, Steve Nally, Supernova, Tasmania, Tullamore D.E.W., Tullamore Dew, warehouse, Washington, Westland, Whisky Live, Whisky Live Paris, Whisky Magazine, Whyte & Mackay, William Grant & Sons, World War I2 comments

This time around, we’re in Paris for the first of two episodes this weekend from Whisky Live Paris! Each year, Whisky Live Paris draws whisky fa...

Heaven Hill Tops US Icons of Whisky Awards20150926175111

Heaven Hill Tops US Icons of Whisky Awards

Mark GillespieSeptember 26, 2015Allison Patel, ambassador, Astor Wines & Spirits, Bernie Lubbers, Binny's, Bourbon, Brenne, Buffalo Trace, Chris Riesbeck, Classic Imports, David Perkins, Dee Ford, DFS Group, Diageo, distiller, distillery, duty free, Duty Free Americas, Evan Williams Bourbon Experience, Ewan Morgan, ForWhiskeyLovers.com, Greg Davis, Gregor Cattanach, Harlen Wheatley, Heaven Hill, High West, Icons of Whisky Awards, John Cashman, Kentucky, Kentucky Bourbon Festival, Laphroaig, Liquor Barn, Maker's Mark, Matt Higgins, Park Avenue Liquor Shop, Scotch, Seattle, Simin Brooking, spirits, Tim Herlihy, Todd Roe, tourism, Travel, travel retail, Tullamore Dew, Tuthilltown Spirits, Victoria MacRae-Samuels, visitors, Westland, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Magazine, Wild Turkey, Woodford Reserve0 comments

September 24, 2015 – Heaven Hill Brands led the list of winners in Whisky Magazine’s 2016 Icons of Whisky Awards US round, winning Distill...

Episode 523: February 28, 201520150301004003

Episode 523: February 28, 2015

Mark GillespieMarch 1, 2015@MrArchivist, Act 250, Alberta Distillers, Allan Logan, Allison Patel, auto racing, Balcones, Beam Suntory, Billy Leighton, Black Bull, Bob Lekan, Boston, Brendan Buckley, Brenne, Bruichladdich, budget, Burghead, Canada, Chancellor, Chip Tate, Chris Bauder, Cleveland, cognac, Confederation Oak, Craigellachie, Cù Bòcan, Dair Ghaelach, Dave Pickerell, David Frost, Diageo, Dublin, Duncan Elphick, Duncan McGillivray, Duncan Taylor, duty, economy, Ecurie Ecosse, Elijah Craig, escalator, Exchequer, fire, firefighters, Forty Creek, France, George Osborne, Gordon & MacPhail, Green Label, Green Spot, Hibiki, Highlander Inn, Hotel, inn, Ireland, Irish, Islay, Isle of Skye, Jared Himstedt, Jason Speck, Jim McEwan. Port Charlotte, Johnnie Walker, Kevin O'Gorman, kiln, labeling, Laura Himstedt, lawsuit, lawyers, loan, lobbying, London, maltings, Mano a Lámh, Mark Reynier, marketing, Matt Rosenfeld, Mellow Corn, Michael Urquhart, Midleton, Mike Reppucci, Moray, motorsports, mystery, Nick Ligon, Octomore, Old World Series, Pappy Van Winkle, Parker's Heritage Collection, Racer's Reserve, Redemption Rye, Rhode Island, S.C. Johnson, sale, sales, Scotch Whisky Association, Secret Stills, Single Pot Still, Sons of Liberty, sports cars, Stephen Teeling, Suntory, SWA, Talisker, Tatsuya Minagawa, taxes, Teeling Whiskey, The Stillhouse, Thomas H. Handy Sazerac Rye, Tomatin, TTB, Vermont, Victoria Whisky Festival, Waterford, Westminster, Whiskies & Spirits Conference, whisky club, Whistlepig, Windex, World Whiskies Awards, Yamazaki3 comments

Lots to talk about this week, with news from all over the world! Bruichladdich’s Jim McEwan joins us on WhiskyCast In-Depth to talk about the wo...

Episode 447: October 12, 201320131012210323

Episode 447: October 12, 2013

Mark GillespieOctober 12, 2013Adam Mimran, Allison Patel, ALS, American Prairie Reserve, Arran, Billy Stitchell, Bon Accord, Bonhams, Boss Hog, Brandy Library, Brenne, Business Standard, Caol Ila, Carin Luna-, classic malts, Convalmore, Dave Pickerell, David Perkins, Diageo, Far North Distillery, Fife, Girvan, Glasgow, Glenrothes, High West, Hillrock Estate Distillery, Iain MacArthur, India, Islay, John Fergus, Just-Drinks.com, Kelly Levison, Kilchoman, Kyndal, Lagavulin, Louisa Young, Master Distillers' Unity, Maureen Robinson, Mendy Berkowitz, Millennium Casks, Neil Firetog, Nick Morgan, Office of Fair Trading, Parker Beam, Paul McDonagh, Port Ellen, Promise of Hope, SIA, Siddharth Banerji, Single Cask Nation, single grain, Skye, storm, Talisker, Turner Moore, United Spirits, Whisky Jewbilee, Whistlepig, Whyte & Mackay, William Grant & Sons1 comment

With 28 malt whisky distilleries and two grain whisky distilleries in Scotland, Diageo almost always has something going on. Dr. Nick Morgan is head o...

Brenne to Expand U.S. Distribution20130730204606

Brenne to Expand U.S. Distribution

Mark GillespieJuly 30, 2013Allison Patel, Brenne, Classic Imports, cognac, France, Gordon & MacPhail0 comments

July 30, 2013 – Less than a year after Allison Patel entered the U.S. market with Brenne Estate Cask single malt whisky from France, she has sig...

Episode 431: June 29, 201320130629120436

Episode 431: June 29, 2013

Women are changing whisky history every day as distillery managers, master blenders, and some entrepreneurs are even creating their own brands. Earlie...