UK Regulators Prepared To Approve Whyte & Mackay Sale20140717123428
UK Regulators Prepared To Approve Whyte & Mackay Sale
Mark GillespieJuly 17, 2014Alliance Global, Andrew Tan, antitrust, Bangalore, Bell's, comments, competition, Competition & Markets Authority, Dalmore, Diageo, Emperador, Office of Fair Trading, regulators, Reserve Bank of India, Supreme Court of India, Tamnavulin, United Spirits, USL, Vijay Mallya, Whyte & Mackay0 comments
July 17, 2014 – Filipino billionaire Andrew Tan’s $724.5 million (USD) acquisition of Whyte & Mackay is a step closer to completion. T...
Episode 482: June 6, 201420140606203741
Episode 482: June 6, 2014
Mark GillespieJune 6, 2014acquisition, Adam Rogers, Alliance Global, analysts, antitrust, Art Antiques London, Atlanta, auction, Australia, author, biology, book, Bourbon Hunter, Box Distillery, brain, Brown-Forman, Buffalo Trace, Cambridge, Campari, Canada, Canadian, cat, charity, chemistry, Children In Crisis, competition, Competition & Markets Authority, coolbottlecaps, crane, Diageo, distillation, Duke of York, earnings, education, Elijah, Emperador, Experimental Collection, fermentation, flavored whiskey, flavored whisky, Forty Creek, Glasgow, Glenmorangie, Grimsby, hangover, Hovenia, Ivo Fanotti, Jack Daniel's, John Hall, lab, Lauren Walles, Lion's Clyde Pub, markets, Markham, medicine, Office of Fair Trading, Ontario, Pasteur, Patrick Maguire, Paul Varga, Pioneer, Prince Andrew, proof, regulators, Richard Awbrey, River Clyde, science, scientists, Sullivan's Cove, Sweden, Tasmania, Tasmania Distillery, Tennessee Honey, tourism, Whiskey Apostles, Whyte & Mackay, Wired, Woodford Reserve, World Whiskies Awards, yeast0 comments
Humans have been drinking alcohol for centuries, but there are still many things we don’t understand about it…basic things like the chemis...
UK Regulators To Review Whyte & Mackay Sale20140603100041
UK Regulators To Review Whyte & Mackay Sale
Mark GillespieJune 3, 2014Alliance Global, Andrew Tan, antitrust, Competition & Markets Authority, Dalmore, Diageo, Emperador, Office of Fair Trading, regulators, Tamnavulin, United Spirits, Vijay Mallya, Whyte & Mackay0 comments
June 3, 2014 – UK competition regulators will open a public comment period on Diageo’s plans to sell Whyte & Mackay to Filipino billio...
Suntory Acquisition of Beam Clears Final Hurdle20140422142556
Suntory Acquisition of Beam Clears Final Hurdle
Mark GillespieApril 22, 2014acquisition, antitrust, Beam, Clarkson Hine, competition, European Commission, European Union, Hakushu, Hibiki, Japan News, Japan Times, Matt Shattock, merger, New York Stock Exchange, Osaka, share, Suntory, Tokyo, Yamazaki1 comment
April 22, 2014 – Suntory’s $16 billion acquisition of Beam has been approved by European Commission competition regulators. The merger had...
The Richard Paterson Interview: Part 120140122212311
The Richard Paterson Interview: Part 1
Mark GillespieJanuary 22, 2014antitrust, British Columbia, Canada, competition, Dalmore, Daniel Boulud, Diageo, frustration, merger, Office of Fair Trading, Richard Paterson, takeover, United Spirits, Victoria, Victoria Whisky Festival, Vijay Mallya, Whyte & Mackay0 comments
Whyte & Mackay Master Blender Richard Paterson is known as “The Nose”, and travels the world on behalf of The Dalmore, Jura, and Whyte...
Episode 454: December 2, 201320131202080050
Episode 454: December 2, 2013
Mark GillespieDecember 2, 2013age statements, antitrust, Barack Obama, Bardstown, Barterhouse, Berry Bros. & Rudd, blending, Blue Hanger, Bow & Blade, Bruichladdich, Buffalo Trace, Celebration Sour Mash, Chris Pickett, competition, construction, Dalmore, Diageo, Doug McIvor, Dufftown, Easter Elchies, Edrington, Elgin, Elizabethtown, embargo, ethics, Family Reserve, farm, Fettercairn, Franklin County, Gavin Ballas, George Dickel, gift, Glenfarclas, Glenlivet, holiday, India, Inside Job, Invergordon, investigation, Jim Eaton, Johnnie Walker, journalism, Jura, Larceny, Linkwood, Macallan, Maker's Mark, Mannochmore, Mark Reynier, Matthew Crow, Michter's, Mortlach, Office of Fair Trading, Old Blowhard, Orphan Barrel, Pappy Van Winkle, pardon, Pat Melton, principles, Quarter Casks, raithrover, Rare Old, Rare Old Special Strength, regulators, Scottish Thistle Awards, Sean Phillips, Sheriff, Speyside, Steve McGingle, Tamnavulin, Thanksgiving, theft, tourism, Tullahoma, turkey, United Spirits, video, Vijay Mallya, Visit Scotland, visitor, W.L. Weller, wheated Bourbon, Whyte & Mackay, Wild Turkey, Willie Pratt0 comments
There’s one question Diageo’s whisky team has been asked for years — why can’t we have more Mortlach single malt bottlings? Th...
New Boss…Same As The Old Boss at Whyte & Mackay?20131129143844
New Boss…Same As The Old Boss at Whyte & Mackay?
Mark GillespieNovember 29, 2013antitrust, competition, Dalmore, Diageo, divorce, Fettercairn, Invergordon, Jura, Office of Fair Trading, regulators, Robert Tchenguiz, Tamnavulin, United Spirits, USL, Vasari, Vijay Mallya, Vivian Imerman, Whyte & Mackay0 comments
November 29, 2013 – Former Whyte & Mackay owner Vivian Imerman is interested in buying his old company back if UK regulators force Diageo to...
UK Regulators Rule On Diageo-Whyte & Mackay Case20131125071436
UK Regulators Rule On Diageo-Whyte & Mackay Case
Mark GillespieNovember 25, 2013antitrust, Chris Walters, competition, Dalmore, Diageo, Fettercairn, India, Invergordon, Jura, Office of Fair Trading, Paul Walsh, regulators, Tamnavulin, United Spirits, USL0 comments
November 25, 2013 – The UK’s Office of Fair Trading has concluded that Diageo’s acquisition of a controlling stake in India’s ...
Whyte & Mackay Names Former Diageo Executive as CEO20130919101536
Whyte & Mackay Names Former Diageo Executive as CEO
Mark GillespieSeptember 19, 2013antitrust, Bryan Donaghey, competition, Diageo, John Beard, Office of Fair Trading, United Spirits, Whyte & Mackay0 comments
September 19, 2013 – Bryan Donaghey didn’t need more than a few days to land a new job after leaving his post at Diageo. The former head o...
Episode 488: July 18, 2014