Pernod Ricard’s US Portfolio Grows with Castle Brands Acquisition20190829110117
Pernod Ricard’s US Portfolio Grows with Castle Brands Acquisition
Mark GillespieAugust 29, 2019acquisition, Alexandre Ricard, Arran, Castle Brands, Clontarf, Crestwood, Euan Mitchell, Firestone & Robertson, Fort Worth, importer, Ireland, Irish Distillers, Isle of Arran, Jameson, Jefferson's Bourbon, Kaveh Zamanian, Kentucky, Kentucky Artisan Distillery, Knappogue Castle, Louisville, Machrie Moor, Mark Andrews, Midleton, New Brand Ventures, Paddy, Pernod Ricard, Pernod Ricard USA, Powers, Rabbit Hole Distilling, Redbreast, Robert Burns, Sazerac, share, Smooth Ambler, stake, Texas, West Virginia, whiskey, whisky0 comments
August 28, 2019 – Pernod Ricard Chairman and CEO Alexandre Ricard sees the United States as his company’s most important market, and is in...
Pernod Ricard Hops Back Into Kentucky Bourbon (Episode 772: June 16, 2019)20190617030046
Pernod Ricard Hops Back Into Kentucky Bourbon (Episode 772: June 16, 2019)
Mark GillespieJune 17, 20191205 Distillery, Absolut, age statement, Alexandre Ricard, Alumni Whisky Series, Ardgowan, Arran, Aspen, Baker Beam, Baker's, Beam Suntory, Bear Republic Brewing, beer, Birthday Bourbon, bottling size, Bourbon, Brown-Forman, Buffalo Trace, Bulleit, Carlton Welch, casks, celebration, centre, Charbay, Chuck Cowdery, Cincinnati, Clydebuilt, Colorado, Colorado Springs, coppersmith, Corky Taylor, Distillery 291, Douglas Laing & Co., Dry Fly Distilling, Dublin, Easter Rising, Edrington, Ernst & Young, EU, European Union, Father's Day, flavored whiskey, Fred Noe, Freddie Noe, George Garvin Brown, George T. Stagg, Granholm, Guinness, Hall of Fame, hockey, hops, Indiana, Indianapolis, Inverkip, investors, Ireland, Irish, Irish Whiskey Awards, Irish Whiskey Society, J.P. Wiser's, Jeff Agdern, John Little, Kaveh Zamanian, Kentucky, Kentucky Peerless Distillery, Knob Creek, Lagg, Larry Robinson, Louisville, Luke Waddell, Marrowbone Lane Edition, Martin McAdam, Max McFarlane, metric, Midleton, NHL Alumni, Old Forester, Pappy Van Winkle, Paris, Pernod Ricard, poll, pricing, Prohibition, proposal, Rabbit Hole Distillery, Racer 5 IPA, retailers, Robby Fabbri, Roe & Co., rule making, Scotch Whisky, Scotch Whisky Association, Scotland, Shelbyville, shipping, Smooth Ambler, Spokane, Springbank, St. James's Gate, St. Louis Blues, Stanley Cup, states, Supreme Court, technical file, Tennessee, tequila, The Black Series, TMZ, tourism, TTB, Van Winkle Family Reserve Rye, visitors centers, Washington, West Virginia, whiskey, whisky, Woodford Reserve, World War I, Xtra Old Particular0 comments
Ten years after Pernod Ricard left Kentucky with the sale of Wild Turkey to Gruppo Campari, the world’s #2 spirits company is back in the Bluegr...
A New Generation at Michter’s (Episode 765: April 28, 2019)20190428222947
A New Generation at Michter’s (Episode 765: April 28, 2019)
Mark GillespieApril 28, 2019@AODaveLee, @bozkurtkurasu, @IntlPodcastDay, @stuloosemore, #Drams4Fams, Alberta, Ambler, American Whiskey Convention, Ancient Order of Hibernians, anCnoc, André Girard, Andrea Wilson, Arran, Arran Malt & Music Festival, Aultmore, Autumn Nethery, axe throwing, axed, Bardstown, Bardstown Bourbon Company, Benromach, Bloody Butcher, Booker Noe Distillery, Boston, Bourbon, Cabernet Sauvignon, Canada, Caol Ila, Cardhu, Celtic Whiskey Shop, Chatham Imports, Chivas Brothers, Clermont, Clynelish, Coleburn, confiscated, Connoisseurs Choice, craft distillers, crop, Dan McKee, Dancing Star Farm, Dave Lee, Diageo, Discovery Series, Distiller's Reserve, Drams 4 Fams, Dublin, Edinburgh, Edmonton Scotch Club, farming, food bank, Fusion Series, Glenburgie, Glengyle, Glenkinchie, Glenrothes, Gordon & MacPhail, Gordon Bruce, Heathrow, heirloom grains, hunger, Indiana Wesleyan University, Irish Whiskey Collection, James J. O'Toole, Jeptha Creed, Jim Beam Distillery, Joe Magliocco, John Dewar & Sons, Johnnie Walker, Johnnie Walker Experience, Joyce Nethery, Kentucky, Kentucky Owl, Kilkerran, Knockdhu, Lagg Distillery, Ledaig, Louisville, Macduff, Marsala, Master Distiller's Reserve, Michter's, Pam Heilmann, Pennsylvania, Phifer Pavitt, Phifer Pavitt Reserve, Piggyback, Pittsburgh, Private Collection, retirement, Robert MacDonald, Sandy McIntyre, Springbank, Steve Nally, Tamdhu, The Deveron, The Glenlivet, The Glenlivet Rare Cask, The Glenlivet Solera Vatted, The Glenlivet White Oak Reserve, The Last Drop Distillers, trademark, travel retail, Travis Watt, Triple Cask Series, US 1, whiskey, whisky, whisky clubs. Quebec Whisky, Whistlepig, Wigle, Wilderness Trail, Willie Pratt, World of Whiskies, Writers Tears0 comments
Pam Heilmann has been making Bourbon for her entire career, but it was only in the last three years that she had the title of Master Distiller after s...
A Breakup in the Irish Whiskey Business (Episode 752: January 27, 2019)20190127172941
A Breakup in the Irish Whiskey Business (Episode 752: January 27, 2019)
Mark GillespieJanuary 27, 2019"Bourbon Pompeii", @realsuwilliams, Ajay Bhardwaj, Andres Faustinelli, Arran, attorney general, B517, backlog, bar, bard, barrels, BC Liquor Distribution Branch, BC Ministry of the Attorney General, BDT Capital Partners, Bearface, Bernard Walsh, Bornw-Forman Cooperage, Bourbon, breakup, Brian Schmitz, British Columbia, Brockrobert Tagarook, Brown-Forman, Buffalo Trace, Campari, Canada, Canadian Whisky Awards, Carlow, casks, Chita, Col. E.H. Taylor, competition, Competition Bureau, Congress, Coopers' Craft, Cotswolds Distillery, Daniel Szor, David Eby, David Ferguson, David Wondrich, divorce, Elijah Craig Barrel Proof, enforcement, England, exciseman, expansion, fermenter, Fets Whisky Kitchen, Fort Nelson, Forty Creek, Founder's Choice, furlough, gauger, government, Grimsby, hearing, Hungarian Oak, Illva Saronno Holdings, investment, Ireland, Irish Whiskey, Japan, John Hall, joint venture, Just-Drinks.com, Kakubin, KDA, Kentucky, Kentucky Bourbon Trail, Kentucky Distillers Association, label approvals, lawsuit, liquor inspectors, Louisville, Mackmyra, Maison Ferrand, Marc Anthony Wines & Spirits, Michter's, minority stake, Moment Karibien, Old Forester, Ontario, Plantation Rum, poet, QEW, raid, Raj Bhakta, report. hospitality licenses, Richard Hobbs, Robert Burns, Robert Burns World Foundation, Rosemary Walsh, Royal Oak, run, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, Scotland, shareholders, Shirokaku, shortage, shutdown, Soleo Collection, Speyside, statistics, Stefano Battioni, Su Williams, Suntory, Sweden, Tax & Trade Bureau, The Barrel Mill, The Big Blind Bourbon Taste-Off, The Glenrothes, The Whisky Agency, The Whisky Exchange, tourism, Treasury Department, Trump Administration, TTB, Vancouver, Victoria, Victoria Whisky Festival, visitors, Walsh Whiskey Company, whiskey, Whiskey Row, whisky, Whisky Maker's Cut, Whistlepig, Woody Kane0 comments
Even when things appear to be going well, there are sometimes undercurrents of trouble behind the scenes. That played out in Ireland this week after W...
British Columbia’s Whisky Controversy Enters Year Two (Episode 751: January 20, 2019)20190121022653
British Columbia’s Whisky Controversy Enters Year Two (Episode 751: January 20, 2019)
Mark GillespieJanuary 21, 2019@BrandZ77, 1948, ABV, Alasdair Stevenson, alcohol by volume, Allura Fergie, Arran, attorney general, BC Liquor Distribution Branch, Billy Walker, book, boyfriend, Brandi, British Columbia, British Proof, Brown-Forman, Bruichladdich, Cabernet Sauvignon, Canada, Canadian, cannabis, Chapel Gate Whiskey Company, commissioning, Competition Bureau, Concept No. 1, David Eby, David Ferguson, David Marra, Davin de Kergommeaux, Deanston, duty free, Eric Fergie, expedition, Fets Whisky Kitchen, fire, France, Glen Grant, Glen Moray, Glenallachie, Gordon & MacPhail, Graham Stevenson, Grand Hotel Nanaimo, Great Islay Swim, Hicken Report, Hotel Grand Pacific, Ireland, Islay, Isle of Arran, James MacTaggart, Johnnie Mundell, labor union, labour, Lagg Distillery, Leila Wright, lifeboats, liquor inspectors, Little Jumbo, London, Louise McGuane, Mark Reynier, Marsala, Matt Hofmann, MC-01 2009, Mendy Berkowitz, Ministry of the Attorney General, Normandy Rye, Old Forester, Old Forester Rye, Ontario, Peat Week, Port Charlotte, Private Collection, proof, raid, RNLI, Royal National Lifeboat Institution, Rye, Seattle, seizure, Sicilian, Single Cask Nation, Spanish Oak, Speyside, Spirit of Speyside Festival, taxes, terroir, The Macallan, tickets, tourism, travel retail, Tricia Savage, Trillium, Union Club, Vancouver, Victoria, Victoria Whisky Festival, visitors center, visitors centre, Waterford Distillery, Westland, whiskey, whisky, Yves Cosentino0 comments
In our second of two episodes from this week’s Victoria Whisky Festival in Victoria, British Columbia, we’ll talk with Eric and Allura Fer...
Bourbon Keeps Him Busy…Really! (Episode 721: August 26, 2018)20180826165313
Bourbon Keeps Him Busy…Really! (Episode 721: August 26, 2018)
Mark GillespieAugust 26, 2018@ButlerB, @KYWhisky, @PhilCatelinet, @turnipwhiskery, #HPSummerPhoto, Adam Hannett, alcohol fuel plant, Arran, arrest, author, azeotropic limit, bail, Balcones, Barley, blend, Bob Dylan, book, Bottled in Bond, Bourbon, Bourbon & Beyond, Bourbon Curious, Brian Kinsman, Brimstone, Bruichladdich, Champions Park, counterfeit, court, Creative Whisky Company, Dallas Dhu, David Stirk, DSP, E85, editor, Emily Ivers, ethanol, ethyl alcohol, Euan Mitchell, Faraday Still, farmer, farms, Festival, Fistful of Bourbon, fraud, Fred Minnick, fuel, Gordon Working, Greg Butler, Heather Antoine, Heaven Hill, Heaven's Door, Historic Environment Scotland, Indy Racing Experience, IndyCar, infringement, Isabel Graham-Youll, Islay, Jaclyn Minnick, Jimmy Russell, Kelsey McKechnie, Kentucky, Kilchoman, Kingsbarns, lade, lawsuit, lawyers, litigation, loch, London, Louisville, magazine, Malcolm Waring, Marc Bushala, Mario Andretti, MGP, Michter's, Ministry of Defence, museum, music, Old Fitzgerald, Old Pulteney, Penderyn, Phil Catelinet, Pocono Raceway, police, publisher, rainfall, Ryan Perry, Scotch Whisky Association, Scotland, Shane Baker, skip, Straight Edge Bourbon, SWA, Tax & Trade Bureau, Texas, The Splinter Group, The Whisky Exchange, trademark, US Patent & Trademark Office, water, Weapon of Mass Distraction, weather, Whipsaw Rye, Whiskery Turnip, whiskey, whisky, whisky.auction, Wick, Wilderness Trail, William Grant & Sons, WMD, X4, Yellow Submarine0 comments
If Fred Minnick had any more balls in the air right now, the circus would be calling him with a job offer as a juggler. He’s launching the new B...
Doubling Distilleries on the Isle of Arran (Episode 720: August 19, 2018)20180818215314
Doubling Distilleries on the Isle of Arran (Episode 720: August 19, 2018)
Mark GillespieAugust 18, 2018@stlrrw, 1943, Aberfeldy, Andy Simpson, anniversary, Arkansas, Arran, auction, barking, Barton 1792, Bear, Berry Bros. & Rudd, Bonhams, Bottled in Bond, Bourbon & Beyond, Bowmore, Brazil, Breeder's Cup, Brexit, Brodick Bay, Bryan Donaghey, Castle & Key, Castle Brands, cats, Champions for Charity, Chivas Brothers, Churchill Downs, cleanup, collapse, collecting, Colorado, construction, Craigellachie, critters, cutbacks, D. Wayne Lukas, Daftmill, David Robertson, debut, development, Dewar's, Diageo, dogs, Douglas Laing & Co., Draken, Dumbarton, Edinburgh, English, Euan Mitchell, exports, Fine & Rare, flip, Fred Laing, Garryana, Garryana Oak, geese, Genesis, Glasgow, GlenDronach, Glenfarclas, Glenlivet, GMB Union Highlands, Gordon & MacPhail, Graham Omand, guard, Heaven Hill, Highland Park, Hong Kong, horse racing, Howell Wright, Huddart, imports, Indiana, Invergordon, Iowa, Isle of Arran, James MacTaggart, jobs, justice, Karuizawa, Keith Kerkhoff, Kentucky, Kentucky Bourbon Festival, Kentucky Derby Museum, Lagg, Little Rock, Liz Gordon, Lochranza, Louisville, Macallan, Maker's Mark, Mark Shilling, master distiller, McTears, MGP, mice, Missoula, Missouri, Mizunara Oak, Montana, Montgomery, Montgomery Distillery, Old Friends Thoroughbred Retirement Center, Old Pulteney, Old Taylor, Orange Curaçao, Pacific Quay, Parker's Heritage Collection, peat, pests, Phil Brandon, planning, police, politics, pornography, Port Ellen, Portland, Potter Stewart, Press & Journal, Private Collection, Rafael Franz, rare whisky 101, restoration, Rick Wright, rickhouse, River Clyde, Rock Town Distillery, Rosebank, Royal Mile Whiskies, Sazerac, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, Sour Mash, Special Releases, Speyside, Spirit of Whisky Fringe, St. Louis, Supreme Court, Sweet Mash, tariffs, tasting pack, Templeton Rye, Texas, Thoroughbred, Tomatin, tour, tours, trade, traffic jam, trainer, travel retail, union, video, Viking, Washington, Westland Distillery, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Fringe, Whyte & Mackay, Wick, Wilderness Trail, Yamazaki0 comments
It’s been a hot, dry summer in Scotland, and Euan Mitchell isn’t complaining a bit. The managing director of Isle of Arran Distillers is o...
Whiskey on the Willamette (Episode 719: August 12, 2018)20180812172056
Whiskey on the Willamette (Episode 719: August 12, 2018)
Mark GillespieAugust 12, 2018Aber Falls, airport, American Single Malt, aquavit, Arran, Aviation Gin, Bardstown, Barton 1792 Distillery, Bergstrom Vineyards, Birthday Bourbon, Black Dirt Bourbon, Black Dirt Distillery, Bowmore, Brodick Bay, Bunnahabhain, Casa Magdalena, Christian Krogstad, cleanup, collapse, construction, Corrie Hanna, counterfeit, cranes, Deanston, definition, Distell, distilling, Donald Hanna, Euan Mitchell, Explorers Series, exports, George Garvin Brown, Guatemala, guild, House Spirits, Hudson Valley, Ian Macleod Distillers, Iowa, Ireland, Islay, Jake Holshue, James MacTaggart, Jeneen Bell, John Drake, Julia Ritz Toffoli, Kaveh Zamanian, Kaveh Zamarian, Kentucky, Kentucky.com, Lagg, Ledaig, livery, Louisville, Magnum, mansplaining, Mark Reynier, master distiller, Masters of Photography Series, MGP, Miles Munroe, Multnomah Whiskey Library, New York, ninja, Old Forester, Omar Fitzell, Oregon, photographers, photography, pinot noir, poll, Portland, Portland International Airport, Rabbit Hole Distilling, rickhouse, rum, Ryan Reynolds, salvage, Sarah Burgess, Sazerac, Scotch Whisky Association, Sheep Dip, single malt, South Africa, Speyside, tasting room, Templeton, Templeton Rye, The Macallan, Tobermory, tourism, tours, trademark, Twitter, visitors, Wales, Waterford Distillery, Westward, whiskey, Whiskey Row, whisky, whisky club, Willamette River, Women Who Whiskey, Worshipful Company of Distillers0 comments
This week, we’ll visit House Spirits Distillery – part of Portland’s “Distillery Row” along the eastern banks of the Wil...
Growing a Whisky Business in Glasgow (Episode 708: June 21, 2018)20180621095123
Growing a Whisky Business in Glasgow (Episode 708: June 21, 2018)
Mark GillespieJune 21, 2018@Bill_Linnane, @Juventus777Jets, @thatsdramgood, @whiskeycat1324, 1770, A'Bunadh, Aberlour, aluminum, American Oak, American Single Malt, Anchorage, aroma, Arran, art, Asyla, balaclava, Berkshire Mountain Distillers, Big Bottom Distilling, Bill Linnane, bodega, Bourbon, brewery, Brussels, Canada, Carlo Todaro, Cecilia Malmström, China, Civil Liberties, Colorado, Compass Box, construction, cooperage, Cork, Corti Brothers, craft distillers, crowbar, Darryl McNally, dispute, distillery manager, Dream Cask, Dublin, Dublin Liberties Distillery, Eastside Distilling, Eddie Russell, Edition No. 4, Edition Series, EU, European Oak, European Union, exhibit, expansion, exports, flavor, Glasgow, glasses, Glencairn, Gordon Motion, Graham Omand, Grand Central Station, Haley Traub, Hedonism, High West, Highland Park, Hopscotch, Ian McDougall, importer, imports, Ireland, Irish Whiskey, Isle of Arran, James MacTaggart, Jessi Mills, John Egan, John Glaser, Kentucky, Lagavulin, Lagg, Liam Hughes, Liberties, Lynette Marrero, Mad River Distillers, Manitoba, Master's Keep, Maverick Drinks, Mexico, Michael Vachon, Michter's, Midleton, Mike Hayward, New Riff, New York City, Newport, Omar Fitzell, Oregon, Orkadia, Orkney, oxidation, Pappy Van Winkle, Portland, Quercus Alba, Quercus Robur, Redbreast, Revenue, Revival, Richard Lewis, Ryan Maloney, Sacramento, sales, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, security system, sherry, Smoke and Peat, Solstice, Spain, Spanish Oak, Speed Rack, steel, Stephen Bremner, tariffs, Tennent's, The Dark, The Glasgow Distillery Company, The Light, The Macallan, The Macallan M, The Whisky Fairy, Tomatin, tonneleria, Toronto, tourism, tours, trade, trade war, Travis Schoney, Trump Administration, Vail, Vermont, visitors center, whiskey, whiskey bunker, whisky, Wild Turkey, Winnipeg0 comments
The Glasgow Distillery Company won’t release its first 1770 Glasgow single malt whisky until later this year, but the four-year-old company is a...
Scotland Distillery Projects Moving Through the Approval Process