“PappyGate” Ringleader Released from Prison20180703192806
“PappyGate” Ringleader Released from Prison
July 3, 2018attorney, Buffalo Trace, court, evidence, Frankfort, Franklin County, Gilbert "Toby" Curtsinger, grand jury, hearing, indictment, jail, judge, Kentucky, Pappy Van Winkle, PappyGate, prison, prosecutor, sentence, shock probation, stolen, theft, Thomas Wingate, whiskey, whisky, Wild Turkey, Zachary Becker0 comments
July 2, 2018 – After serving just one month of the 15-year prison sentence he received for his role in the thefts of tens of thousands of dollar...
British Columbia Liquor Regulators Crack Down on Scotch Malt Whisky Society20180120190234
British Columbia Liquor Regulators Crack Down on Scotch Malt Whisky Society
January 20, 2018agents, Alberta, Allura Fergie, attorney, BC Liquor Stores, British Columbia, Calgary, Canada, enforcement, Eric Fergie, Festival, Fets Whisky Kitchen, Hotel Grand Pacific, Hyde, Jonathan Bray, Kelly Carpenter, lawyer, legislators, Liquor Control & Licensing Branch, Liquor Distribution Branch, Little Jumbo, Mark Gillespie, master class, Ministry of the Attorney General, Nanaimo, Ohishi, protest, province, Rob Carpenter, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, Secret Spirits, seizure, SMWS, tasting, The Grand Hotel, The Union Club, Vancouver, Victoria, Victoria Whisky Festival, whiskey, whisky0 comments
January 20, 2018 – British Columbia regulators are drawing fire from whisky lovers following a crackdown on Scotch Malt Whisky Society bottlings...
There’s No Whisky Without the Barrels (Episode 660: September 24, 2017)20170924192730
There’s No Whisky Without the Barrels (Episode 660: September 24, 2017)
September 24, 2017@SpeakingEasyPod, @squirrel8870, Alex Grelli, Amie Boswell, Antique Collection, Ashley Penny, attorney, Australia, Barbara Helt, Bardstown, barrels, Benromach, Bourbon, Bourbon Heritage Center, Brad Boswell, Brian Kinsman, Brianna Gillespie, Buffalo Trace, Canada, Canadian Whisky, cancer, Château Cissac, Christopher Winters, climate change, Commonwealth, cooperage, coopers, Corby, crime, Daniel Alan Durham, Dave Schmier, David Fenkell, doctor, Domino's, Don Livermore, Dublin, Eagle Rare, Fat Tire, forestry, France, Frankfort, Franklin County, George T. Stagg, Gilbert Curtsinger, Glen Breton, Glenfiddich, Glenora Distillers, Gooderham & Worts, Harry Shapira, Haut-Médoc, Heaven Hill, heist, Highland Park, Hiram Walker Distillery, Ice Wine, Independent Stave Company, Indiana, investigation, Ireland, Israel, J.P. Wiser's, Jane Overeem, Jewish, Joe Boswell, Johannesburg, John Burlowski, judge, Julie Curtsinger, Kentucky, Kentucky Bourbon Barrels, Kentucky Bourbon Festival, lawyer, Lebanon, Lexington Herald-Leader, Little Trinity, loggers, logging, Lot #40, Macallan, Marc Pendlebury, Mark Sean Searcy, Max Shapira, Meredith Grelli, Milk & Honey, Missouri, Mistress Miasma, Monongahela, New Jersey, Northern Border Collection, Nova Scotia, oak, Old Billingsgate, Old Rip Van Winkle, oncologist, Pappy Van Winkle, PappyGate, Peat Week, Phenostrus, Pike Creek, Pinch, pizza, police, prosecutors, River Edge, Rosh Hashanah, Rye, Sazerac 18 Rye, Seattle, Sheriff, South Africa, Speaking Easy, Sphincter, Spinther, stave mill, stolen, T.W. Boswell, Tel Aviv, The Whisky Show, theft, Thomas H. Handy Sazerac Rye, Tom Held, Total Wine & More, Tullibardine, Twitter, US Forest Service, Westland, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Brother, Whitney Lawson, Wigle, Wild Turkey, William Larue Weller, Winter Storm, wood, Zach Becker, Zionsville0 comments
It’s often said that wood is responsible for most of a whisky’s flavor, and if that’s the case, then the people who make the barrels...
Ringleader Pleads Guilty in “Pappygate” Bourbon Thefts20170921161329
Ringleader Pleads Guilty in “Pappygate” Bourbon Thefts
September 21, 2017Alford plea, attorney, Bourbon, Buffalo Trace, charges, crime, criminal, deputies, Eagle Rare, Franklin Circuit Court, Franklin County, Georgetown, Gilbert Curtsinger, Greg Reeves, guilty, investigators, judge, Julie Curtsinger, lawyer, Leslie Wright, Lexington Herald-Leader, Mark Sean Searcy, Pappy Van Winkle, PappyGate, plea, plea agreement, police, prosecutor, Robert McKinney, Sean Searcy, Sheriff, softball, steroids, Thomas Wingate, Toby Curtsinger, Van Winkle, whiskey, whisky, Whitney Lawson, Wild Turkey, Zach Becker0 comments
September 21, 2017 – And then there was one…one remaining defendant left in Kentucky’s “Pappygate” scandal involving the...
WhistlePig Dissidents Trying to “Kick Raj Out”20160523205154
WhistlePig Dissidents Trying to “Kick Raj Out”
May 23, 2016attorney, bullying, Christopher Evison, Colombia, complaint, coup, Danhee Kim, Dave Pickerell, Delaware Chancery Court, distillery, Donald Trump, drunk driving, DUI, Jose Robledo, lawsuit, marijuana, NBC, Raj Peter Bhakta, Rye Whiskey, SABMiller, Santo Domingo, The Apprentice, Vermont, Whistlepig, Wilco Faessen0 comments
May 23, 2016 – “The question is…is he a capable leader of WhistlePig, and the answer is yes. Undeniably, uncategorically, yes.”...
Trademark Battle Pits David Against Kentucky’s Goliath20151106185031
Trademark Battle Pits David Against Kentucky’s Goliath
November 6, 2015apparel, Arizona, athletics, attorney, basketball, Churchill Downs, Colin Fultz, court, David and Goliath, Davidson, declaratory judgement, dilution, distillery, ESPN, Federal, Frankfort, generic, geographic, infringment, Jason Schlafer, Kansas State, Kentucky, Kentucky Bourbon Trail, Kentucky Derby, Kentucky Distillers Association, Kentucky Mist, lawsuit, lawyer, legal, litigation, logo, moonshine, NCAA, New Hampshire, Northwestern, Ottawa University, Ranker.com, Rupp Arena, t-shirts, tournament, trademark, University of Kentucky, University of Louisville, US Patent & Trademark Office, Villanova, whiskey, whisky, Whitesburg, Wildcats0 comments
November 6, 2015 – “I love the Cats…I’m a big basketball fan!” Like many people around the Commonwealth of Kentucky, Col...
Jim Beam Wins Dismissal Of Labeling Lawsuit20150825180132
Jim Beam Wins Dismissal Of Labeling Lawsuit
August 25, 2015Abbas Kazerounian, attorney, Beam Suntory, Clarkson Hine, class action, Federal, handcrafted, handmade, Jim Beam, judge, Kazerouni Law Group, labeling, Larry Alan Burns, lawsuit, lawyer, litigation, Maker's Mark, opinion, ruling, San Diego, Scott Welk0 comments
August 25, 2015 – If two rulings are a trend, then three might be enough to set a precedent…so to speak. Lawyers for Beam Suntory have won...
Bladnoch To Resume Production Under New Ownership20150727103308
Bladnoch To Resume Production Under New Ownership
July 27, 2015administration, attorney, Australia, bankruptcy, Bladnoch, Campbell Evans, David Prior, Ernst & Young, five:am, Galloway, Gavin Hewitt, lawyer, litigation, Lowlands, Raymond Armstrong, Scotch Whisky Association0 comments
July 27, 2015 – More than a year after entering administration, Bladnoch Distillery’s future has been preserved with the sale of the Lowla...
Episode 545: July 25, 201520150726000446
Episode 545: July 25, 2015
July 26, 2015111 Whiskey Row, 1792 Barton, Aberlour, anti-Semitism, AP Indy, app, apple, Apple News, Ardbeg, attorney, author, Ballantine's, Black Snake, Blackadder, Blanton's, book, Bourbon Empire, Bowmore, Breeder's Cup, Brown-Forman, ceremony, change.org, charity, Chivas Brothers, civil service, claim, class action, corruption, court, CS Taylor, Disney, Double Double Oaked, Dublin Airport, facade, fire, Glenfiddich, government, Greg Metze, groundbreaking, Heaven Hill, help wanted, High West, history, horse racing, I.W. Bernheim, Indiana, International Wine & Spirit Competition, iOS, Irish Whiskey Collection, Jim Briggs, Joan Gotschall, job, Joel Harrison, Joseph Greenhut, judge, Keeneland, Keith Kerkhoff, labeling, Lawrenceburg, lawsuit, Lexington, litigation, Louisville, Lure, Maker's Mark, Mark Bylok, Masters Collection, Metze's Select, MGP, MGP Ingredients, MP3, music, Neil Ridley, New York, Old Forester, Old Pogue, Park City, Peoria, Personal Ensign, Powers, prejudice, Raw Cask, Real Mans Man, recording, records, Reid Mitenbuler, rock, Sainsbury's, Scott Bush, Seagram, settlement, Shapira, Spirit of Speyside, Sweet Mash Redux, Sweet Wheat, Taste of Aberlour, Taste the Difference", Templeton Rye, The Glenrothes, The Pogues, The Scotch Charter, The Whisky Topic, Thoroughbred, Three Ships, TTB, Ulysses S. Grant, Utah, Victor Brierley, vintage, Vintage Reserve, vinyl, Voice O Graph, Wendy Treinen, West Cork Distillers, Whiskey Ring, Whiskey Row, Whiskey Trust, Whyte & Mackay, Woodford Reserve0 comments
The history of Bourbon is filled with enough myths to make a dozen Disney movies, enough crimes for years of True Detective, and enough mysteries to m...
Templeton Rye Settles Labeling Lawsuits20150714161004
Templeton Rye Settles Labeling Lawsuits
July 14, 2015attorney, Chicago Tribune, class action, Cook County Chancery Court, Edelson PC, Federal, Illinois, Iowa, Joan Gotschall, judge, Keith Kerkhoff, labeling, Lawrenceburg, lawsuit, lawyer, liability, litigation, MGP Ingredients, MGP-I, policy, receipt, refunds, Scott Bush, small batch, Society Insurance, Templeton, Templeton Rye0 comments
July 13, 2015 – Iowa’s Templeton Rye Whiskey has settled a series of class-action lawsuits filed last year over allegations that the compa...