Tales of a Retired Whisky Maker (Episode 651: July 23, 2017)20170723021823
Tales of a Retired Whisky Maker (Episode 651: July 23, 2017)
Mark GillespieJuly 23, 2017.36 Small Caliber Bourbon, .36 Texas Straight Bourbon, ALS, ALS Association, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Angus Dundee, artisan, Balcones, Bardstown, Bardstown Bourbon Company, Bernheim Distillery, Bill Samuels Jr., board, Bourbon, Bourbon Women, brewery, Brown Hotel, bucket list, Canada, Canadian, Canadian Whisky, CEO, charity, Chateauneuf-du-Pape, cocktail, Colorado, Communist, Credit Suisse, Crown Royal, Czech Republic, Czechoslovakia, Dallas Dhu, Deatsville, debate, Dennis Oetinger, Denny Potter, Denver, Derek Mather, Diageo, director, distiller, Dublin, Dublin Liberties Distillery, Dublin Liberties Whiskey, Evan Chapman, expansion, Firestone & Robertson, Gimli, Glen Alba, Glencadam, governor, Hammer Head, Heaven Hill, Historic Environment Scotland, Houston, Hunter Stacks, Ireland, Irish Whiskey, Jim Boyko, John Hickenlooper, John Mack, Kentucky, Lidl, London, Louisville, Manitoba, Marge Samuels, mayor, Michael McKenna, Moray, Morgan Stanley, museum, Not a Pink Drink, Ontario, P.T. Wood, Parker Beam, Parker's Heritage Collection, Parliament, politics, Pradlo Distillery, Quintessential Brands, Quora, Ranger Creek, Reserve 101, retired, Rhône, Richard Lochhead, Salida, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, Seagram, Sean Murray, Sip-osium, Sir Douglas Murray, Speyside, Stock Spirits, Susan Riegler, tasting, Texas, The Dubliner, The Murray, The Reawakening, The Scotsman, Tomatin, Tullibardine, Warehouse 6, Waterloo, Westword, whiskey, whisky, Wishaw, women, Wood's High Mountain Distillery0 comments
Jim Boyko’s career took him from the old Seagram’s distillery in Waterloo, Ontario to the Canadian prairie in Gimli, Manitoba, and eventua...
WhistlePig Rye Up For Sale in Craft Distilling “Feeding Frenzy”20170623152149
WhistlePig Rye Up For Sale in Craft Distilling “Feeding Frenzy”
Mark GillespieJune 23, 2017acquisition, Alberta Distillers, Anheuser-Busch, board, Canada, Canadian, Casamigros, Catoctin Creek, Chancery Court, Christopher Evison, Colombia, Constellation Brands, court, Dave Pickerell, Delaware, Diageo, dispute, FarmStock, George Clooney, High West, Hudson Whiskey, litigation, merger, Pernod Ricard, Raj Peter Bhakta, Rak Bhakta, sale, Santo Domingo, shares, Smooth Ambler, tequila, Tuthilltown Spirits, Vermont, Whistlepig, Wilco Faessen, William Grant & Sons0 comments
June 23, 2017 – The owners of WhistlePig Rye, the occasionally controversial but highly regarded Vermont whiskey distiller and bottler, have dec...
Management Dispute Goes Public at WhistlePig Farm20160520171523
Management Dispute Goes Public at WhistlePig Farm
Mark GillespieMay 20, 2016allegations, arrest, attorneys, Barclays, board, Burlington Free Press, Christopher Evison, Colombia, Dan D’Ambrosio, Danhee Kim, Delaware Chancery Court, directors, dispute, equity, investors, lawsuit, marijuana, Quadrant Capital Advisors, Raj Peter Bhakta, SABMiller, Santo Domingo, Vermont, Whistlepig, Wilco Faessen0 comments
May 20, 2016 – Farms are known for a couple of things…mud and manure, and according to a Vermont newspaper, there appear to be plenty of b...
Episode 527: March 28, 201520150328230240
Episode 527: March 28, 2015
Mark GillespieMarch 28, 2015@Scalias_boner, acquisition, Adolph Rupp, adventure, adviser, anniversary, Ardbeg, Armoirk, attorney, auction, Award, Bardstown, basketball, Beam Suntory, bedtime stories, bids, board, bottling, California, Carole Andreen-Harris, Center for Academic and Tutorial Services, charity, Churchill Downs, class action, Clermont, Cleveland Whiskey, coach, collecting, commemorative, Compass Box, construction, Coxs Creek, culture, deal, death, defendant, Diageo, Drammie Awards, Drammies, Echlinville, economic, economic development, English Whisky Company, Feckin, Forged Oak, ForWhiskeyLovers.com, founder, Four Roses, Fourth Street Live, France, Fred Minnick, Glenfarclas, Hedonism Quindecimus, horse racing, information, interviews, investment, Ireland, Irish, Islay, J. Cobliegh, James Nelstrop, Japan, Jeffrey David, Jennifer Bramseth, Jim Beam, Jim Cherwinski, jobs, John Grant, Keeneland, Ken Goldenberg, Kentucky Bourbon Festival, Kentucky Derby, Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority, Laphroaig, Lawson, lawsuit, lawyer, Linda Harrison, Louisville, Maker's 46 Mile, Maker's Mark, Mark Williams, McTears, merger, news, Northern Ireland, Orphan Barrel, painting, peat bog, Peat Monster, Perpetuum, photo, Phyl Divine, plaintiff, Prime Minister, retail, Shane Braniff, Shinzō Abe, St. Feckin, Steven Sawtelle, Suntory, Takeshi Niinami, Thoroughbred, Tito's, Tokyo, Tom Lix, Torii, Travel, Twitter, University of Kentucky, Urban Stillhouse, voting, Woodford Reserve, Wyoming0 comments
Suntory Holdings CEO Takeshi Niinami is one of Japan’s leading business executives. He’s the first CEO from outside the founding Torii fa...
Former Diageo CEO Paul Walsh Joins United Spirits Board20130819165057
Former Diageo CEO Paul Walsh Joins United Spirits Board
Mark GillespieAugust 19, 2013Avanti, board, competition, Diageo, director, FedEx, Ivan Menezes, Office of Fair Trading, Paul Walsh, Shell, Unilever, United Spirits, USL, Vijay Mallya, Vikram Mehta, Whyte & Mackay0 comments
August 19, 2013 – Recently-retired Diageo CEO Paul Walsh orchestrated the acquisition of a controlling stake in Vijay Mallya’s United Spir...