Competition & Markets Authority

Episode 504: November 1, 201420141102005934

Episode 504: November 1, 2014

Mark GillespieNovember 2, 2014additive, age matters, age statement, anCnoc, antifreeze, author, Award, Balblair, Beam Suntory, biomass, boiler, book, bootleg, Bruichladdich, bullshit, Bushmills, Casa Cuervo, cask filling, Chivas Brothers, Compass Box, competition, Competition & Markets Authority, Diageo, Dingle, DiSaranno, Don Julio, Douglas Laing & Co., Emperador, environment, ethylene glycol, Evgeny Vershinin, exciseman, Extra Old Particular, film, film festival, Finland, Fireball, fish, Fishky, flavoring, Food & Drug Administration, Fortuna Merita, Founder's Reserve, gauger, greasy, green, Haig Club, herring, history, illegal, interview, Inver House, Inverness, Ireland, Jim Murray, John Glaser, John MacDonald, John Moriarty, joke, Jose Cuervo, Kentucky Dram, Kerry, Knockdhu, Liqueur, Malcolm Waring, Michael Deresynski, Mike Dziennik, moonshine, movie, nasty, negotiations, Norway, oil, Old Pulteney, Oliver Hughes, Peat Reak, Petr Hosek, printer ink, propylene glycol, recall, regulators, Reserve Bank of India, Sazerac, Sazerac Rye 18, single grain, smart ass, swap, Sweden, The Balvenie, The Dalmore, The Glenlivet, toxic, trade, travel retail, trees, Tun 1401, Tun 1509, Twitter, Twitter tasting, United Spirits, Vijay Mallya, Wall Street Journal, Whiskey Live Dublin, Whisky Bible, Whyte & Mackay, Wick, William Larue Weller, worst, XOP, Yamazaki, Zsoka McDonald0 comments

The battle between Scotland’s illicit distillers and the excisemen known as “gaugers” is the stuff of which legends, books, and now,...

Episode 488: July 18, 201420140718225345

Episode 488: July 18, 2014

Mark GillespieJuly 18, 2014Adelphi, Alliance Global, Anchorman, Andrew Tan, Angel's Envy, antitrust, Ardnamurchan, Australia, Barry Crockett, bartender, Ben & Jerry's, Ben Hogan, brand, Brian Nation, Brisbane, Brown-Forman, buckwheat, Byron Nelson, Cameronbridge, cat, Catskill Distilling, celebrity, Cheech & Chong, Cheech Marin, City Council, cocktails, comment, Commonwealth Games, community, competition, Competition & Markets Authority, contest, Dallas, David Beckham, Defiant Rye, Diageo, Dodge, drinks, Duke, Duke University, Ed Caan, Edinburgh, Elijah Leone, Finger Lakes, Fireball, Firestone & Robertson, flavored, football, Fort Worth, Four Roses, Glasgow, Glasgow 2014, Glen Garden, Glenbeg, GlenDronach, Glenmorangie, Glenturret, golf, Haig Club, India, Indiana, Irish Distillers, J.E. Seagram, J.R. Ewing, Jack Daniel's, Jeff Bell, Jim Beam, John Wayne, Kentucky, Kentucky Fire, Larry Hagman, Lawrenceburg, lawsuit, LDI, Leonard Firestone, licensing, Lilith Morgan, Linda Ruffenach, Liqueur, Louisville, mascot, merger, mezcal, MGP, MGP-I, Michael Howard, Midleton Very Rare, movies, neighbors, Oakland, Open Championship, Paramount, PDT, pet, Piccadilly, Prairie Creek Beverages, punch, recipe, regulators, Reserve Bank of India, rights, Riviera Imports, Ron Burgundy, ruling, Seagram's, Selfridge's, Simon Fuller, single grain, soccer, Southfork Bottling Company, stars, Stephanie Seagram, Strong Spirits, Taylor Made, television, Tennessee Fire, Texas, The Famous Grouse, The Whisky Shop, trademark, Troy Robertson, turtle, TV, United Spirits, Vijay Mallya, Warner Brothers, Waterloo, Whyte & Mackay, Will Ferrell, zoning0 comments

Celebrity-branded spirits are a big trend these days, and the whisky world is no exception. Last week, we reported on the lawsuit filed by John Wayne&...

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...