China Joins Whiskey Trade War With New Tariffs on US Exports As Distillers Pay the Price20180618164534
China Joins Whiskey Trade War With New Tariffs on US Exports As Distillers Pay the Price
Mark GillespieJune 18, 2018Adam Spiegel, aluminum, America, American, Bob Corker, Bourbon, Brexit, Canada, China, Congress, construction, currency, dollar, Donald Trump, economy, European Union, Evanston, farmer, Federal Excise Tax, Few Spirits, Illinois, jobs, lobbying, Margie Lehrman, Mexico, Mitch McConnell, Paul Hletko, pound, President, Senate, senator, Sonoma County Distilling Company, stainless steel, tariffs, tax reform, Tennessee Whiskey, trade, trade war, truck driver, Trump Administration, Washington Examiner, welder, whiskey, whisky0 comments
June 18, 2018 – The list of countries scheduled to impose import tariffs on Bourbon and other American-made whiskies has grown again, with China...
Making Whisky with MGP’s Gordon Working (Episode 679: February 4, 2018)20180204211441
Making Whisky with MGP’s Gordon Working (Episode 679: February 4, 2018)
Mark GillespieFebruary 4, 2018@Serkan_E, @WhiskyNeighbour, 1792 Barton, A. Smith Bowman, A.P. Hotaling, Alberta, American Whiskey, Anchor Brewing & Distilling, Anchor Distilling, Ballantine's, Barton 1792, Berry Bros. & Rudd, Blender's Select, Bourbon, branding, Burkay Adalig, Canada, Canadian Whisky, Caribbean, construction, Crown Royal, currency, David Ozgo, DISCUS, Distilled Spirits Council, dollar, economic, economy, Edmonton, ethanol, expansion, exports, fuel, Glenmorangie, Gordon Working, Great Britain, Highland Council, Hot Toddy, Hotaling & Co., Indiana, Ireland, Irish Whiskey, Japan, Kentucky, Lawrenceburg, LCBO, LDI, medicinal, MGP, MGP Ingredients, Ontario, planning, pound, Private Edition, Rye Whiskey, sales, Sapporo Holdings, Sazerac, Scotch, Scotland, Seagram, Serkan Evrensel, Spios, Stephen Wilson, Tim Herlihy, Tony Foglio, tourism, trademark, trave, Tullamore D.E.W., Tullamore Dew, turkey, Turkish, Virginia, visitors, whiskey, whisky0 comments
When someone wants to start a new whisky brand, but doesn’t own a distillery, chances are they’ll turn to Gordon Working and his team at t...
Straight Shooting with Bulleit Bourbon’s Tom Bulleit (Episode 645: June 11, 2017)20170611004819
Straight Shooting with Bulleit Bourbon’s Tom Bulleit (Episode 645: June 11, 2017)
Mark GillespieJune 11, 2017@Audible_Feast, @GCPepperGuy, 004, 005, 4 stars, A.D. Laws, ads, advertising, airport, Amrut, anniversary, Arkansas, Augustus Bulleit, Balcones, ban, Barrell Bourbon, beer, Betsy Bulleit, Bottled in Bond, Bourbon, Brexit, Brown-Forman, Bruichladdich, Bulleit, Bullet Barrel Strength, Changhi, charity, Chivas Brothers, cognac, Colorado, Compass Box, counterfeit, Craigellachie, currency, Denver, Deutsch Family Wine & Spirits, Diageo, dollar, Double Single, Dr. McGillicuddy's, duty free, dyes, earnings, election, Elton John, European Union, exports, fake, federal court, Feis Ile, festival bottlings, George Remus, Germany, gin, Girvan, Glen Elgin, Gloucestershire, Grant Cummings, Great Britain, health, Heidelberg, home bar, Houston, Indiana, Ireland, Irish, Irish Whiskey, Islay, Islay festival, Jack Daniel's, Jack White, Jim McEwan, Jo Lawson, Kelly Walshe, Kilkerran, Larry Schwartz, Lawrenceburg, Laws Whiskey House, lawsuit, lawyer, Little Rock, Marcella Corcoran Kennedy, market share, MGP, Minister, molecular, music, National Football League, NFL, packaging, PBS, Pernod Ricard, Polo, Polo Edition, pound, Prime Minister, Redemption, Remy Cointreau, Renton, Rescued Pets Movement, Reserve 101, review, Rock Town Distillery, Royal Salute, sales, Sandy Hyslop, Sazerac, Science Magazine, scientists, Seagram, shares, Singapore, Slane Castle, Slane Irish Whiskey, song, Southern Comfort, Spectrum, spirits, tasting, television, Texas, The Botanist, Theresa May, Tom Bulleit, trade, trademark, trading, travel retail, Tuaca, Two Fingers of Whisky, University, Waco, Washington, wheat whiskey, whiskey, whisky, Woodford Reserve, World Duty Free, YouTube0 comments
Tom Bulleit wasn’t born into the Bourbon business, but even as a successful Kentucky lawyer, he knew there was something calling him to whiskey....
Viking Soul & Whisky in Denmark (Episode 639: April 30, 2017)20170429172000
Viking Soul & Whisky in Denmark (Episode 639: April 30, 2017)
Mark GillespieApril 29, 2017@GCPepperGuy, @whiskyadventurer, #toasttodads, Bernheim, Blair Athol, Blender's Batch, Blender's Batch Bourbon & Rye Cask Finish, bottles, Bourbon District, Brexit, Brora, Call Ila, cancer, Charles Maclean, chemicals, classic malts, Colonial Williamsburg, comment, Convalmore, cooperage, coopers, Copenhagen, currency, Cutty Sark, dads, Danish, Dark Origins, Davey McKenzie, Denmark, design, Diageo, Edrington, environment, EU, European Union, exports, fathers, fracking, fracturing, Full Volume, gas, George Washington's Distillery, Gordon Motion, Grant Cummings, Greg Fischer, groundwater, Guinness, Highland Park, historical, history, Ireland, Irish Whiskey, Jason Craig, Jennifer Nickerson, Jim Beveridge, Jim Lyngvild, Johnnie Walker, Ken Goldberg, Kentucky, Knockmealdowns, Lagavulin, Liam Ahearn, Louisville, Louisville Business First, Louisville Business Journal, Magnus, Main Street, marketing, mayor, Mount Vernon, Nick Morgan, Norway, oil, Orkney, Orphan Barrel, packaging, pollution, Port Dundas, Port Ellen, pound, preview, protests, Raunsborg, Ravnsborg, Rhetoric, Scotch Whiskey, Scotch Whisky Association, Scottish Government, Special Releases, Speyside Cooperage, Spirit of Speysid Festival, Stitzel-Weller, Stuart Nickerson, Teaninich, The Scotsman, Tipperary, trade, travel retail, tribute, United States, vacation, Valhalla, Valknut, Valkyrie, Viking, Viking Soul, Virginia, water, Watershed, whiskey, Whiskey Row, whisky, world record0 comments
This week, we’re in Copenhagen, Denmark for the launch of Highland Park’s new Valkyrie single malt and new packaging for its core range th...
Episode 615: November 12, 201620161113205158
Episode 615: November 12, 2016
Mark GillespieNovember 13, 2016@philpowers, @potstillmike, acquisition, agriculture, Alexander Murray & Co. Steve Lipp, Amrut, An Ard Ri, Angel's Envy, anniversary, Australia, Baltimore, Baltimore Sun, bar, Beam Suntory, Billionaire, Blended Malt, blood, Bloomberg News, Boondocks, Boss Hog, budget, Charles Brown, Chicago, Chita, Cincinnati, Compass Box, Costco, currency, Dave Pickerell, Dave Scheurich, David Stewart, David Taylor, David Walker, Delilah's, dollar, Donald Trump, Dublin, Earl, election, Elgin, English Whisky Company, exchange rates, Few Spirits, Firestone Walker, Fusion Whisky, George Remus, Glen Elgin, Governor General, grand opening, Greg Metze, Hakushu, Hillrock Estate, India, Indiana, Jailers, Japan, Japan Society, Kevin Plank, Kirkland, Lawrenceburg, Louisville, Macallan, Maker's Mark, Matt Shattock, Metze's Select, MGP Ingredients, Mike Horton, Mike Miller, music, Neil Cameron, New York City, New Zealand, Outryder, Paul Hletko, Phil Powers, policy, politics, Polly Walker, Polly's Casks, Port Covington, pound, President, PX, Red Cross, Redlands, Royal Wine, Sagamore Development, Sagamore Spirit, Sam Mead, Scotch Whisky Association, Scott Mansfield, Seagram's, Spice Project, Spice Tree, Spice Tree Extravaganza, Steve Nally, sulfates, Suntory Holdings, SWA, Takeshi Niinami, tartrates, Tasmania, Tax & Trade Bureau, taxes, The Balvenie, The Glenturret, The Kincairdine, The Norfolk, tourism, trade, Trader Joe's, TTB, Tun 1509, Under Armour, Usquaebach, Viceroy, Victor Bruce, visitors center, Wes Henderson, Whiskey Row, Whistlepig Rye, WindyBore, wine casks, Woodford Reserve, Wyoming Whiskey, Yamazaki0 comments
This week, we’re celebrating the 11th anniversary of WhiskyCast with a potpourri of sorts, as we catch up with people from all over the world of...
Episode 613: October 29, 201620161029231732
Episode 613: October 29, 2016
Mark GillespieOctober 29, 2016"The Beast", @ceppwepp, @crewcutter, @FL_ScotchLover, @tastydram, @winegalunboxed, A'Bunadh, A'Bunadh Orchard, Aberlour, acquisition, Alberta, American Whiskey, anniversary, Apothic, Apothic Inferno, Ashton Advertising, auction, banks, barrels, beards, Belgium, Blended Malt, bog, Boris Johnson, Bourbon Banter, Brent Hocking, Brexit, Brussels, Bulleit Rye, campaign, Canada, Caol Ila, charity, cocktail, Colorado, commute, Compass Box, construction, contempt, currency, David Frost, default, Denmark, Diageo, Domaine des, Dominic Villegas, Donald Trump, Drake, eBay, economic development, election, Elijah Craig, EU, European Union, Evan Williams, exchange rates, exile, Fiona Crosswell, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Foreign Secretary, Fort McMurray, Friends of Fort McMurray Firefighters, Gert, ghost, Glen Garioch, Halloween, haunted, Heaven Hill, Hill Harcourt, Hillary Clinton, hipster, Iain McArthur, Ileach, incentives, India, Indiana, interim, Iowa, Islay, Jimmy Russell, judge, Julie Hesketh-Laird, justices, Keith Kerkhoff, Lagavulin, lawsuits, lawyers, LCBO, Louisville, Make America Thirsty Again, Matt Evans, Max Shapira, MGP Ingredients, negotiations, Ontario, order, Parker Beam, peat, Port Ellen, Presidential, Remy Cointreau, Scotch Whisky, Scotch Whisky Association, Scotland, severance, Spike Baker, stories, Supreme Court, SWA, talks, tax credit, taxes, Templeton Rye, Three Year Old Deluxe, trade, train, United Spirits, Val, veterans, Vijay Mallya, Virginia Black, whiskey, whisky, wildfire, wine, Wood Buffalo Brewing Company, write-in, yard sign0 comments
Distillery managers come and go at Lagavulin, but Iain McArthur is a fixture at the legendary Islay distillery. McArthur’s something of a legend...
Episode 607: September 17, 201620160917222620
Episode 607: September 17, 2016
Mark GillespieSeptember 17, 2016@lwars85, acquisition, Alex Nicol, Allied Domecq, Anchor Distilling, Ardbeg, Auchroisk, auction, Ballantine's, Bardstown, Bardstown Bourbon Company, Barry Becton, bidders, Bill Lumsden, Bill Street, Birthday, Blender's Batch, blenders, blending, Blood Oath, Brexit, Brora, Brown-Forman, Calum Fraser, Cambus, Canada, Caol Ila, Chivas Brothers, Chivas Regal, classic malts, Clermont, Colin Scott, contract distilling, Cragganmore, currency, Danville, David Frost, Diageo, Distiller's Art, Donn Lux, Edinburgh Gin, exports, Ezra Brooks, festivals, fire, Four Roses, Fred Minnick, Glenkinchie, Glenmorangie, Heaven Hill, Henry Preiss, High West, Hiram Walker, HMRC, Hunter Laing & Co., Ian Macleod Distillers, investment bank, Ira Seligman, Islay, Jane Nicol, Jerez, Jig & Reel Pub, Jim Beam American Stillhouse, Jimmy Russell, job, John Rhea, Johnnie Walker, Joy Perrine, Justin Victor, Kentucky Bourbon Festival, Kentucky Bourbon Hall of Fame, Kentucky Distillers Association, Kevin Balmforth, Kilkerran, Knoxville, Lagavulin, Leonard Russell, liability, Lux Row Distillers, Luxco, Mannochmore, Mickey Heads, Miyagikyo, New Brunswick, Nick Ligon, Nicole Preiss, Nikka, Parker Beam, Parker Beam Lifetime Achievement Award, Parker's Heritage Collection, Pernod Ricard, Pig's Nose, Port Ellen, pound, Preiss Imports, purchase, Rebel Yell, Red Rye, Revenue & Customs, Rich & Rare, Russ Charity, Sandy Hyslop, Sazerac, Scotch Whisky, Scotch Whisky Association, Sheep Dip, Sherry Triangle, Spain, Special Releases, Spencerfield Spirit Company, Steve Nally, storage, SWA, Tennessee, UBS, Utah, whiskey, whisky, Wilderness Trace, Yoichi0 comments
This week, Ardbeg unveiled its first single malt with an age statement since the original debut of the 10-year-old edition many years ago. The Ardbeg ...
Episode 606: September 11, 201620160911121834
Episode 606: September 11, 2016
Mark GillespieSeptember 11, 2016@Justin83793724, actor, anCnoc, Angel's Envy, Angel's Share Glass, anniversary, auction, Aurora, Bardstown, Beanie Espey, Berry Bros. & Rudd, Big Peat, Birthday Bourbon, Bob Kunce-Concewitz, Brexit, Bruce Russell, Buffalo Trace, Buffalo Trace Antique Collection, Campbeltown, Cannes, Chapel Gate, Christmas Edition, collection, Craoi na Móna, Cù Bòcan, currency, David Perkins, Donald Pennington, Doug Haslam, Douglas Laing & Co., dunnage, Eagle Rare 17, Eddie Russell, European Union, exchange rates, Forty Creek, George T. Stagg, Glen Scotia, Grand Marnier, Gruppo Campari, Health Services Executive, High West, Ikea, Inverness, Ireland, Irish Distillers, Irish Whiskey, Islay, James Espey, Jewish Whisky Company, Jill Hawkins, Jimmy Russell, Joseph A. Magnus & Co., Joseph Magnus, Joshua Hatton, Justin Victor, Kentucky, Kentucky Bourbon Festival, Laphroaig, Last Drop Distillers, Lincoln Henderson, Loch Lomond, Louise McGuane, Louisville, Luxco, Martyn Simpson, Massachusetts, Master's Keep, Master's Keep Decades, Matthew McConaughey, MGP, Milroy's of Soho, movies, Newton, Old Forester, Paddy, Park City, Peaty Collection, Pernod Ricard, Peter Wendel, podcast, Rebecca Jago, Rebel Yell, Red Tape Follies, regulators, Richard Paterson, Rob Beaton, rock star, Russell's Reserve, sale, Sazerac, Sazerac 18, server, Single Cask Nation, Southern Comfort, speculation, Spencer Jacobsen, Stack, statistics, Stitcher, television, TFWA, The Nose, Thomas H. Handy Sazerac Rye, Tom Jago, Tomatin, traditional, travel retail, Tuaca, UBS, Utah, Wanship, Wes Henderson, whiskey, Whiskey Row, whisky, Whisky Jewbilee, Whisky Live Paris, Whyte & Mackay, Wild Turkey, William Larue Weller, Wolfburn0 comments
Eddie Russell has been working in the shadow of his father, Wild Turkey’s legendary master distiller Jimmy Russell, for the last 35 years. Now, ...
Episode 605: September 4, 201620160904120944
Episode 605: September 4, 2016
Mark GillespieSeptember 4, 2016@Justin83793724, A. Paez, A95, Adelphi, age statement, Alex Bruce, Alex Nicol, Alexandre Ricard, Andalucia, animal shelter, anniversary, Antonio Páez Lobato, Antonio Páez Lobato Bodega, Ardnamurchan, Australia, Beam, beer, Belgrove, Benromach, Billy Leighton, Blazing Saddles, bodega, Bodegas Lustau, branding iron, Brendan Buckley, Brent Elliott, Brian DeFoe, Brown-Forman, Burn Stewart Distillers, cat, China, Cleavon Little, cooperage, coopers, currency, death, Distell, DYC, earnings, economy, Edinburgh Gin, Edrington, experimental, Fanny's Bay, Four Roses, France, Francisco Lozano Romano, Galicia, Gene Wilder, Glenfiddich, Gonzales Byass, Hermitage, Ian Macleod Distillers, India Pale Ale, IPA, Irish Distillers, Iron House, Jack Daniel's, Jane Nicol, Jeff Arnett, Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera, Leonard Russell, Limited Edition Small Batch, Mackey, Martin Brown, McHenry, McPherson, Mel Brooks, Mimi, Moray, Moray Economic Partnership, Nomad Outland Whisky, OBSV, OESK, OESO, Oloroso, Paco Romano, Pedro Ximenez, Pernod Ricard, Pig's Nose, Project XX, recipe, Red Tape Follies, Redbreast Lustau Edition, Redlands, Rhône, road, Seattle, sesquicentennial, Sheep Dip, sherry, South Africa, Spain, Spanish Oak, Spencerfield Spirit Company, Speyside, Speyside Craft Brewery, Sullivan's Cove, Tamdhu, Tasmania, Tasmanian Whisky Producers Association, The Press & Journal, toneleria, trade, Transport Scotland, trucks, whiskey, whisky, wood, yeast1 comment
This week, we’ll visit the Sherry capital of the world…Jerez de la Frontera in Spain. The sherry casks that many whisky makers depend on c...
Top 10 Whisky Predictions for 2018