Tag: distribution

Pernod Ricard Returns to Kentucky with Rabbit Hole Acquisition20190614101222

Pernod Ricard Returns to Kentucky with Rabbit Hole Acquisition

June 14, 2019 – Ten years after exiting the Kentucky whiskey business with the $575 million sale of Wild Turkey to Gruppo Campari, Pernod Ricard...

Westward American Single Malt Joins Diageo’s Distill Ventures Portfolio20180912164618

Westward American Single Malt Joins Diageo’s Distill Ventures Portfolio

Mark GillespieSeptember 12, 2018acquisition, American Single Malt, Australia, business, Casa Magdalena, Christian Krogstad, Denmark, Diageo, Distill Ventures, distribution, Edrington, Edrington Americas, Gonzalo de la Pezuela, House Spirits, incubator, investment, Kirby, Krogstad aquavit, Miles Munroe, Oregon, Park Street, Portland, Redwood Brands, Seedlip, stake, Starward, Stauning, Tom Mooney, venture capital, Volstead Vodka, Westward, whiskey, whisky, Wyoming, Wyoming Whiskey0 comments

September 12, 2018 – Diageo’s Distill Ventures unit has made its first investment in the North American whiskey market with a minority sta...

Becoming a Bourbon Badass (Episode 702: May 31, 2018)20180531220856

Becoming a Bourbon Badass (Episode 702: May 31, 2018)

Mark GillespieMay 31, 2018@bulldoghobbit, @ButlerB, @scotch-scones, @urs16875, #Drams4Fams, 72, 75, airport, aluminum, April Fool's, Australia, author, badass, bar, Benromach, bird poo, blending, Bonded, bonded warehouse, book, Bottled in Bond, Bottled in Bond Act of 1897, bottling, Bourbon, Brown-Forman, Cairmgorms National Park, Canada, CEO, charity, Chris Leggat, Chris Morris, comics, Craggan, David DeFazio, decanter, distilling seasons, distribution, Donald Trump, Douglas Laing & Co., Edmonton Scotch Club, EU, European Union, exports, food bank, Fred Laing, George Dickel, Gordon & MacPhail, Grantown-on-Spey, Greg Butler, hammer, Hazelburn, Highland Park, Highlands Council, hunger, imports, incentives, Indiana, Inferno, Ireland, Irish Whiskey Association, Ken Grier, Kentucky, Knob Creek, Knob Creek Rye, Lalique, Lawson Whiting, Linda Ruffenach, Lord of the Rings, Louisville, Marvel, Melbourne, Mexico, Mjølner, Mortlach, moth balls, movies, New Albany, Orkney, Paul Varga, planning, police, prop, retirement, Sazerac, Scotch Test Dummies, Speymalt, Springbank, Steamboat, steel, Steve Hawley, Straight Malt, Tabasco, Tammy Spencer, tariffs, taxes, The Balvenie, The Light, The Macallan, theft, Thor, Tim Wilson, trade, Travis Watt, Trump Administration, Urquhart, Ursula Mueller, Westland, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Chicks, William Lavelle, women, Woodford Reserve, Woodford Reserve Masters Collection, Wyoming Whiskey, YouTube0 comments

Bourbon scares some people away…at first. Often, those who approach Bourbon gingerly develop a true passion for it, and become what Linda Ruffen...

Whisky & Chocolate: A Divine Combination (Episode 680: February 11, 2018)20180211170355

Whisky & Chocolate: A Divine Combination (Episode 680: February 11, 2018)

Mark GillespieFebruary 11, 2018@believablebaker, @Ikonoclast, @sanjieB, ABV, age, airports, Alan Wright, Alberta, Alex Mellon, Andy Simpson, Angie Ball, asset-backed, auction, author, Bacardi, Billy Walker, Bitcoin, blockchain, Bob Kunce-Concewitz, Bourbon Review, Brewers Batch, Brexit, cacao, Cadbury, Campari, Campbeltown, Canada, Caribbean Rum Cask Finish, Carolans, CaskCoin, Chapel Gate Whiskey Company, Chivas Brothers, chocolate, Chris Long, Christian Svantesson, Classic Cut, Claudine O'Sullivan, cocoa beans, collecting, Conor McQuaid, Crown Royal, cryptocurrency, Dairy Milk, David Robertson, debenture, Deep Tasting, Dennis Malcolm, design, distribution, Dublin, Dublin Liberties Distillery, Dundalk, Eagles, Eden Campus, Eden Mill, Elgin Classic, Estonia, EU. Latvia, European Union, executive, exports, Fife, Fife Council, flu, football, France, gift, Glen Grant, Glen Moray, Glen Scotia, Glenallachie, Glendalough, GlenDronach, Glenmorangie, Graeme Littlejohn, Grandeur, Great Northern Distillery, Guardbridge, Heaven Hill, Hershey, HM Revenue & Customs, HMRC, investment, Ireland, Irish Distillers, Irish Mist, Irish Whiskey, Jack McGarry, Jack Teeling, Jameson, Jean-Christophe Coutures, John Teeling, Justin Sloan, Justin Thompson, Justins' House of Bourbon, Kentucky, Kevin Baker, Laurent Lacassagne, law, Leonn Ward, Liberties, Louise McGuane, Madison, Moyvore, New England Patriots, New York City, Newmarket Square, NFC, NFL, North of Scotland Distilling Company, parade, parents, Paul Miller, Pernod Ricard, Philadelphia, planning permission, premiumization, Quintessential Spirits, R.M. Peluso, rare whisky 101, rejection, Ricky Christie, Robin Coupar, Russia, sanctions, Saskatchewan, Sazerac, Scotch Whisky, Scotch Whisky Association, Sean Muldoon, shove it, Spios, St. Patrick's Day, Stephen Teeling, Super Bowl, SWA, Sweden, swimming, tariffs, taxes, Teeling Whiskey Company, The Dead Rabbit, The Glenrothes, The Macallan, The Single Malt Fund, Thomas H. Handy Sazerac Rye, Three Notch'd Brewing, trade, travel retail, Tullamore D.E.W., Tullamore Dew, University of St. Andrews, Victoria Whisky Festival, vintage, Virginia Distillery Company, warehouses, Westmeath County Council, whiskey, whisky, Willow Park Wines & Spirits, World of Whiskies0 comments

With apologies to the legendary Scottish poet Robert Burns, “whisky and chocolate gang tegither!” Good whiskies and fine chocolates actual...

Making the Numbers Add Up for Craft Distillers20171219173930

Making the Numbers Add Up for Craft Distillers

Mark GillespieDecember 19, 2017ACSA, ADI, American Craft Spirits Association, American Distilling Institute, Balcones Distilling, banks, Big Bottom Distilling, bonds, Bourbon, Brian Lee, Canada, capital, celebrity, Chip Tate, collateral, control state, country music, craft distilling, Dad's Hat, debt, disclosure, distribution, distributors, Eastside Distilling, equity, financial, financing, Form 8-K, Form S-1, forum, gristmill, Grover Wickersham, Herman Mihalich, John Cooper, John Little, John Rich, KGW-TV, Las Vegas, Lenny Gotter, licensing, Liquor Control Board of Ontario, Mackmyra, marijuana, marketing, markets, Melissa Heim, MotherLode, Nashville, NBV Investments, Nevada, OLCC, Ontario, Oregon, Oregon Liquor Control Commission, over the counter, Pennsylvania, Pernod Ricard, Pia Carusone, Portland, privately held, Prohibition, provincial, publicly-traded, Rachel Gardner, Ralph Erenzo, Redneck Riviera, Republic Restoratives, risk, rock climbing, Rye, Securities & Exchange Commission, shares, Smooth Ambler, Steven Earles, stock, Sweden, Tate & Company, Ted Pappas, Tennessee, Texas, ticker, Travis Schoney, Tuthilltown, Waco, Washington, whiskey, whisky, World Health Organization0 comments

December 19, 2017 – The stories of friends deciding to open their own distilleries are almost legendary. For John Cooper and Herman Mihalich of ...

Babysitting the Whisky Barrels (Episode 664: October 22, 2017)20171022122010

Babysitting the Whisky Barrels (Episode 664: October 22, 2017)

Mark GillespieOctober 22, 2017@miwilliams283, @pkhtex, @Sister_Ratched, Aged Cask Rye, American Whisky, angel's share, Ardbeg, Ardbeg Committee, awards, Bacardi, Ballantine's, Bangalore Malt, bar, barrels, Belfast, Benromach, Black Barrel, Black Button Distilling, Bourbon, Brooklyn, Brown-Forman, Bruichladdich, Burgundy, Cabernet Sauvignon, Canada, Canadian Club, Canadian Whisky, Château Cissac, Chivas Brothers, Chris Morris, Christopher Williams, Cill Airne Cask, competition, coneys, construction, Coppersea Distilling, Corby, Daily News Journal, Detroit, Dingle, Distillery Series, distribution, Domaine Select, Don Livermore, Donald Campbell, Duke of York, Dylan Whiskey Bar, Elijah Craig, Empire Rye, environmental, excise, exports, Finger Lakes Distilling, Galway, Garavan's, Gaza Capital, Glen Keith, Glenburgie, Glendalough, Glengoyne, Gooderham & Worts, Heathrow, India, Interstate 24, investment, Irish Whiskey Awards, Jack Teeling, Jameson, John Distilleries, Juan Merizalde Carillio, Jude, Kilkenny, Kings County Distillery, Kinsale, Lafayette Coney Island, London, Lot #40, Louisville, Masters Collection, Merlot, Michael Williams, Murfreesboro, neighbors, New York, New York Distilling Company, Octomore, Old Forester, Old Pulteney, Ontario, Original Choice, Paul Hansen, Paul John, Paulliac, Phoenix, Pike Creek, pinot noir, Popcorn Sutton, Powers, Quintessence, radio, Rhône, Richard Paterson, Robert Theakston, Rye Whiskey, Sazerac, Seamus O'Dowden's, shares, standard of identity, stomach, subdivisions, Syrah, Taconic Distillery, Teeling Whiskey, Tennessee, The Cooper's Croze, The Dalmore, The Folkhouse, The Whisky Show, traffic, Tullamore D.E.W., Tuthilltown Spirits, Twenty-Something, Tyrconnell, Van Brunt Stillhouse, Ventoux, Vermont, Walsh Whiskey Company, warehouse, whiskey, Whiskey Row, whisky, Windsor, Wiser's, Woodford Reserve, World of Whiskies, Writers Tears, xBox, Yankee Distillers, Zinfandel0 comments

Managing a whisky warehouse is sort of like running a day care center…but a lot quieter. Corby’s Donald Campbell is responsible for 1.3 mi...

Glencairn’s Whisky Glasses Shatter Expectations (Episode 648: July 2, 2017)20170702153018

Glencairn’s Whisky Glasses Shatter Expectations (Episode 648: July 2, 2017)

Mark GillespieJuly 2, 2017@anagram2112, @AxisofWhisky, @fields00, @scotchology1, Amontillado, Andy Davidson, Annabel Thomas, author, Bacardi, Baltimore, Beam Suntory, Black Bowmore, Black Label, Blood Oath, book, bottle, Bourbon, Box Distillery, brand ambassador, brand partner, Buffalo Trace, Canada 150, Canada Day, Canadian Whisky: The Portable Expert, Casey County, Catherine Carpenter, Charles Brown, Charleston, Chris Middleton, Col. EH Taylor Jr., commemorative, Confederation, conference center, contest, Cooley, copita, Crown Royal, crystal, David Stewart, Davin de Kergommeaux, decanter, distribution, Dr. James Crow, Dr. Jim Swan, Drimnin, Drimnin Estate, Dublin, Dunedin, Elijah Pepper, expansion, Filson Historical Society, Forsyths, Forty Creek, Frankfort, glass, Glencairn, Glenn's Creek Distillery, Gordon Dundas, Grimsby, Heritage, historical, importer, Infinium Spirits, investment, Irish Whiskey, Islay, Jack Teeling, John Teeling, John Wendell, Johnnie Walker, journalism, Journeyman Distillery, Kavalan, Kentucky, Kingsbarns, London, Lot #40, Luxco, Manitoba, manufacturing, master blender, Michigan, Morrison Bowmore Distillers, Ncn'ean, New Zealand, New Zealand Whisky Company, Oban, OFC Distillery, Ontario, Oscar Pepper, Pact No. 3, patent, Paul Davidson, peaty cask, Rachel Barrie, Raymond Davidson, Redbreast, relocation, research, Reserve 101, retweet, Richard Paterson, Ron Welsh, rum, Scotch Whisky, ScotchWhisky.com, Scots Gaelic, Scott Davidson, Sherri Wong, single cask, Sour Mash, Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits, Spirit Drink, sponsor, St. Andrew's, Stephen Teeling, stills, Sweden, Taiwan, Teeling Whiskey, The Baltimore Whiskey Company, The Balvenie, The Whisky Exchange, Thomas Larsson, Tun 1509, Twitter, Union Collective, Versailles, visitor center, West Indies, West Virginia, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Weekend, Willowbank, WindyBore, wine glass, Woodford Reserve2 comments

When Raymond Davidson and his sons started marketing the Glencairn Whisky Glass in 2001, they thought the target audience was whisky blenders and indu...

New Whiskies From Ballantine’s, Teeling, Angel’s Envy & More20151105120258

New Whiskies From Ballantine’s, Teeling, Angel’s Envy & More

Mark GillespieNovember 5, 2015Andrew Nelstrop, Angel's Envy, Ballantine's, Bold, Bourbon, Chapter 10, Chivas Brothers, distribution, Dublin, English Whisky Company, Glen Garioch, Glen Scotia, Goa, Gordon & MacPhail, Hard Fired, Himalayas, Inchmurrin, India, Irish Whiskey, Islay, James Espey, label approval, Loch Lomond Group, Louisville, Norfolk, Paul John, Paul John Bold, Revival, Sandy Hyslop, Scotch Whisky, Teeling Whiskey Company, The Last Drop, Tom Jago, TTB, UK, US, Victoriana, whiskey, whisky0 comments

November 5, 2015 – With the holidays approaching, whisky makers are stepping up their releases to take advantage of the busiest period of the ye...

Sazerac Plans $71 Million in Kentucky Bourbon Expansion Projects20140423143342

Sazerac Plans $71 Million in Kentucky Bourbon Expansion Projects

Mark GillespieApril 23, 20141792 Barton, Bardstown, Buffalo Trace, distribution, Frankfort, Glenmore., Kentucky, Metairie, Owensboro, Sazerac, Steve Beshear, warehouse0 comments

April 23, 2014 – In the latest burst of expansion in Bourbon Country, Sazerac has announced plans to invest $71 million to expand production cap...

The Week’s Whisky Industry News & Notes20140131162456

The Week’s Whisky Industry News & Notes

Mark GillespieJanuary 31, 2014acquisitions, Africa, Asia, Beam, Bernard Arnault, Brown-Forman, China, corruption, cost cutting, cuts, Deirdre Mahlan, Diageo, distribution, finance, Frankfort, Glenmorangie, golf, golf ball, independence, Ivan Menezes, Kentucky, LVMH, management, Marc Hoellinger, mergers, Moet Hennessy, Nashville, Paul Skipworth, profits, Ranger Creek, referendum, sales, San Antonio, Scotland, Small Caliber Series, South Africa, Spencerfield Spirit Company, structure, T.J. Miller, Tennessee, Texas, The Feathery, Vanderbilt0 comments

January 31, 2014 – Here are some of the headlines in this week’s whisky industry news: LVMH has named Marc Hoellinger the full-time CEO of...