U.S. Whisky Festival Scene Shaken Up By “Whisky Live” Divorce20181210175656
U.S. Whisky Festival Scene Shaken Up By “Whisky Live” Divorce
Mark GillespieDecember 10, 2018contract, Damian Riley-Smith, Dave Sweet, divorce, event, Festival, franchise, Highland Games, Independent Spirits Expo, James Houlder, Jewish Whisky Company, La Maison du Whisky, licensing, London, Metropolitan Pavilion, New York City, Paragraph Publishing, Paris, Single Cask Nation, Spirits Marketing & Events Inc., Tasting Promotions LLC, whiskey, Whiskey and Barrel Nite, whisky, Whisky Advocate, Whisky Jubilee, Whisky Live, WhiskyFest0 comments
December 10, 2019 – A split between longtime partners is shaking up the 2019 calendar for whisky festivals in the United States. Paragraph Publi...
The Power(s) of Irish Whiskey Lore (Episode 741: November 25, 2018)20181125232550
The Power(s) of Irish Whiskey Lore (Episode 741: November 25, 2018)
Mark GillespieNovember 25, 2018"Salty and Peaty", @balsir, #paternityleave, 1926 Macallan, Aeneas MacDonald, Anthony Rivera, Arlene Foster, auction, Australia, author, backstop, bankruptcy, Bardstown, BBC, Bernard Walsh, Black Friday, book, border, bottling strength, Bourbon, Bourbon Heritage Center, Bowmore, Brexit, Brian Ellison, Buffalo Trace, Carol Quinn, Chapter 11, Christie's, Ciaran Mulgrew, collectors, construction, Cork, court, Customs, Death's Door Spirits, debt, Democratic Unionist Party, Derry, Dingle, domestic, Douglas Laing & Co., Dublin, DUP, EU, European Union, event, expansion, export, exports, Fanny Power, Festival, First Minister, Glengoyne, Great Britain, hard border, Heaven Hill, Herbert O'Reilly, holiday, Ian Buxton, Ireland, Irish Coffee, Irish Distillers, Islay, James Power, Jameson, Japan, Jason Johnstone-Yellin, Jean-Baptiste Leonis, Jewish Whisky Company, John Power, John Power & Sons, John's Lane, Joshua Hatton, Kentucky, L. Mulligan Grocer, lawschooldrunk, Liberties, London, Londonderry, Los Angeles, Luxco, Macallan, Madison.com, Maker's Mark, Michael Carr, Michael Dillon, Midleton, Murphy, National College of Art & Design, NCAD, New York, Niche Drinks, Nicola Sturgeon, Nikka, Northern Ireland, O.F.C. Vintages, Orkney, Parliament, politics, port, Powers, Powers Quarter, Powers Three Swallow, Prime Minister, Prohibition, record, Red-Nosed Reindeer, Sabbath, Sarah Guerin, Scallywag, Scotch, Scotland, Serallés USA, Single Cask Nation, Single Pot Still, Sir Peter Blake, Speyside, tariffs, taxes, Teapot Dram, The Oak, The Quiet Man, The Whisky Exchange, Theresa May, Thomas Street, tourism, trade, Valerio Adami, vault, Vintner's Trilogy, visitors, Walsh Whiskey Company, Waterstone's, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Advocate, Whisky Jewbilee, WhiskyFest, Wisconsin, Yoichi0 comments
Ireland’s Power family dominated the Irish Whiskey industry almost from the day innkeeper James Power started making whiskey behind his inn on D...
On the Road at The Great American Whiskey Fair (Episode 733: October 18, 2018)20181018232648
On the Road at The Great American Whiskey Fair (Episode 733: October 18, 2018)
Mark GillespieOctober 18, 2018100% Islay, agriculture, airplane bottles, Alasdair Day, Allied Domecq, Antique Collection, Bailey's Irish Cream, bar, Barley, Beach Polo, Beam, Beam Suntory, beer, Bill Newlands, Bourbon, Buffalo Trace, Campbell Brown, Canadian Club, Canadian Whisky, Catoctin Creek, CEO, Charleston, Chivas Brothers, Chivas Regal, Chris Swonger, Chronicles, climate change, Columbia, Constellation Brands, construction, Crouch Distilling, Diageo, DISCUS, Distilled Spirits Council, distillery, distilling, Dublin, Dungourney, emissions, environment, event, executive, farmers, Festival, fossil fuels, Foundation for Advancing Alcohol Responsibility, Fox & Geese, George Garvin Brown, global warming, grain, Grain of Truth, Great American Whiskey Fair, Greenville, High West, High Wire Distilling, IDV, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, investment, Irish Distillers, Irish Whiskey, Islay, Jackie Zykan, James Espey, Jessica Crouch, Jimmy Red, John Walker Masters' Edition, Johnnie Walker, Johnnie Walker Blue Label, Johnnie Walker Oldest, journal, Kentucky, Kilbeggan, Kilchoman, Kraig Naasz, Kristian Niemi, lobbyist, Louisville, Michter's, Midleton Distillery, miniature bottles, Nathan Mueller, Nature, obituary, Old Forester Distillery, Pam Heilmann, Pernod Ricard, Phil Crouch, Piedmont, Polo Collection, Ralph Blackman, Rob Sands, Royal Salute, Russ Fain, Rye, Sam Slaughter, science, Scotch Whisky, Seagram's, single grain, single malt, Six and Twenty Distillery, Smiths Group, South Carolina, The Last Drop Distillers, The President's Choice, The Tweedale Blend, Thomas H. Handy Sazerac Rye, Tom Jago, United Distillers, United Nations, University of California Irvine, Utah, whiskey, whisky0 comments
This time around, we’re in Columbia, South Carolina for The Great American Whiskey Fair. We’ll talk with local distillers creating unique ...
Episode 531: April 25, 201520150426000528
Episode 531: April 25, 2015
Mark GillespieApril 26, 20151975, aid, anCnoc, Anne-Sophie Bigot, Barbara McEwan, Bardstown, benefit, Black Art, blast, blogger, Bourbon Babe, Bristol, Bruichladdich, Budgie, Buffalo Trace, Burns, Calgary, Carla Carlton, charges, Christopher Preston, crime, critical, Davis Huston, Duncan McFadyen, Duncan McGillivray, Eagle Rare, Edrington, emergency, England, Eric Gregory, Evan Williams, Evan Williams Bourbon Experience, event, evidence, explosion, Feis Ile, fire, firefighters, France, Franklin County, Friends of Laphroaig, Gilbert Curtsinger, Glenlivet, Gov. Steve Beshear, governor, grand jury, grandchildren, Hardin, Heaven Hill, indictment, injuries, investigation, Islay, Islay Festival of Malt & Music, J. Wheelock, Jay Rogers, Jill Hawkins, Jim McEwan, John Rennie, KDA, Kentucky Bourbon Festival, Kentucky Derby Festival, Kentucky Distillers Association, Kilchoman, Kyle Rogers, Laphroaig, LBL Moonshine, Linda Harrison, Loch Gorm, Louisville, Madison, Mark S. Searcy, Master of Malt, Michael Deresynski, Nashville, Pappy Van Winkle, PappyGate, Pardon My Pappy, Pat Melton, Sheriff, Silver Trail Distillery, softball, Spencer Balentine, still, The Whisky Lady, theft, Toulouse, Trevor Gray, Twitter, Vanderbilt, webcam, Wild Turkey, Wilson & Morgan, Wisconsin0 comments
It’s been a busy week in the whisky world, and there’s a lot to talk about on this episode. We’ll have the latest on Friday’s ...
Life On The Road With Whisky’s Wanderers20140206175305
Life On The Road With Whisky’s Wanderers
Mark GillespieFebruary 6, 2014Aer Lingus, airlines, airports, ambassador, Amsterdam, British Airways, British Columbia, Canada, Canadian Club, Customs, Dallas, Dublin, Edinburgh, event, Festival, Flybe, Glasgow, Gordon & MacPhail, Heathrow, Iain McCallum, Ireland, Islay, John Cashman, Kilbeggan, Kilchoman, KLM, Laphroaig, London, luggage, Michael Urquhart, Morrison Bowmore, Newark, O'Hare, Orlando, Peter Wills, police, Ranald Watson, Ryanair, Schipohl, Simon Brooking, Springbank, tasting, Tish Harcus, Travel, Vancouver, Victoria, Victoria Whisky Festival0 comments
Being a brand ambassador for a major whisky brand sounds like a lot of fun…and it is, but it’s also a job with perks like jet lag, lost lu...
Episode 464: February 1, 201420140202001337
Episode 464: February 1, 2014
Mark GillespieFebruary 2, 2014airline, Alex Nicol, Amsterdam, anCnoc, auto racing, baggage, beer, Billy Leighton, bonus, Bowmore, Brian Nation, Cairdeas, Canoe, carry-on, Celtic Whisky Compagnie, checkpoint, China, Chris Ratcliff, Cù Bòcan, Devil's Casks, Diageo, Dublin, duty free, Eric Gregory, event, Festival, Formula One, Freya, Gartbreck, Gerry's Wines & Spirits, Gillian Gibson, Glann ar Mor, Global Times, golden ticket, Green Spot, Highland Park, Islay, Jack Teeling, Jameson, Jay DeYoung, Jean Donnay, Jill-Ann Mark, Jill-Ann Stolley Vick, John DeYoung, joke, KDA, Kentucky Bourbon Affair, Kentucky Bourbon Festival, Kentucky Distillers Association, Kilchoman, Knockdhu, Laphroaig, Loki, Louisville, Marrowbone Lane, Midleton, MillerCoors, Monty Python, motorsports, Newmarket Square, Nordic, Norse, Powers, Redbreast, regulations, Robert Mark, Royal Challenge, Sahara Force India, Schipohl, security, Spencerfield Spirit, Spirit of Speyside Festival, Steffen Brauner, Teeling, Teeling Whiskey, terrorism, The Feathery, Thor, tickets, Tomatin, Travel, travel retail, TSA, UB Group, United Spirits, Valhalla Collection, Vijay Mallya, Whyte & Mackay, workers, yuan, Zhejiang0 comments
Kilchoman became Islay’s newest distillery in 2005, about the same time Jean Donnay started making whisky at Glann ar Mor on France’s Brit...
Kentucky Bourbon Affair To Be “Fantasy Camp” For Bourbon Lovers20140113201604
Kentucky Bourbon Affair To Be “Fantasy Camp” For Bourbon Lovers
Mark GillespieJanuary 13, 2014Bulleit, Eric Gregory, event, fantasy camp, Festival, Four Roses, Heaven Hill, Jim Beam, KDA, Kentucky Bourbon Affair, Kentucky Distillers Association, Lexington, Loretto, Louisville, Maker's Mark, Original Makers Club, Stitzel-Weller, Town Branch, Wild Turkey, Woodford Reserve0 comments
January 13, 2014 – Many of Kentucky’s leading Bourbon distillers will join forces in May to mark the 50th anniversary of a 1964 Congressio...
Episode 392: October 6, 201220121006001318
Episode 392: October 6, 2012
Mark GillespieOctober 6, 2012author, Belgium, Birthday Bourbon, book, Brenne, CBS Radio, Dallas, Dan Gremminger, David Allardice, economy, event, exports, Festival, France, Gibson's, Glenfarclas, Glenfiddich, Greg Ramsay, Grey Cup, Ian Buxton, Jack Daniel's, Japan, Jeff Arnett, Jim Beam, Kentucky, Kevin Smith, Luc Timmermans, Matt Russell, Matthew McKenzie, Mizunara, moonshine, New Zealand, Nigel Kelley, Old Forester, Olympic, Rye, Scotch Whisky Association, Stacey Patterson, Suntory, SWA, Tennessee, The Irishman, tourism, trade, visitors, Whisky Olympics, WhiskyCast HD, Yamazaki0 comments
Jack Daniel’s has operated with one simple whiskey recipe for 100 years…until now. The distillery started quietly working on a rye whiskey...
The World Championship Bourbon Barrel Relay20120924184901
The World Championship Bourbon Barrel Relay
Mark GillespieSeptember 24, 2012Bardstown, barrel, barrels, Barton, Buck Cheatham, Buffalo Trace, Diageo, event, Ezra Cornish, Heaven Hill, Izzy Cornish, Jim Beam, Kentucky, Kentucky Bourbon Festival, Maker's Mark, race, relay, Wild Turkey0 comments
One of the highlights of the annual Kentucky Bourbon Festival is the World Championship Bourbon Barrel Relay competition. Teams from many of Kentucky&...
The Kentucky Bourbon Festival20120920184507
The Kentucky Bourbon Festival
Mark GillespieSeptember 20, 2012artisan, auction, Bardstown, barrels, Bill Sheckles, event, food, Jason Cohen, Jerry Summers, Kentucky, Kentucky Bourbon Festival, party, tourism0 comments
Bourbon has been part of the fabric of Central Kentucky for generations, and that heritage is celebrated every September at the Kentucky Bourbon Festi...