Hunter Laing Confirms Islay Distillery Plans20160120102129
Hunter Laing Confirms Islay Distillery Plans
Mark GillespieJanuary 20, 2016Andrew Laing, Ardnahoe, Argyll & Bute Council, construction, Douglas Laing & Co., Fred Laing, Gartbreck, Glenegedale, Glenegedale Airport, Hunter Laing & Co., Islay, Islay Estates, Jean Donnay, Martine Donnay, planning permission, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, Scott Laing, Stewart Laing, whisky0 comments
January 20, 2016 – It’s hard to keep a secret on Islay, and word has been circulating for months about Hunter Laing & Co.’s inte...
Episode 564: November 29, 201520151130000339
Episode 564: November 29, 2015
Mark GillespieNovember 30, 20151969, Aberfeldy, academics, Advent, Adwords, alert, Andrew Madderson, anniversary, Ansgar Speller, Apollo 11, app, Belgium, brewing, Brown-Forman, Buffalo Trace, calendar, career, certificate, Chicago, Christmas, collectors, college, College of Agriculture, Corsair Artisan Distillery, crowdfunding, Dave Sweet, degree, Depaul, Diageo, distillation, distillery, Dornoch Castle Hotel, Dornoch Distillery Company, Drinks by the Dram, Emerson Lamb, engineering, Eric Gregory, Extraordinary Cask, Festival, finance, Fireball, Gartbreck, Geert Biro, Glenfarclas, Glenturret, Google, Hachette, Heriot-Watt, holiday, India, Indiegogo, Islay, Italy, Jack Daniel's, James Fairlie, Jean Donnay, KDA, Kentucky Bourbon Affair, Kentucky Distillers Association, lawsuit, Lindores Whisky Fest, Lindores Whisky Society, litigation, London School of Economics, Louisville, Martine Donnay, Martine Nouet, Master of Malt, Matt Hofmann, Michael Tortorich, moon, Mull, Nashville, Netherlands, Oostende, Ostend, Phil Thompson, Puni, Raimund Leussink, Sazerac, science, Seattle, Seth DeBolt, shareholders, Simon Thompson, Springbank, Stuart Cassells, students, Tennessee, Tennessee Fire, terrorism, The Glenrothes, Tobermory, tourism, trademark, UK, United Spirits, University, University of Kentucky, Vijay Mallya, Wedgwood-Houston, Westland, Whisky Live, wine0 comments
This week, we’ll be talking about whisky and education. Not teaching people how to drink whisky, but how to make it! There aren’t many uni...
Distillery Plans on Track for Islay & Dornoch20151126152747
Distillery Plans on Track for Islay & Dornoch
Mark GillespieNovember 26, 2015Dornoch, Dornoch Castle Hotel, Dornoch Distillery Company, Gartbreck, Glann ar Mor, Islay, Jean Donnay, Martine Donnay, Phil Thompson, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, Simon Thompson, whisky0 comments
November 26, 2015 – After a series of delays, plans are finally on track for construction of Islay’s newest distillery. Jean and Martine D...
Episode 542: July 4, 201520150704200652
Episode 542: July 4, 2015
Mark GillespieJuly 4, 2015@WhiskyGuyRy, Alberta, ambassador, Andy Watts, Austria, Bain's, Bain's Cape Mountain, Baker Beam, Beam Suntory, Booker Noe, Breton, Brittany, Bruichladdich, Brussels, Canada, Canada Day, Carl Beam, chef, Clermont, Contradiction, cooking, Cooley, Coxs Creek, Crown Royal, Culinary, Custodian's Club, David Beam, David Bouley, David Frost, David Stewart, Deirdre Mahlan, Diageo, Diageo North America, diplomat, dismissal, Distell, European Union, expansion, fireworks, food, Four Roses, Fourth of July, France, Gartbreck, Glann ar Mor, Glencairn, Graeme Littlejohn, Guatemala, Harlem Whiskey Festival, Heaven Hill, Hibiki, Hodson & Roberts, Honduras, Independence Day, Indiana, Isao Yamada, Islay, Ivan Menezes, Japan, Jean Donnay, Jim Beam, Jim Rutledge, kitchen, Klaus Doblmann, Larry Schwartz, lawsuit, lawyers, legal, litigation, lobbying, Los Angeles, Martine Donnay, MGP-I, Michael Collins, Mike Roberts, minority, Nelson County Gazette, New York, Northern Harvest Rye, Pappy Van Winkle, Parliament, Phillip Palmer, planning, protected geographical indicator, retirement, Ron Williams, Ryan Engen, Sam's Club, Sarah Dickson, Scotch Whisky Association, Shinji Fukuyo, Sidney Frank, single grain, Smooth Ambler, South Africa, Spirit of America, Suntory, The Balvenie, Tullibardine, Tun 1401, Tun 1509, warehouses, West Virginia, Westminster, Yearling, zoning0 comments
Jim Rutledge gets most of the credit for reviving Four Roses Bourbon in the US over the last decade after years of neglect by the brand’s previo...
Jean Donnay Updates Gartbreck Distillery Plans20140403202858
Jean Donnay Updates Gartbreck Distillery Plans
Mark GillespieApril 3, 2014Gartbreck, Glann ar Mor, Grunnd Loch, Icons of Whisky Award, Islay, Jean Donnay, Loch Indaal, Whisky Magazine0 comments
April 3, 2014 – Plans for Islay’s ninth distillery are closer to a groundbreaking, now expected later this year at Gartbreck Farm on the e...
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...
Jean Donnay Calls Islay “Magical”, To Start Distillery Construction in May at Gartbreck Farm20140127174225
Jean Donnay Calls Islay “Magical”, To Start Distillery Construction in May at Gartbreck Farm
Mark GillespieJanuary 27, 2014Bowmore, Brittany, France, Gartbreck, Glann ar Mor, Islay, Jean Donnay, Kornog, Loch Indaal, Martine Donnay1 comment
January 27, 2014 – Islay will get its newest — and smallest whisky distillery now that planning permission has been granted for Jean Donna...
Episode 442: September 15, 201320130916002111
Episode 442: September 15, 2013
Mark GillespieSeptember 16, 2013Angel's Envy, anniversary, Bowmore, Brown-Forman, Bruichladdich, Buffalo Trace, camouflage, casks, Colton Smith, cooper, cooperage, Cork, coronation, Decatur, Devil's Casks, Eagle Rare, Early Times, Eddie Russell, Elmer T. Lee, Forgiven, Freddy May, Gartbreck, George T. Stagg, Georgia, Ger Buckley, Glen Moray, Glenfarclas, Harlen Wheatley, hunters, hunting, Ireland, Irish Distillers, Islay, Jack Daniel's, James Andrews, Justin Victor, Kilchoman, Killian O'Mahony, Kyle Henderson, Lincoln Henderson, Mac McGee's Irish Pub, Marines, Mickey Hammond, Midleton, Monkey Shoulder, Phoenix, Preston Van Winkle, Queen Elizabeth, Sazerac Rye, Simon Coughlin, St. Mary's, The Irishman, The Whisky Exchange, Thomas H. Handy, Tullamore Dew, Wes Henderson, Wild Turkey, William Grant & Sons, William Larue Weller, Woodford Reserve, Writers Tears0 comments
Ger Buckley is the fifth-generation cooper at Ireland’s Midleton Distillery, but had no one to pass the torch to. In fact, there hadn’t be...