Walsh Whiskey, Italy’s Illva Saronno Split Up in “De-Merger”20190125121459
Walsh Whiskey, Italy’s Illva Saronno Split Up in “De-Merger”
Mark GillespieJanuary 25, 2019Bernard Walsh, Carlow, de-merger, Illva Saronno, Illva Saronno Holdings, importer, investment, Ireland, Irish Whiskey, Italy, jobs, Rosemary Walsh, Royal Oak, split, Stefano Battioni, The Irishman, Walsh Whiskey Company, whiskey, whisky, Writers Tears0 comments
January 25, 2019 – The Irish Whiskey business has been booming in recent years, but there have been undercurrents of discontent amid all of the ...
Parker’s Heritage Collection Takes a Twist (Episode 713: July 12, 2018)20180713003805
Parker’s Heritage Collection Takes a Twist (Episode 713: July 12, 2018)
Mark GillespieJuly 13, 2018@whisky_pete, #freethewhisky, Aberfeldy, airport, Alain Royer, ALS, ALS Association, Amir Peay, Angel's Envy, attorney general, Baltimore, Bardstown, Bare Knuckle, Blenders' Mash, Boot Hill Distillery, Bottled in Bond Act of 1897, Bourbon, Bourbon Mash, Brian Treacy, British Columbia, Brown-Forman, Buchanan's, Business in Vancouver, Canada, cannabis, Catoctin Creek, Changhi, charity, Columbus, Connecticut, Crown Royal, David Eby, Deatsville, Denny Potter, DFS, Diageo, doctorate, Dodge City, duty free, Ellicott City, Europe, expansion, exports, fermenters, flood, forgery, fundraiser, Heaven Hill, Hickman, honorary, imports, Italy, James E. Pepper, James E. Pepper Distillery, Kansas, Ken Lewis, Kentucky, KO Distilling, Kyle Henderson, label approval, Lexington, Liqueur, Liquor Distribution Branch, Louisville, Mad River Distillers, Manassas, Mark Williams, Marsala, Maryland, New Haven, New Riff Distillery, Newfoundland, Noble Collection, Ohio, Orange Curaçao, Parker Beam, Parker's Heritage Collection, Promise of Hope, province, Puni, R H Resolute, Rachel Barrie, Red Eye Whiskey, regulations, robocall, Rod Zdebiak, Sagamore Spirit, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, Scotch Whisky, Scott Harris, Singapore, SMWS, spelt, St. John's, tariffs, tax strips, Thomas Mackenzie, trade war, travel retail, TTB, University of Edinburgh, Vendome, Vermont, Virginia, Watershed, whiskey, Whiskey Row, whisky0 comments
Heaven Hill has unveiled the 2018 edition of Parker’s Heritage Collection whiskey. It’s a Bourbon finished in Orange Curaçao liqueur barre...
I Spy a Bourbon (Episode 650: July 16, 2017)20170716173250
I Spy a Bourbon (Episode 650: July 16, 2017)
Mark GillespieJuly 16, 2017A.H. Hirsch, airline, airport, Alness, Alps, Anchor Distilling, anCnoc, arrests, Australia, Australian Whisky Holdings, bags, Balblair, Beam Suntory, Beggar's Bush, BenRiach, Bill Lumsden, Billy Walker, Birthday Bourbon, Booker Noe, Booker's, bottling, Bourbon, Bourdega, Brett Carlile, Brianna Gillespie, Brown-Forman, Buffalo Trace, Campbell Brown, Canada, Canadian Whisky, Champ, Chapter 17, China, Chivas Brothers, Clark Butler, cognac, Col. E.H. Taylor Jr., commerce, Congress, construction, Craigellachie, Craigslist, Crown Royal, Customs, Cyril Camus, Dan Cigno, Dave Pickerell, DCigno, dissertation, dogs, Don Livermore, Donald Trump, Dublin, duties, English Whisky Company, European Union, Evan Chapman, expansion, Facebook, family, film, France, Fred Noe, Freddie Noe, FTI Consulting, Girvan, Glen Grant, Glenallachie, GlenDronach, Glenglassaugh, Glenmorangie, Graham Stevenson, Hankey Bannister, honeymoon, imports, Inver House, Italy, Jack Ryan, Jackie Zykan, Jeff Bridges, Jewish Whisky Company, Jim Beam, Keith Batt, Kentucky, Kilbeggan, Kingsman, Lidl, Little Book, lottery, Louisville, luggage, LVHM, Margaret Batt, Martin Leonard, Matthew Vaughn, McNair's, MGP, Moet Hennessy, movie, Nant Distillery, Nant Group, Nero, Obama Administration, Old Forester, Old Pulteney, Ontario, Orlin Sorenson, Pappy Van Winkle, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board, Pernod Ricard, PLCB, Podcast Awards, Poppy, President, pub, Puni, Quentin Olde, Quora, quotas, rescue, Rescued Pets Movement, Reserve 101, retailer, Ryan Tarkowski, Ryan's Malt, Schafferstown, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, Seattle, Single Cask Nation, single grain, Sole, Speyburn, Speyside, spies, state police, Statesman, steel, subsidies, tariff, Tasmania, taxes, The Dalmore, The Glenrothes, Tom Clancy, Toronto, trade, Trisha Savage, Trump Administration, warehouse, Washington, Washington Post, Westland, whiskey, Whiskey Row, whisky, White Heather, Wilbur Ross, Wild Turkey, wine, Wiser's, Woodinville Whiskey Company0 comments
We’ve seen whisky and movie tie-ins before, but Old Forester’s new Statesman Bourbon is a bit different. It’s featured in the upcomi...
Episode 591: May 28, 201620160528221657
Episode 591: May 28, 2016
Mark GillespieMay 28, 2016@Scalias_boner, Academy of Podcasters, accident, Andrew McGinnis, Ardbeg, Award, Beach Whiskey, Bill Lumsden, Billy Bush, Bon Appetit's Foodcast, Booker Noe, Booker's Rye, Bozzy Karasu, Brendan McCarron, Brent Elliott, Bulleit Bourbon, Campari, Caribbean, chemical, Chivas Brothers, Christopher Evison, Club Car, Colombia, country music, court, Dark Cove, Dave Pickerell, David Porter, Delaware, Dinner Party Download, directors, Elliott's Select, flavored whiskey, Flavorman, food, Four Roses, Fred Noe, Gastropod, George T. Stagg, Glen Grant, Glenfiddich, Goa, Gran Reserva, Gregor Heine, heir apparent, Ian Palmer, InchDairnie, India, investor, Ireland, Islay Festival of Malt & Music, Italy, Jake Owen, Jeffrey David, Jura, Kentucky, Kevin Reilly, Kevin Turner, label approval, Las Vegas, lawsuit, Longmorn, Lucas Hepburn, music, NBC, Nitric acid, nitrous acid, Paul John, podcast, Pullman, Pullman Train Collection, Pullman Water Level Route, Radico Khaitan, Raj Peter Bhakta, Rampur, Rob Dyrdek, Rome, rum, Sangeev Banga, Santo Domingo, Scotland, Smoke Wallin, spill, Tastival, Tax & Trade Bureau, television, The Glenlivet, The Press & Journal, The Splendid Table, Today Show, tours, Travel, TTB, Twentieth Century Limited, Vermont, Whistlepig, Wilco Faessen, Willie Cochrane, Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of America0 comments
This weekend usually marks the beginning of summer, and many people will be heading for the beach – either for real or in their dreams. The entr...
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...
Episode 549: August 22, 201520150823015507
Episode 549: August 22, 2015
Mark GillespieAugust 23, 2015Annasach, Avianna Wolfe, Benromach, BevMo, Binny's, Blood Oath, Bomberger, Bowmore, Brent Elliott, Brian Kinsman, Chatham Imports, Chief Rabbinate, David Tjeder, Emerson Lamb, Finger Lake Distilling, Four Roses, Fred Minnick, Fujikai, Ghosted Reserve, Gordon & MacPhail, Heaven Hill, Hoquiam, IBBL Spirits, Israel, Italy, Jewish, Jim Rutledge, John Rempe, Johnnie Walker, Kashrut, Kingsbarns, Kosher, Limited Edition Small Batch, Linlithgow, Littlemill, Matt Hofmann, Mizunara, Monde Shuzo, OK Kosher Organization, Olympic Peninsula, Panecco, peat, Puni, rabbi, Rare Cask Reserves, Rebel Yell, Seattle, Sjoerd de Haan, Skagit Valley, SoDo, Spec's, St. Magdalene, Stockholm, Stoll & Wolfe, Suntory, Sweden, Total Wine, Tracie Franklin, Trader Joe's, Washington, Washington State University, Westland, Whisky-Ji, William Grant & Sons0 comments
Many American craft distillers produce single malt whiskies, but Seattle’s Westland Distillery is one of the few that only produces single malts...
Episode 393: October 13, 201220121012005901
Episode 393: October 13, 2012
Mark GillespieOctober 12, 20121957, Antique Collection, Ardbeg, auction, Ballantine's, Bonhams, Bowmore, Buffalo Trace, charity, Charity: Water, Chivas Brothers, collecting, craft distillers, DISCUS, distillery, Edinburgh, Ethiopia, Evolution, Francesco Binetti, George Dickel, George Washington's Distillery, Handy, Imperial, Italy, Jack Daniel's, Jim Murray, Jura, KDA, Kentucky Bourbon Trail, Kentucky Distillers Association, Maeve Gillies, McTears, Mortlach, Mount Vernon, New York, Pappy, Pappy Van Winkle, Redbreast, Rye, Samaroli, Speyside, St. Columba's, Tomintoul, Van Winkle, Wade Woodard, Weller, Whisky Bible0 comments
Italians are known for their wine, but one Italian firm helped pioneer the concept of single cask whiskies. Silvano Samaroli started bottling his own ...
Scotland & Tuscany Combine in Glenmorangie Artein20120226234000
Scotland & Tuscany Combine in Glenmorangie Artein
Mark GillespieFebruary 26, 2012Artein, Bill Lumdsen, cask, Ferdinando Fiori, Glenmorangie, Highland, Italy, Leslie Sbrocco, Sassicaia, Scotch, Scotland, single malt, Tuscany, wine0 comments
Artein means “stone” in Gaelic, and Sassicaia means “the place of many stones” in Italian. Glenmorangie has brought the two to...
Episode 358: February 26, 201220120226010015
Episode 358: February 26, 2012
Mark GillespieFebruary 26, 2012Andy McDonald, Arran, Artein, Bill Lumsden, Bourbon, Campari, Chivas Brothers, chocolate, Christchurch, Christian Porta, Chuck Cowdery, Cutty Sark, Dewar Rattray, Diageo, Ferdinando Fiori, Gillian Howell, Glen Keith, Glenburgie, Glenmorangie, Italy, Kentucky, New Zealand, Rachel Barrie, Red Stag, Roseisle, Sassicaia, Scapa, Scotch, Scotland, Speyside, Tam O'Shanter, Tarlogie Springs, Tuscany, water, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Galore, Wild Turkey, wine0 comments
Each year, Glenmorangie releases a special edition finished in fine wine casks. This year’s edition is Artein, and takes the flavors of Sassicai...
Episode 206: June 28, 200920090628130500
Episode 206: June 28, 2009
Mark GillespieJune 28, 2009Al Capone, Beam, Buffalo Trace, Col. E.H. Taylor, distillery, Dufftown, farmers, Fife, Glo Ramon, Indiana, Iowa, Italy, Jim Beam, Kerkhoff, Kingsbarns, lawsuit, LDI, Michael Killmer, military, museum, Old Taylor, Operation Homefront, Rye, Sazerac, Scott Bush, soldiers, Speyside, St. Andrew's, SWA, Templeton0 comments
Jim Murray’s 2009 Whisky Bible named a hard-to-find rye whiskey as the Best Rye Whiskey in the World Under 10 Years Old. That whiskey is Templet...