Episode 559: October 24, 201520151025021719
Episode 559: October 24, 2015
Mark GillespieOctober 25, 2015@ScotchBlog, Amber Rock, Andrew Buchanan, Andrew Smith, Andy Cant, Baccarat, Beam Suntory, Bill Lumsden, Bourbon, Bourbon County, Bowmore, Brian Kinsman, Brora, Brown-Forman, Bruce Jardine, Caledonian, Cannes, Caol Ila, Cardhu, CBC, cease and desist, chemistry, Chris Morris, clothing, Colin Fultz, conflict of interest, crystal, Dailuane, Dalwhinnie, Deconstructed Series, Devil's Casks, Diageo, DISCUS, Distilled Spirits Council of the United States, Double the Devil, Douglas Laing & Co., Dublin, Elementary, Elements, expansion, First Chapter, France, Fred Minnick, Gentleman Jack, George Washington's Distillery, gift, Girvan, Glen Breton, Glenfiddich, Glenmorangie, Glenora, Golden Age of Travel, Gordon & MacPhail, Grant's, Greg Metze, groin punch, Gus Griffin, Hartfield & Company, Hartfield and Company, Heaven Hill, House of Hazelwood, Iain MacArthur, Indiana, infringment, IPO, Islay, Israel, Jameson, Janet Sheed Roberts, Jardine Reserve, John Campbell, John E. Fitzgerald Very Special Reserve, John MacDougall, Kentucky Gentleman, Kentucky Mist, Kininvie, Kirsty Clarke, Lagavulin, Laphroaig, Lauchie MacLean, law, Lawrenceburg, lawyers, legend, Lifehacker, Louis Royer, Lucy Doland, Masters Collection, media kit, Metze's Select, MGP, Mortlach, Mount Vernon, myth, Nordic, Norse, Nova Scotia, Old Fitzgerald, periodic table, Pittyvaich, Port Ellen, Rare Cask Black, samples, Sazerac, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, Seagram, seal, shares, shirts, Solera, Special Releases, Speyside, Stitzel-Weller, Suntory Holdings, swag, Sweet Corn, Takeshi Niinami, The Cally, The Gentleman Distillery, The Macallan, Torii, trademark, travel retail, Tsingtao, University of Kentucky, Virginia, Virginia Gentleman, Wall Street, Wall Street Journal, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Fairy, William Grant & Sons, WKYT, Woodford Reserve, Yoav Gelbfish, Yula1 comment
Andy Cant has been a Scotch Whisky nomad for nearly four decades, working at distilleries and maltings all over Scotland. He’s done everything f...
Episode 492: August 16, 201420140816195323
Episode 492: August 16, 2014
Mark GillespieAugust 16, 2014Aaron Baxter, Ace, Andrew Weir, Andy Nelson, Arco, artisan, auction, Australia, Australian Malt Whisky Tasting Championship, author, auto racing, ban, Bardstown, Ben Nevis, BenRiach, Benromach, bidding, Bonhams, book, Bourbon, Bourbon Hall of Fame, Bourbon: Straight, Bourbon: Strange, Bowmore, Brian Williams, Brown-Forman, Butte, Canadian Club, Caperdonich, cards, Carmel, Cascade, Charles Nelson, Charlie Nelson, Chuck Cowdery, collecting, collectors, construction, Courtney McKee, Craig Daniels, Czech, Czechoslovakia, Dario Franchitti, Dark Origins, Devil's cask, Discovery Channel, distiller, Dublin, Edinburgh, environment, Eric Burke, expansion, export, food safety, George Dickel, Glenglassaugh, Gordon & MacPhail, Hammer Head, handcrafted, Headframe Spirits, Highland Park, Ichiro Akuto, Ichiro's Malt, import, Indianapolis 500, IndyCar, Ireland, Jack Daniel's, Jack Teeling, Jess Graber, John McKee, Justin Victor, K&L Wines, Karuizawa, Kentucky, Kentucky Gentleman, Laguna Seca, Lalique, Macallan, Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, MGP-I, mine, Montana, Montana Standard, Monterey, Morgan, Moscow Times, Nashville, Nelson's Green Brier Distillery, Old Pulteney, Phil Lynch, playing card, poker, Prague, racing, Rare Craft Collection, Robin Burke, Royal Mile Whiskies, Russia, sanctions, Sazerac, Scott Mansfield, shark, Shark Week, Six Pillars, Spirit of Whisky Fringe Award, Stock Spirits, Stranahan's, Superfund, Teeling Whiskey Company, Tennessee, Tennessee Honey, The Balvenie, Tin Cup, Tom Anderson, Tony Roberts, trade, Ukraine, warehouse, West Lothians, Whisky Fringe, Willett, writer, Yamazaki2 comments
Chuck Cowdery is regarded as one of the top Bourbon writers around, and is one of the few writers to be inducted into the Kentucky Bourbon Hall of Fam...
Russia Takes On Jack Daniel’s In Latest “Safety” Action20140815152807
Russia Takes On Jack Daniel’s In Latest “Safety” Action
Mark GillespieAugust 15, 2014Beam Suntory, Bourbon, Brown-Forman, economic, European Union, import, ITAR-TASS, Jack Daniel's, Jim Beam, Kentucky Gentleman, Liqueur, Moscow Times, Phil Lynch, phthalates, Russia, sanctions, Sazerac, Sverdlovsk, Tennessee Honey, Tennessee Whiskey, trade, U.S., Ukraine, US0 comments
August 15, 2015 – Russian officials have expanded their sanctions against American whiskey to take on the largest brand in the business with a t...
Episode 491: August 8, 201420140808221944
Episode 491: August 8, 2014
Mark GillespieAugust 8, 20141792 Barton, age statement, Anchor Distilling, appeal, architects, Auchentoshan, Aultmore, Baby Blue, Balcones, ban, Bardstown, BenRiach, Billy Walker, Bourbon, Buffalo Trace, Bushmills, Canada, Cara Laing, cognac, competitions, conflict, construction, court, Customs, Dark Origins, Dave Greene, David Williamson, Diageo, Douglas Laing, earnings, economic, Edrington, Europe, expansion, exports, Forsyths, Fred Laing, Glen Elgin, Glen Garioch, Glendalough, GlenDronach, Glenglassaugh, Graham Stirk, Highland Park, illicit, imports, Independent Spirits Challenge, Ireland, Irish, Israel, ITAR-TASS, John Paul DeJoria, Johnnie Walker, Jonathan Kendrick, judge, Justin Victor, Ken Grier, Kentucky Gentleman, lawsuit, Lord of the Rings, Louvre, Macallan, Magnus Eunson, MGP-I, Michael Bendavid, Moray Council, Moscow, NAS, Old Particular, Patron, Paul Mitchell, phthalates, profits, Purple Valley Imports, RAF, Renaissance, Robertson Group, Rogers, Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners, Royal Air Force, ruling, Russia, sanctions, Sazerac, Scotch Whisky Association, Shetlands, Single Cask Nation, Single Oak Project, sourced, Speyside, Stuart Nickerson, SWA, Tel Aviv, The Explorers Club, The Herald, The Malt Whisky Company, trade, trademark, travel retail, U.S. European Union, Uisce Beatha, Ukraine, Unst, US, valinch, Whisky Magazine, World Whiskies Awards, XO0 comments
Stuart Nickerson has kept a low profile since leaving Glenglassaugh Distillery following its sale last year, but he has several new projects coming on...
Scotch Whisky Avoids Russian Trade Sanctions For Now20140808122432
Scotch Whisky Avoids Russian Trade Sanctions For Now
Mark GillespieAugust 8, 20141792 Barton, Alex Salmond, Bardstown, consumer, David Williamson, economic, European Union, exports, First Minister, food, Holyrood, imports, Kentucky, Kentucky Gentleman, phthalates, Russia, sanctions, Sazerac, Scotch Whisky Association, Scottish Government, SWA, trade, UK, Ukraine, US, World Trade Organization0 comments
August 8, 2014 – The escalating battle of economic sanctions between Russia and Western nations over the situation in Ukraine has already seen r...
Sazerac’s Kentucky Gentleman Bourbon Caught In Ukraine Sanctions Battle20140807121632
Sazerac’s Kentucky Gentleman Bourbon Caught In Ukraine Sanctions Battle
Mark GillespieAugust 7, 20141792 Barton, Amy Preske, Bardstown, Barton, Canada, Customs, DISCUS, Distilled Spirits Council of the United States, European Union, import, Kentucky Gentleman, Mark Brown, pet, phthalates, plastic, Rospotrebnadzor, Russia, sanctions, Sazerac, Scotch Whisky Association, SWA, trade, Ukraine, US0 comments
August 7, 2014 – Sazerac’s Kentucky Gentleman Bourbon is one of the Western products being targeted in a tit-fot-tat escalation of trade s...