Gordon & MacPhail Relaunches Single Malts Portfolio20180416203110
Gordon & MacPhail Relaunches Single Malts Portfolio
Mark GillespieApril 16, 2018Connoisseurs Choice, Discovery Range, Distillery Labels, Elgin, Generations, George & J.G. Smith's Glenlivet, George Urquhart, Gordon & MacPhail, independent bottler, Linkwood, Mortlach, portfolio, Private Collection, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, Stephen Rankin, whiskey, whisky0 comments
April 16, 2018 – Gordon & MacPhail has long been one of Scotland’s leading independent whisky bottlers, producing around 300 different...
Wandering The Wonderful World of Whisky (Episode 686: March 25, 2018)20180325175011
Wandering The Wonderful World of Whisky (Episode 686: March 25, 2018)
Mark GillespieMarch 25, 2018@corymcrae, @jotterface, @saratogamatt, @TheLadyBlender, #patriot, 1792 Full Proof, 1956, agriculture, airport, Alberta, aluminum, Amrut, Andrea Wilson, Andrew Ferguson, Ardbeg, Ardbeg Committee, Australia, Barry Bernstein, Barry Stein, bartender, bartending, Batch Proof, Beam Suntory, BenRiach, biodynamics, border, Bourbon, Brexit, Brown-Forman, bullshit, butterfly knife, Calgary, Canada, Canadian Club, Canadian Whisky, Chris Morris, code, Committee Edition, Cornwall, Cory McRae, Dan Tullio, Diageo, diplomat, Donald Trump, Edmonton, Elgin, Elvis Presley, England, EU, European Union, exports, farmers, FedEx, GlenDronach, Glenglassaugh, Glenmorangie, Gold Label Reserve, Gordon & MacPhail, Great Britain, Grooves, Hakushu, Hall of Fame, hard border, Heartbreak Hotel, Heathrow, history, Ian Bentley, Icons of Whisky Awards, imports, Inchmurrin, India, inductee, Ireland, Irish, James Otter, Jim Swan, Johnnie Walker, Karen Betts, Kavalan, Kensington Wine Market, Kentucky, Kentucky Derby, Kilchoman, King Car Distillery, King of Kentucky, legislature, Leo Varadkar, Linkwood, Loch Lomond Distillers, London, Louisville, Manuel Salazar, manure, Mark Reynier, Master of Malt, Masters Collection, Matt Jones, Matthew Ingram, Memphis, Michter's, Mitch McConnell, mixology, Morrison Bowmore, Mounties, NAV Centre, Nectar Grove, negotiations, Nick Morgan, Northern Ireland, Ontario, Pam Heilmann, politics, Premium Bottlers, President, Prime Minister, Private Collection, Rachel Barrie, RCMP, retaliation, Richard Paterson, Rye, Sazerac, Scotch Whisky Association, Scotch Whisky Research Institute, Scotland, security, Senate, senator, shipping, single cask, single malt, Speyside, Staffordshire, Stalk & Barrel, steel, Stephen Rankin, Still Waters Distillery, story, Sullivan's Cove, Sun Records, SWA, T.T. Lee, Taiwan, Taoiseach, target, tariffs, Terminal 5, The Dalmore, The Glenlivet, The Macallan, The Whisky Exchange, Tish Harcus, tools, Toronto, tourism, trade, trade war, Travel, travel retail, Trump Administration, visitors center, Waterford, weapon, Wemyss Malts, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Magazine, Whyte & Mackay, Wonderful World of Whisky Show, Woodford Reserve, World of Whiskies, World Whiskies Awards, Y.T. Lee0 comments
Rachel Barrie is known on Twitter as @TheLadyBlender, and she’s just winding up her first year as the master blender for Brown-Forman’s Be...
Episode 620: December 18, 201620161218130001
Episode 620: December 18, 2016
Mark GillespieDecember 18, 2016@FormerCruzGuy, @MontyInTexas, #12DramsofChristmas, A Midwinter Night's Dram, Absolut, Adelphi, alcoholic, Alexandre Ricard, Amrut, Atlantic Sea Salt, awards, Baltimore, Barbara Dozetos, Bill Lumsden, Birthday, Booker's, books, Bowmore, Brexit, Brian Usrey, British Columbia, Campari, Canada, Canadian Club, Castle & Key, Chieftain's, competition, Dornoch Firth, Drew Dilkins, Drink Fun, drunken driving, Dublin, DUI, economy, ecosystem, Elgin, Elgin Heritage, environment, European Flat oyster, export, fishing, Flor de Cańa, gift, Glen Grant, Glen Moray, GlenDronach, Glenfarclas, Glenlivet, Glenmorangie, gold bottle, gold medal, Gordon & MacPhail, Graham Coull, Green Spot, Heriot-Watt University, High West, Hiram Walker, Hot Malt Taiwan, Hunter Smith, Ian Chang, Inchgower, Ireland, Irish Distillers, Jack Milroy, Jaethan Reichel, Jameson, Jim Rutledge, John Little, Johns Hopkins, judging, Kavalan, Keith Wood, King Car, library, Linkwood, Longmorn, Louise Schiavone, Mal;t Maniacs Awards, Malt Maniacs, mayor, Michael Phelps, Midleton, Milroy's of Soho, Mortlach, National Geographic, Nicaragua, No. #1 Bond House, No. #1 Vaults, NPR, obituary, Old Scout, Old Taylor Distillery, Olympics, Ontario, oysters, Paddy, Patrick Brossard, Pernod Ricard, Powers, public radio, Redbreast, rehab, restoration, rum, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, shellfish, Sirius X-M, Smooth Ambler, Solist, Speyside Collection, Strathisla, swimming, T.T. Lee, Tain, Taipei, Taiwan, trade, Trump, Twitter, Urquhart, Vault Edition, Wallace Milroy, water, West Virginia, whiskey, whisky, whisky books, Wild Turkey, Windsor, Windsor Star, Y.T. Lee, Yilan0 comments
What do oysters have to do with making whisky? You might not think there’s much in common, but Glenmorangie is working with Scotland’s Her...
Episode 538: June 6, 201520150607023547
Episode 538: June 6, 2015
Mark GillespieJune 7, 2015Angel's Envy, anniversary, Ardmore, Arkansas, Bacardi, Barry Stewart, Beam Suntory, Bernard Walsh, Bernheim, Blended Malt, Bordeaux, Bottled in Bond, Brendan Buckley, Brewdog, Brown-Forman, Buffalo Trace, Bulleit, California, Cecelia Henderson, charges, Château Léoville Barton, Chris Ratcliff, Chuck Cowdery, class action, construction, consumer, Conyngham, Cooley, court, Creative Whisky Company, crowdfunding, David Stirk, defendant, Diageo, dispute, Douglas Laing & Co., Equity for Punks, estate, executor, experiment, family, Flora & Fauna, Forty Creek, Gilbert Curtsinger, Green Spot, Grimsby, guilty, Harlen Wheatley, hug, indictment, Invergordon, Irish Distillers, Irish Whiskey Association, Jim Beam, Joe Hyman, John Hall, Justin Victor, Kazerouni Law Group, Klaus Doblmann, labeling, Lane Castle, Laphroaig, Lawrenceburg, lawsuit, Lee Tatum, Leslie Wright, Lincoln Henderson, Linkwood, litigation, Little Rock, Maker's Mark, Mark Brown, Midleton, Mount Charles, Ontario, organized crime, pallet, Pappy Van Winkle, Phil Brandon, plea, racketeering, ringleader, Rock Town Distillery, Ronnie Eddins, Scallywag, Shelby County, Single Oak Project, Single Pot Still, Spirited Brands, Teun Van Wel, theft, Three Grain Harmony, Triple Wood, W.L. Weller, Wes Henderson, will, Zsoka McDonald0 comments
This week, we’re looking at the end of an experiment nearly 14 years in the making…Buffalo Trace’s Single Oak Project. The attempt t...
The Spirit of Speyside Festival20150521121704
The Spirit of Speyside Festival
Mark GillespieMay 21, 2015Aberlour, Dufftown, Elgin, Erin Miller, Glen Grant, Glen Moray, Glenlivet, John Harvey McDonough, Linkwood, Mary Seiner, Richard Lochhead, Speyside, Spirit of Speyside Festival, Wotek Widera0 comments
Thousands of whisky lovers descend on Scotland’s Speyside region on the first weekend of May each year for the Spirit of Speyside Festival. The ...
Wemyss Malts Releases Six Single Casks20150210165059
Wemyss Malts Releases Six Single Casks
Mark GillespieFebruary 10, 2015Aberfeldy, Bowmore, Bunnahabhain, Charles Maclean, Craigellachie, Invergordon, Linkwood, Wemyss Malts0 comments
February 9, 2015 – Wemyss Malts is releasing six new single cask Scotch whiskies for the UK, European, and Asian markets. The casks were selecte...
Episode 499: October 4, 201420141004201207
Episode 499: October 4, 2014
Mark GillespieOctober 4, 201435 Maple Street, accident, Amrut, Andrew Laing, Angus MacRaild, auctions, Benrinnes, Berry Bros. & Rudd, Bib & Tucker, Blended Malt, Cameronbridge, Charlie Downs, Chivas Brothers, Cleveland, Clynelish, Compass Box, cooperage, criticism, Dan Witzinger, death, Des McCaugherty, distillery, Doug McIvor, Dufftown, Edradour, Edrington, Elijah Craig, Evan Williams Bourbon Experience, expansion, fatality, feedback, fire, Four Roses, Generations, Glasgow Blend, Glenlivet, Gordon & MacPhail, Great King Street, Greedy Angels, Highland Journey, Hunter Laing, Ian Logan, Imperial, India, Jim Beam, John DeYoung, Jon Birkbeck, Justin Victor, Kentucky Artisan Distillery, Laphroaig, Linkwood, London, Louisville, MGP, Michael Urquhart, Mortlach, movie, North British, Old Malt Cask, paramedics, Parkmore, planning, Private Collection, Rare Cask, retirement, Rick Jagdale, safety, Scott Laing, Signature Craft, single grain, Small Batch Limited Edition, South Wales Whisky Interest Group, Speyside, Stewart Laing, Strathisla, The 87, The Eighty Seven, The Faerie Flag, The Macallan, The Whisky Exchange, The Whisky Show, Tom Lix, Urquhart, whisky clubs1 comment
This is the first of two episodes this weekend from The Whisky Show in London, and we’ll be looking at some of the new whiskies that made their ...
Moray Golf Club Tees Up With Gordon & MacPhail20140505144109
Moray Golf Club Tees Up With Gordon & MacPhail
Mark GillespieMay 5, 2014Benrinnes, Cardhu, Dailuane, Elgin, Glen Craig, Glen Grant, Glen Moray, Glenlossie, golf, Gordon & MacPhail, Henry Cotton, John Ellwood, John Fleetwood Cumming, John Harr, Linkwood, Lossiemouth, Macallan, Moray, Moray Golf Club, Morayshire, Old Tom Morris, R.I. Cameron, Stephen Rankin, Tamdhu, Teaninich0 comments
May 5, 2014 – Scotland, Golf, and Whisky: three words that just go together naturally. The Moray Golf Club in Lossiemouth has a history that dat...
Episode 454: December 2, 201320131202080050
Episode 454: December 2, 2013
Mark GillespieDecember 2, 2013age statements, antitrust, Barack Obama, Bardstown, Barterhouse, Berry Bros. & Rudd, blending, Blue Hanger, Bow & Blade, Bruichladdich, Buffalo Trace, Celebration Sour Mash, Chris Pickett, competition, construction, Dalmore, Diageo, Doug McIvor, Dufftown, Easter Elchies, Edrington, Elgin, Elizabethtown, embargo, ethics, Family Reserve, farm, Fettercairn, Franklin County, Gavin Ballas, George Dickel, gift, Glenfarclas, Glenlivet, holiday, India, Inside Job, Invergordon, investigation, Jim Eaton, Johnnie Walker, journalism, Jura, Larceny, Linkwood, Macallan, Maker's Mark, Mannochmore, Mark Reynier, Matthew Crow, Michter's, Mortlach, Office of Fair Trading, Old Blowhard, Orphan Barrel, Pappy Van Winkle, pardon, Pat Melton, principles, Quarter Casks, raithrover, Rare Old, Rare Old Special Strength, regulators, Scottish Thistle Awards, Sean Phillips, Sheriff, Speyside, Steve McGingle, Tamnavulin, Thanksgiving, theft, tourism, Tullahoma, turkey, United Spirits, video, Vijay Mallya, Visit Scotland, visitor, W.L. Weller, wheated Bourbon, Whyte & Mackay, Wild Turkey, Willie Pratt0 comments
There’s one question Diageo’s whisky team has been asked for years — why can’t we have more Mortlach single malt bottlings? Th...
Episode 438: August 18, 201320130818150801
Episode 438: August 18, 2013
Mark GillespieAugust 18, 2013airport, Amazon, American Stillhouse, Amsterdam, anniversary, Ardbeg, Atlantic City, Australia, author, baggage, Balblair, Bangkok, bar, Barbara Townsend, barbecue, Beard, bison, blends, Blood Atonement, Blue Sky Ranch, Bob Townsend, book, Booker Noe, Bourbon Women, Brendan Coyle, Brisbane, Brown-Forman, burger, Canberra, chef, Chicago, City Editions, Clermont, Compass Box, Dalmore, David Perkins, Delaware, Delilah's, Director's Cut, Distant Thunder Whisky Club, Distilling Rob, Douglas Laing, Dublin, dusty bottle, duty free, EasyJet, Edinburgh, fees, Four Roses, Fred Noe, Fred's Smokehouse, Glen Moray, Glenglassaugh, Groningen, Guy Horne, High West, Highland Park, James Dumas, James Fowler, Jameson, Jane Parsons, Jim Beam, Jim Beveridge, John Glaser, Johnnie Walker, KDA, Keith Batt, Kentucky Distillers Association, Laphroaig, limited edition, Linkwood, Lois Mateus, London, Lore of Whisky, Malaga, Martine Nouet, Matt Wooler, Mike Miller, Moscow, mystery, Nant, Newark, Nuance, Paris, Park City, Pioneer, pronunciation, resort, restaurant, Rob Gard, Royal Mile Whiskies, Ryanair, saloon, Salt Lake City, Second Saturday Single Malt Tasting, Singapore, Single Cask Nation, ski, small batch, Spain, Steve Husain, Sydney, Tomatin, travel retail, Tullamore Dew, Uigeadail, Utah, Western, Whisky Fringe, World of Whisky, Wyoming0 comments
Utah’s High West Distillery & Saloon crams a craft distillery and high-end restaurant into two historic buildings in the ski resort’s ...