U.S. Hits Scotch & Irish Whiskies with 25% Tariffs in Trade Dispute20191002183219
U.S. Hits Scotch & Irish Whiskies with 25% Tariffs in Trade Dispute
October 2, 2019Airbus, aluminum, Boeing, Bushmills, Castle Brands, Chris Swonger, Clonakilty Distillery, DISCUS, dispute, Distilled Spirits Council of the United States, EU, European Union, export, Glendalough, HM Revenue & Customs, import, Irish, Irish Whiskey Association, Jameson, Knappogue Castle, merger, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, Pernod Ricard, Proximo Spirits, resolution, Robert Lighthizer, Scotch, Scotch Whisky Association, steel, subsidies, SWA, tariffs, Teeling Whiskey Company, trade, Trump Administration, Tullamore D.E.W., USTR, whiskey, whisky, William Grant & Sons, World Trade Organization, WTO0 comments
October 2, 2019 – The popular Christmas gift of a bottle of expensive Single Malt Scotch whisky could become more expensive this holiday season ...
Pernod Ricard Returns to Kentucky with Rabbit Hole Acquisition20190614101222
Pernod Ricard Returns to Kentucky with Rabbit Hole Acquisition
June 14, 2019acquisition, Alexandre Ricard, Centre Pompidou, Cincinnati, distribution, entrepreneur, Ernst & Young, Gruppo Campari, Jeff Agdern, joint venture, Kaveh Zamanian, Kentucky, Louisville, merger, New Brand Ventures, Paris, Pernod Ricard, Pernod Ricard USA, Rabbit Hole Distillery, Rabbit Hole Distilling, Rabbit Hole Spirits, Republic National Distributing Company, RNDC, sales, shares, Smooth Ambler, stake, venture capital, whiskey, whisky, Wild Turkey, Young's Market Company0 comments
June 14, 2019 – Ten years after exiting the Kentucky whiskey business with the $575 million sale of Wild Turkey to Gruppo Campari, Pernod Ricard...
WhistlePig Rye Up For Sale in Craft Distilling “Feeding Frenzy”20170623152149
WhistlePig Rye Up For Sale in Craft Distilling “Feeding Frenzy”
June 23, 2017acquisition, Alberta Distillers, Anheuser-Busch, board, Canada, Canadian, Casamigros, Catoctin Creek, Chancery Court, Christopher Evison, Colombia, Constellation Brands, court, Dave Pickerell, Delaware, Diageo, dispute, FarmStock, George Clooney, High West, Hudson Whiskey, litigation, merger, Pernod Ricard, Raj Peter Bhakta, Rak Bhakta, sale, Santo Domingo, shares, Smooth Ambler, tequila, Tuthilltown Spirits, Vermont, Whistlepig, Wilco Faessen, William Grant & Sons0 comments
June 23, 2017 – The owners of WhistlePig Rye, the occasionally controversial but highly regarded Vermont whiskey distiller and bottler, have dec...
Diageo Names New Finance Chief20151005221630
Diageo Names New Finance Chief
October 5, 2015ADT, CEO, CFO, chief financial officer, Continental Airlines, Deirdre Mahlan, Diageo, executive, Ivan Menezes, Kathryn Mikells, Larry Schwartz, merger, UAL, United Airlines, Xerox0 comments
October 5, 2015 – Diageo has completed a shuffling of its executive ranks with the appointment of Kathryn Mikells as the drinks giant’s ne...
Episode 528: April 4, 201520150405000206
Episode 528: April 4, 2015
April 5, 20152 Gingers, Aarhus, acquisition, airport, Angel's Envy, Angel's Share Brands, Ann Griese, Ardbeg, Austria, Bacardi, Baillie Nicol Jarvie, Benetton, Bermuda, Brown-Forman, Bruichladdich, China, Compass Box, Denmark, Dewar's, Diageo, Dufry, duty free, economy, Edizione, exports, George Dickel, Glasgow Distillery Company, Glenmorangie, Half Barrel Bar, Handcraft Festival, Highlanders Bar, HM Revenue & Customs, House, inventory, investors, Islay, Jack Daniel's, John Glaser, Karl Maynard, Kyle Henderson, lawmakers, legislation, legislature, Lincoln Henderson, Loretto, Louisville Distilling Company, Maker's Mark, merger, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Octomore, Paul Miles, peat, Petr Hosek, Prometheus, Rochester, sale, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, Scotch Whisky Association, Seattle, Senate, shares, Singapore, Spirit of Speyside Festival, SWA, Switzerland, Tennessee, Tennessee Whiskey, The Glenmorangie Company, The Vaults, trade, travel retail, value, Vienna, volatility, volume, Wes Henderson, Westland, whisky bars, World Duty Free, World of Whiskies0 comments
Bacardi took a step into the Bourbon business this week with its acquisition of Angel’s Share Brands, the parent company of Angel’s Envy B...
Episode 527: March 28, 201520150328230240
Episode 527: March 28, 2015
March 28, 2015@Scalias_boner, acquisition, Adolph Rupp, adventure, adviser, anniversary, Ardbeg, Armoirk, attorney, auction, Award, Bardstown, basketball, Beam Suntory, bedtime stories, bids, board, bottling, California, Carole Andreen-Harris, Center for Academic and Tutorial Services, charity, Churchill Downs, class action, Clermont, Cleveland Whiskey, coach, collecting, commemorative, Compass Box, construction, Coxs Creek, culture, deal, death, defendant, Diageo, Drammie Awards, Drammies, Echlinville, economic, economic development, English Whisky Company, Feckin, Forged Oak, ForWhiskeyLovers.com, founder, Four Roses, Fourth Street Live, France, Fred Minnick, Glenfarclas, Hedonism Quindecimus, horse racing, information, interviews, investment, Ireland, Irish, Islay, J. Cobliegh, James Nelstrop, Japan, Jeffrey David, Jennifer Bramseth, Jim Beam, Jim Cherwinski, jobs, John Grant, Keeneland, Ken Goldenberg, Kentucky Bourbon Festival, Kentucky Derby, Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority, Laphroaig, Lawson, lawsuit, lawyer, Linda Harrison, Louisville, Maker's 46 Mile, Maker's Mark, Mark Williams, McTears, merger, news, Northern Ireland, Orphan Barrel, painting, peat bog, Peat Monster, Perpetuum, photo, Phyl Divine, plaintiff, Prime Minister, retail, Shane Braniff, Shinzō Abe, St. Feckin, Steven Sawtelle, Suntory, Takeshi Niinami, Thoroughbred, Tito's, Tokyo, Tom Lix, Torii, Travel, Twitter, University of Kentucky, Urban Stillhouse, voting, Woodford Reserve, Wyoming0 comments
Suntory Holdings CEO Takeshi Niinami is one of Japan’s leading business executives. He’s the first CEO from outside the founding Torii fa...
Episode 501: October 11, 201420141012004602
Episode 501: October 11, 2014
October 12, 2014"Alt Whiskeys", 500th, acquisition, Alistair Abbott, American Spirit, Andrew Rankin, Arran, Artesian, author, Balcones, Balvenie, bar, Barrell Bourbon, bartender, Beam Suntory, Benrinnes, book, Brora, Canada, chart, Chip Tate, Chris Ratliff, classic malts, Clynelish, cocktail, Colin Dunn, collecting, collective, contempt, corporate, Corsair, court, craft distilling, Darek Bell, David Stewart, Deerfield, Dewar's, Diageo, Difford's, Douglas Crawford, drinks, Drinks International, Dunedin, executive, Fire Water, flood, geek, George Grant, Glen Deveron, Glenfarclas, Glenrothes, Gourmet, graph, Groningen, hearing, Heathrow, Henk Seine, Iain McCallum, investing, investors, James Rodewald, Jim Beveridge, Jim Meyer, Joe Beatrice, John Walker & Sons, Johnnie Walker, Jon Birkbeck, judge, Keith, label, Lagavulin, Langham, lawsuit, London, Louis Royer, Macduff, Machrie Moor, Manhattan, Masters Collection, memories, merger, Mike Keiller, milestone, mixologist, Morrison Bowmore, Mozart Distillerie, Netherlands, New York City, New Zealand Whisky Company, Pam Witzinger, pinot noir, Port Ellen, Private Collection, raft, rankings, recipe, rescue, restraining order, River Isla, Sam Simmons, sentence, sentencing, Simon Brooking, smoke, social media, Sonoma-Cutrer, Special Releases, Speyside, Strathmill, Sukhinder Singh, Tap, Tap 357, Texas, The Dead Rabbit, The Whisky Exchange, The Whisky Show, Tokyo, transition, travel retail, Tun 1401, Tun 1509, vintage, Waco, wedding, Whisky Festival Noord Nederland, Woodford Reserve, World of Whiskies, World Whisky Day1 comment
This week, we’ll look at the growth of craft distilling through the eyes of veteran drinks writer James Rodewald and distiller Darek Bell. Rodew...
Morrison Bowmore Execs Departing As Beam Suntory Takes Control20141009160811
Morrison Bowmore Execs Departing As Beam Suntory Takes Control
October 9, 2014acquisition, Beam Suntory, Deerfield, executive, Glasgow, Iain McCallum, John McLaren, Louis Royer, Matt Shattock, merger, Mike Keiller, Morrison Bowmore, Mozart Distillerie, Simon Brooking, Tokyo0 comments
October 9, 2014 – 14-year Morrison Bowmore veteran Mike Keiller has stepped down as the company’s chief executive in the wake of the Scotl...
Campari Completes Forty Creek Acquisition20140603142605
Campari Completes Forty Creek Acquisition
June 3, 2014acquisition, Averna, Beam Suntory, Campari, deal, Evolution, Forty Creek, Grimsby, John Hall, merger, Morrison Bowmore, Ontario, Suntory0 comments
June 3, 2014 – As expected, Gruppo Campari has completed its acquisition of John Hall’s Forty Creek Distillery in Grimsby, Ontario…a...
Episode 488: July 18, 2014