Boom Days for Bourbon (Episode 644: June 4, 2017)20170604143251
Boom Days for Bourbon (Episode 644: June 4, 2017)
Mark GillespieJune 4, 20171792 Bourbon, Al Young, American Epic Sessions, anniversary, Ardbeg, Ardbeg Committee, auction, Austria, author, auto racing, Bardstown, Barton, Bernie Taupin, bill, blogger, blues, book, Bourbon, Bourbon Heritage Center, British Airways, Carla Carlton, debate, Douglas Laing & Co., Elton John, experiment, farm, Feis Ice, festival bottling, foam, Four Roses, Garryana, governor, Heaven Hill, heirloom corn, Houston, Indianapolis 500, International Space Station, Islay, Islay Festival of Malt & Music, Jack White, Japan, Jill-Ann Stolley Vick, Jim Murray, Joel Harrison, Karuizawa, Kelpie, Kentucky, Kentucky Bourbon, Kentucky Bourbon Affair, Kentucky Bourbon Hall of Fame, Kentucky Distillers Association, Klaus Doblmann, Kwikpac, legislation, legislature, Limited Edition Small Batch, Louisville, Lydia Calhooligan, Marquess Series, Matt Bevin, Matt Hofmann, motorsports, music, Neil Ridley, Noh, Number One Drinks Company, Pacific Northwest. Scotch Whisky, packaging, PBS, plant, recording, Remarkable Regional Malts, Reserve 101, retailers, Robert Mark, Rock Oyster, Sazerac, Seattle, Sir Douglas Murray, song, Space, statehood, Takuma Sato, tasting, The Bourbon Babe, The Murray, The Sun, Timorous Beastie, Tullibardine, Two Fingers of Whiskey, Voice O Graph, Washington, weather balloon, Westland, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Bible, Wilderness Trail1 comment
Bourbon’s growing global profile is at its highest in decades, and that’s good news in Kentucky. Even though Bourbon can be made anywhere ...
Japanese Whiskies Dominate Bonhams Hong Kong Auction20150207161511
Japanese Whiskies Dominate Bonhams Hong Kong Auction
Mark GillespieFebruary 7, 2015Aces, auction, Bonhams, Brora, cards, collecting, collectors, Glenfiddich, Hanyu, Hong Kong, Ichiro Akuto, Japan, Joker, Karuizawa, Kings, Lalique, Macallan, Noh, Number One Drinks Company, Pappy Van Winkle, Port Ellen, Rosebank, St. Magdalene, Tokyo, Whisky Live, Yamazaki0 comments
February 7, 2015 – While two rare Macallan single malts led the overall bidding, Japanese whiskies dominated the action at Bonhams’ latest...
Wealth Solutions Teams Up With Gordon & MacPhail On 1948 Glen Grant20140513135032
Wealth Solutions Teams Up With Gordon & MacPhail On 1948 Glen Grant
Mark GillespieMay 13, 2014collecting, collectors, Elgin, Generations, Glen Grant, Glenfarclas, Glenlivet, Gordon & MacPhail, investment, Karuizawa, Michael Urquhart, Mortlach, Number One Drinks Company, Poland, Queen Elizabeth, Warsaw, Wealth Solutions, webcast0 comments
May 13, 2014 – Wealth Solutions, the Warsaw-based investment firm, has collaborated with Gordon & MacPhail on its third release of a rare si...
Episode 455: December 8, 201320131208010424
Episode 455: December 8, 2013
Mark GillespieDecember 8, 20131963, A'Bunadh, Aberlour, American Forests, Anchorman, Ardbeg, Arkansas, auction, awards, Ballantine's, Balvenie, Billy Walker, Brasil, Brazil, Buffalo Trace, Cardiff, charity, Charitybuzz, Chuck Epperson, competition, Daily Dram, David Blackmore, David Cox, David Mair, Diageo, Drinkmonger, Elgin, Fab Arm, Fabien Baron, Foundation Recipe, Frank Sinatra, Franklin County, George Dickel, GlenDronach, Glenglassaugh, Glenmorangie, Gordon & MacPhail, Highland Park, Icons of Whisky, investigation, Ireland, Jack Daniel's, Jamie Cobleigh, Jamieson Cobliegh, Jon Birkbeck, judging, Karuizawa, Kavalan, Keith Wood, Lalique, Laphroaig, law, lawmakers, legislation, Little Rock, Macallan, Macallan M, Malt Maniacs, Mickey Heads, Mortlach, movie, Number One Drinks Company, Oliver Klimek, Pappy Van Winkle, Pat Melton, Patricia Retson, Phil Brandon, reward, Riviera Imports, Rock Town, Ron Burgundy, Royal Mile Whiskies, Rye, Sean Phillips, Sheriff, Sinatra, Sinatra Select, Solist, Teeling, Tennessee Whiskey, Toulouse, unaged, Wales, warehouse, Wee Witchie, Wee Wizard, Whisky Magazine, white whisky, William Grant & Sons0 comments
The Malt Maniacs announced the results of the 11th annual Malt Maniacs Whisky Awards this week, and a 1973 Karuizawa single cask from Japan ended Glen...
Karuizawa Takes Top Honors in Malt Maniacs Awards20131203112837
Karuizawa Takes Top Honors in Malt Maniacs Awards
Mark GillespieDecember 3, 2013A'Bunadh, Aberlour, awards, competition, Family Casks, GlenDronach, Glenfarclas, Japan, Karuizawa, Kavalan, La Maison du Whisky, Malt Maniacs, Number One Drinks Company, Solist, Yamazaki0 comments
December 3, 2013 – A Karuizawa single malt from Number One Drinks Company has ended GlenDronach’s three-year streak of top honors in the 1...
Japan’s Chichibu Distillery Adds Cooperage20130819174540
Japan’s Chichibu Distillery Adds Cooperage
Mark GillespieAugust 19, 2013Chichibu, cooperage, Hanyu, Ichiro Akuto, Ichiro's Malt, Japan, Number One Drinks Company0 comments
August 19, 2013 – Maverick Japanese distiller Ichiro Akuto has added a new cooperage to his Chichibu Distillery in Saitama Prefecture north of T...
Polish Whisky Lovers Get Oldest Karuizawa Single Cask20130220193415
Polish Whisky Lovers Get Oldest Karuizawa Single Cask
Mark GillespieFebruary 20, 2013Chichibu, Glenfarclas, Japan, Karuizawa, Marcin Miller, Number One Drinks Company, Poland, Wealth Solutions0 comments
The oldest known whisky from the now-closed Karuizawa Distillery in Japan has been bottled exclusively for customers of a Polish wealth management fir...
Episode 409: January 26, 201320130126005233
Episode 409: January 26, 2013
Mark GillespieJanuary 26, 201312 Grain, Age of Discovery, awards, Balvenie, Beam, blooper, Brian Glenn, Brown-Forman, Calvert, China, Cooper's Choice, Corsair, counterfeit, Daniel Olofsson, Darek Bell, David Stewart, Diageo, dissertation, environment, George Dickel, Georgina Bell, Glenfiddich, Glenn Todd, Hotel Grand Pacific, Insane in the Grain, Jack Daniel's, John Hansell, John Lunn, Karuizawa, Kensington Wine Market, lawsuit, Lochside, Louisville, Luxco, nose, nosing, Number One Drinks Company, Rebel Yell, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, Scotch Whisky Association, SMWS, Stitzel-Weller, SWA, tasting, The Whisky Exchange, Tun 1401, Victoria, Whisky Advocate0 comments
Georgina Bell is part of a new generation of whisky connoisseurs, and is already making her place in the whisky industry as an ambassador for the Scot...
Episode 390: September 22, 201220120922004736
Episode 390: September 22, 2012
Mark GillespieSeptember 22, 20121957, Aria, Asahi, auction, awards, Beam, Benromach, Bernie Lubbers, Binny's, Bonhams, Bowmore, Brendan Buckley, Brown-Forman, Burgundy Cask, charity, Colton, Corsair, Dave Broom, David Blackmore, David Bowman, David McLeod, Des McCaugherty, Edradour, Four Roses, France, Gable Erenzo, Glann ar Mor, Glenlivet 70, Glenmorangie, Glenrothes, Gordon & MacPhail, Greg Davis, Hammer Head, Harvies, Heaven Hill, Highland Park, Hunter, Icons, Irish Distillers, Japan, Jean Donnay, Jeff Weber, Jose Cervio, Julio's, Karuizawa, Kentucky, Kentucky Bourbon Festival, Laura Davies, Lynne Grant, Maker's Mark, Marcin Miller, Michael Urquhart, Nimrod Rosenblatt, Number One Drinks Company, Paris, Park Avenue Liquor Shop, Penderyn, pinot noir, Purple Valley Imports, Redbreast, Sassicaia, Serge Valentin, Speyside, Stock Spirits, Suntory, Tuthilltown, Vancouver, Whisky Live, Whisky Magazine, Yellow Spot0 comments
This week, we’re catching up with old friends and on new whiskies. After two full weeks on the road, there was much more to talk about than what...
Episode 342: November 6, 201120111106005000
Episode 342: November 6, 2011
Mark GillespieNovember 6, 2011Antarctica, auction, Balblair, Black Barrel, Blended Malt, charity, Chichibu, Compass Box, distillery, documentary, Glenfarclas, Glengoyne, Glenmorangie, Hanyu, Highland, history, Iain McCallum, Ichiro Akuto, Jameson, Japan, Japanese, John Glaser, Last Vatted Malt, MacKinlay, Malt, Master of Malt, McTears, Movember, Number One Drinks Company, Ouita Michel, Rachel Barrie, Richard Paterson, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, Shackleton, single malt, SMWS, storytelling, Vatted Malt, Victoria Whisky Festival0 comments
Ichiro Akuto is a maverick among Japanese whisky distillers, creating traditional whiskies with a style that’s anything but traditional. When hi...