Episode 517: January 18, 201520150119014546
Episode 517: January 18, 2015
Mark GillespieJanuary 19, 2015@DrinkBC, @whiskeywhynot, acquisition, Alliance Global, Alness, American, Andrew Tan, Beth Havers, blend, British Columbia, Campbeltown, Canada, Canadian, Canadian Whisky Awards, Collingwood, competition, construction, Corby, Craigdarroch, Dalmore, Dave Alcock, Davin de Kergommeaux, Diageo, domestic, Don Kerr, Don Livermore, Dramalista, environment, farewell tour, Fettercairn, flavored, flavored whiskey, Forty Creek, Glenfiddich, Glenmorangie, Gordon & MacPhail, Hazelburn, Highland Queen, Hotel Grand Pacific, Inver House, investigation, investment, James Robertson, John Spencer, judging, Jura, Justin Victor, LCBO, Liquor Control Board of Ontario, Longrow, Maker's Mark, Michael Urquhart, Michel Picard, misconceptions, Montreal, myths, Oklahoma City, Ontario, organic, Pernod Ricard, Peter Hunt, PMA, Port Ellen Maltings, press tour, Quebec, Ranald Watson, regulators, report, results, retirement, Richard Paterson, robbery, Rolling Stones, SAQ, scores, Scottish Environmental Protection Agency, SEPA, sick, Speyside, Springbank, stability, stolen, Sunday Herald, Tamnavulin, Teaninich, The Balvenie, theft, Toronto, Tullibardine, United Spirits, Victoria, Victoria Spirits, Victoria Whisky Festival, water, Whyte & Mackay, Windsor, Wiser's0 comments
In the second of our two episodes from this weekend’s Victoria Whisky Festival, we’ll catch up on more of the week’s news – in...
Chip Tate To Return To Balcones December 5, Plans To “Set Things Right”20141126133446
Chip Tate To Return To Balcones December 5, Plans To “Set Things Right”
Mark GillespieNovember 26, 2014Balcones, Chip Tate, court, David Clouston, Jared Himstedt, Jim Meyer, judge, lawsuit, mediation, Oklahoma City, PE Investors II LLC, restraining order, Texas, Waco0 comments
Editor’s note: Chip Tate and the Balcones majority owners reached a settlement December 3 in which Tate sold his 27 percent ownership stake in B...
Episode 506: November 15, 201420141116003452
Episode 506: November 15, 2014
Mark GillespieNovember 16, 20141870 Original Batch, 1984, 354, airport, Amsterdam, anCnoc, Angus MacWhisky, anniversary, apology, arrests, author, Balblair, Balcones, Balmenach, Barack Obama, Black Bottle, blender, blending, bonded warehouse, Bourbon Summit, Brown-Forman, Buffalo Trace, burglary, Burn Stewart, bylaws, Catto's, Chip Tate, Christopher Winters, Corryvreckan, court, Dave Greene, directors, Distiller's Art, Dornoch, Dornoch Castle Hotel, Douglas Laing & Co., Early Times, Early Times Kentucky Whiskey, East Kilbride, election, Eric Blair, Evgeny Vershinin, expansion, Exquisite, Facebook, George Orwell, Glasgow, Glasgow's Whisky Festival, Glenmorangie, Graham Brown, Greg Allen, Hankey Bannister, Inside Job, interview, Inver House, investors, Jeff Berlat, judge, Jura, Justin Victor, Knockdhu, Laphroaig, lawsuit, literary, Marine Conservation Society, Matt Wooler, Mitch McConnell, mystery, Nordicbarrel, novel, offend, Oklahoma City, Old Forester, Old Malt Cask, Old Pulteney, Pappy Van Winkle, PappyGate, Pat Melton, Phil Thompson, poem, poet, police, President, Republican, restraining order, River Spey, Robert Burns, ruling, Schiphol, Scottish Leader, Senate, senator, Sheriff, Simon Thompson, Spey Foundation, Speyburn, Stuart Harvey, suspects, theft, Thompson Brothers, Timorous Beastie, travel retail, warehouse, whirlpool. tuberculosis, Whiskey Row, Whisky Sponge, World Duty Free, World of Whiskies0 comments
Stuart Harvey has been the master blender for Inver House for nearly 11 years, and he’s living proof that you don’t have to be born into t...
Tate Wins Key Battle In Balcones Distilling Dispute20141114162212
Tate Wins Key Battle In Balcones Distilling Dispute
Mark GillespieNovember 14, 2014Balcones Distilling, Chip Tate, court, David Clouston, Greg Allen, investors, Jeffrey Armstrong, Jim Meyer, judge, lawsuit, Michael Rockafellow, Oklahoma City, PE Investors II LLC, restraining order, ruling0 comments
November 14, 2014 – Balcones Distilling founder Chip Tate has won a key battle in his fight with the majority investors who now control 73% of t...
Chip Tate: “I Want To Make Whiskey”20141020202853
Chip Tate: “I Want To Make Whiskey”
Mark GillespieOctober 20, 2014#ISupportChipTate, agreement, attorney, Balcones, Chip Tate, contempt, court, Fred Minnick, Go Fund Me, Greg Allen, investors, Jim Meyer, judge, lawyer, mediation, Michael Rockafellow, non-compete, Oklahoma City, PE Investors II LLC, private equity, restraining order, statement, Texas, TRO, Waco, Waco Tribune, Whisky Advocate0 comments
October 20, 2014 – With a gag order banning him from speaking publicly about the legal battle for control of Balcones Distilling lifted, Balcone...
Balcones Dispute Headed For Mediation, Gag Order Lifted20141019220440
Balcones Dispute Headed For Mediation, Gag Order Lifted
Mark GillespieOctober 19, 2014#ISupportChipTate, attorney, Balcones, Chip Tate, contempt, crowdfunding, defense fund, divorce, Fred Minnick, Go Fund Me, hearing, injunction, Jim Meyer, judge, lawsuit, lawyer, Oklahoma City, PE Investors II LLC, restraining order, sentence, Texas, Waco, Waco Tribune, Whisky Advocate0 comments
October 19, 2014 – There are new developments in the ongoing dispute between Balcones Distilling founder Chip Tate and the Oklahoma City-based i...
Balcones’ Tate Found In Contempt, Sentencing Set For October 2220141011132026
Balcones’ Tate Found In Contempt, Sentencing Set For October 22
Mark GillespieOctober 11, 2014Balcones, Chip Tate, computer, contempt, court, David Clouston, dispute, evidence, forensics, Greg Allen, investors, Jim Meyer, judge, lawsuit, Mark Gillespie, Oklahoma City, private equity, restraining order, testimony, Waco0 comments
October 11, 2014 – Embattled Balcones Distilling founder and head distiller Chip Tate is scheduled to be sentenced on October 22 after being fou...
Episode 497: September 21, 201420140921175209
Episode 497: September 21, 2014
Mark GillespieSeptember 21, 2014additive, age statement, Alex Salmond, Amontillado, Ardmore, Ardmore Legacy, Balcones, Bardstown, baseball bat, Beam Suntory, Bill Samuels Jr., Binny's, Bourbon Hall of Fame, Buffalo Trace, Buffalo Trace Antique Collection, Bulleit, Bulleit Frontier Whiskey Experience, Cairdeas, Chicago, Chip Tate, Christopher McNair, class action, Cork, court, Dave Montalvo, David Cameron, David Clouston, David Williamson, devolution, Diageo, Drew Kulsveen, Eagle Rare, Edelson, Edinburgh, Elijah Craig, Eric Burke, Explorer's Club, exports, First Minister, flavoring, Formula 1, Formula One, Four Roses, Fred Noe, Gordon Motion, Greg Allen, Greg Davis, Hall of Fame, Harlen Wheatley, hearing, Heaven Hill, Holyrood, Icons of Whisky Awards, independence, Iowa, Ireland, Jim Beam, Jim Beam Black, John Ramsay, Johnnie Walker, Julie Gorham, Julio's, KDA, Keith Kerkhoff, Kentucky, Kentucky Bourbon Festival, Kentucky Distillers Association, Knob Creek, Laphroaig, Larry Schwartz, lawsuit, lawyers, Limestone Branch, Lisa Wicker, London, Louisville, Maker's Mark, Marge Samuels, mayor, McLaren, MGP, Michter's, microdistillery, Midleton, Mirror, motorsports, Oklahoma City, Orphan Barrel, Pappy Van Winkle, Paul Beam, Pernod Ricard USA, plaintiff, Precinct No. 6, Prime Minister, racing, referendum, restraining order, Rick Edwards, Robin Burke, Scotch Whisky Association, Scotland, Scott Bush, Scottish National Party, Sherry Conner, Shively, St. George Spirits, Steve Beam, Stitzel-Weller, sugar whiskey, SWA, talks, Tax & Trade Bureau, taxes, Templeton Rye, Texas, The Glenrothes, The Whisky Show, Tom Bulleit, tourism, trade, trademark, Traditional Cask, Travel, Treasury Department, TTB, Tullamore, Tullamore Dew, US1, Victoria MacRae-Samuels, visitors, vote, Waco, Westminster, Whisky Magazine, Willett, William Grant & Sons, Willie Pratt0 comments
It’s Kentucky Bourbon Festival week, and there’s a lot of news coming out of Bourbon Country these days. Thousands of Bourbon lovers desce...
Episode 483: June 13, 201420140613222449
Episode 483: June 13, 2014
Mark GillespieJune 13, 201424 Hours of Whisky, Aberdeenshire, Alix Dunn, ambassador, Anchorman, Andy Flatt, Ardbeg, Ardbeg Day, auto racing, Balblair, bar, BBC News, beer keg, Bunnahabhain, Burns, Caol Ila, Cardiff, China, cigar, co-driver, Crown Royal, Dallas, Dalwhinnie, David Blackmore, Diageo, Dickel, Downing Street Pub, Elements of Islay, explosion, films, fire, forklift, Fred Minnick, GlenDronach, Glenglassaugh, Glenmorangie, Grandeur, Great Odin's Raven, Hollywood, hospital, Houston, Ian Macleod Distillers, J.R. Ewing, Japan, Jeff Berlat, Jeff Thurmon, Jon Birkbeck, Keith Bell, Kilchoman, Laphroaig, lawsuit, Le Mans, Louisville, Maker's Mark, makeshift, Moore, movies, New Jersey, Norway, Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, pallet, Passion Vines, photo, police, regulators, Ron Burgundy, Shelby County, Somers Point, Southfork, Speciality Drinks, stills, Stitzel-Weller, Strong Spirits, Sukhinder Singh, Taipei, Taiwan, Tennessee, Tennessee Alcohol Beverage Commission, The Fat Trout, The Whisky Exchange, theft, tornado, Travel, Twister, visitors center, vodka, Wales, Whisky Advocate0 comments
David Blackmore spends most of his year on the road as the brand ambassador for Glenmorangie and Ardbeg, and was in Taipei for Ardbeg Day 2014 in what...