Whiskies From a Land Down Under (Episode 781: August 19, 2019)20190821111733
Whiskies From a Land Down Under (Episode 781: August 19, 2019)
Mark GillespieAugust 21, 2019abuse, acquisition, Alberta, allegations, assault, Australia, Baudonia, Bill Lark, black mold, Black Velvet, blog, Bonnybridge, brownies, Bulleit Bourbon, Canada, Canadian Whisky, Clay Whittaker, Conor McGregor, court, David Vitale, Diageo, distilling, Dublin, Edinburgh, fungus, Gail Chambers, Gary Harris-Newsham, Heaven Hill, Hellyers Road, Hobart, Hollis Bulleit, Hollis Worth, Ireland, Irish Whiskey, Iron House, Josh Hafer, Lark Distillery, lawsuit, lawyer, Lethbridge, Levenmouth, Lexington Herald-Leader, Mark Littler, Melbourne, mixed martial arts, Nick Turner, Overeem, Patrick Maguire, podcast, police, Proper No. Twelve, pub, punch, Scotland, single malt, Starward, Sullivan's Cove, Tasman Whisky, Tasmania, Tasmania Distillery, Tasmanian Whisky Week, Tassie, Ted Matthews, The Spirits Business, Thomas Chambers, Tom Bulleit, UFC, video, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Waffle0 comments
This time around, we’re in Australia as Tasmania’s distillers wrap up the third annual Tasmanian Whisky Week. It’s been 27 years sin...
Celebrating the Spirit of Speyside (Episode 635: April 2, 2017)20170402140734
Celebrating the Spirit of Speyside (Episode 635: April 2, 2017)
Mark GillespieApril 2, 2017@ForzaUnion, @OldBurbonGangsta, @TeresaDeck81, #trypod, 100% Islay, A.D. Laws, airport, Amarone, Amazon, ambassador, Andy Rieger, anniversary, Anthony Wills, Arran, Article 50, Artist's Blend, Australia, Australian Whisky Holdings, Bainbridge, Balblair, Battle Point, Beam, Beam Suntory, Ben & Jerry's, BenRiach, Benromach, Bernard Walsh, bill, Bill Lark, Birmingham, Bladnoch, Bond & Lillard, Brexit, Brian, buyout, Campari America, Canada, Canadian Club, Canadian Club Heritage Centre, Carlow, CBC News, Celtic Whiskey Shop, chairman, Chichibu, Chris Malcolm, Colorado, Compass Box, competition, Cooley, court order, craft distillers, Craigellachie, Dail, David G, delivery, dissertation, Drew Dilkens, Dublin, Eclipx, editor, England, English Whisky Company, EU, European Union, exports, farm gate, Federal Court of Australia, Feis Ile, First Minister, Flaming Heart, Forty Creek, free movement, Fuji-Gotemba, George S. Grant, Glenfarclas, Gooderam & Worts, Grant's, Great Britain, Great King Street, Green Label, Hall of Fame, Heathrow, Hibiki, Highland Park, Hiram Walker Distillery, Hopped, Hubris, ice cream, Imperial, independence, India, investigation, investors, Ireland, Irish Whiskey Association, Ironroot Republic, Islay, Isle of Arran, J. Rieger & Co., J.P. Wiser's, Jacob Rieger, James Campbell, John Distilleries, John Hall, Johnnie Walker, Jota Tanaka, JP Wiser's, Julie Hesketh-Laird, Julio's Liquors, Kansas City, Karen Betts, Keith Batt, Kentucky, Kilchoman, Kirin, Knob Creek, La Maison du Whisky, labels, Lark Distillery, Lawrenceburg, legislation, licensing, liens, Lifetime Achievement, Lisa Ryan, Lisbon Treaty, Loch Gorm, London, Macallan, Malt 'n Rye, managing editor, Margaret Batt, Massachusetts, Master of Malt, Matsuri, Matt Jones, mayor, Missouri, Monogram, Morocco, Nant, negotiations, Nicola Sturgeon, Noel Sweeney, Ontario, Overeem, Paris, Parliament, Paul John, Percy Hatfield, Pernod Ricard, podcasting, podcasts, police, politics, Powerscourt, Prime Minister, private cask, receiver, Redbreast, Redlands, referendum, retailer, Rieger, Rivals, Rob Allanson, Rupert Wheeler, Sassicaia, Scale, Scotch Whisky Association, Scotland, Seattle, securities, shares, Single Marrying Cask, Speyside, Spirit of Speyside Festival, stake, Steph, Stuart Wilson, Suntory, Suzanne Redmond, Suzi Redmond, SWA, Talia, tariffs, Tasmania, Teaninich, Teresa Deck, The Glenrothes, The Norfolk, theft, Theresa May, Tim Herlihy, tourism, trade, travel retail, Tullamore D.E.W., Tullamore Dew, UK, Urban Bourbon, Val, Victoria MacRae-Samuels, vintage, Walsh Whiskey Company, Waterford, West Midlands Police, whiskey, Whiskey Barons Collection, whisky, Whisky Magazine, Wigtown, Wild Turkey, William Grant & Sons, Windsor, Wine 2 5, Wine Merchants Collection, Wine Two Five, World of Whiskies, World Whiskies Awards, writer1 comment
There will be music, food, and of course, plenty of whisky on hand during the Spirit of Speyside Festival coming up at the end of this month in Scotla...
The Top Whisky Stories of 2016…And a Look Ahead20161230053102
The Top Whisky Stories of 2016…And a Look Ahead
Mark GillespieDecember 30, 20162016, acquisition, analysis, Australian Whisky Holdings, Beam Suntory, BenRiach, Bernard Walsh, Booker's, boycott, Brexit, Brown-Forman, Bushmills, Constellation Brands, County Carlow, Diageo, Donald Trump, DSP, Dublin, economy, European Union, exports, foreign policy, Great Northern Distillery, High West, imports, Irish Distillers, Irish Whiskey, Irish Whiskey Association, Japan, Japan Society, Jim Beam, John Little, John Teeling, Lark, lifestyle venture, Mark Brown, Matt Shattock, Michael Collins, Nant Distillery, Old Jameson Distillery, Olympics, Overeem, Paddy, peak craft, Peak Oil, Peak Whisky, Pernod Ricard, Popcorn Sutton, premiumization, President, Prime Minister, private equity, Redlands, regulations, renovation, sales, Sazerac, Seattle, shakeout, Smooth Ambler, Sullivan's Cove, tariffs, Tasmania Distillery, Tax & Trade Bureau, taxes, Technavio, Tennessee, The Last Drop, Theresa May, Tokyo, tourism, trade, Treasury Department, Trump Administration, TTB, Tullamore D.E.W., Utah, venture capital, Walsh Whiskey Distillery, Westland Distillery, World Trade Organization, WTO, year in review0 comments
December 30, 2016 – Every year is defined by the stories that shape it, for better or worse. Here’s our look at the stories that shaped th...
Australia’s Tasmania Distillery, Sullivan’s Cove Whisky Sold20161218192641
Australia’s Tasmania Distillery, Sullivan’s Cove Whisky Sold
Mark GillespieDecember 18, 2016Adam Sable, Australia, Australian Whisky Holdings, bankruptcy, Bladnoch, David Prior, Keith Batt, Lark, Nant Distillery, Nant Group, Overeem, Patrick Maguire, private equity, Pure Scot, Redlands, Sullivan's Cove, Tasmania, Tasmania Distillery, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Magazine, World Whiskies Awards0 comments
December 18, 2016 – Australia’s leading malt whisky distiller has been sold, with a family-controlled group acquiring the Tasmania Distill...
Episode 594: June 18, 201620160619002026
Episode 594: June 18, 2016
Mark GillespieJune 19, 201628/10 Whisky Club, Aberlour, Adam Spiegel, airport, Alasdair Day, Allisa Henley, Australia, Benoit Bailey, Bill Lark, Black Truffle Rye, blending, Busch Gardens, California, Canada, Canadian Whisky, Cherry wood, Colonial Williamsburg, Copper Fox, Creative Whisky Company, David Stirk, Diageo, Distillery Reserve, Douglas Laing & Co., Eddie Russell, Extra Old Particular, frequent flyer, Garryana, Geoff Regan, George Dickel, Girvan, Glasgow, Grant's, Hellyers Road, Highlands & Islands Enterprise, Hobart, House of Commons, Invergorden, Isle of Raasay, J.C. Phaneuf, Jane Overeem, Jewish Whisky Company, John Lunn, Joshua Hatton, Ken Goldenberg, lab, Lark, Matt Hofmann, Miles & More, moving, Nova Scotia, Old Particular, Overeem, Patrick Maguire, Perigord, politics, Port Dundas, R&B Distillers, Richard Paterson, Rick Wassmund, samples, Scotland, senator, Single Cask Nation, single grain, Sonoma County Distilling, Speaker's Selection, Sperryville, Star Alliance, storage, Swiss Airlines, Switzerland, Tasmania, Tasmania Distillery, Tasmania Whisky Week, Travel, truffle, Virginia, Westland, whisky bar, Whisky Jewbilee, Whyte & Mackay, Wild Turkey, Williamsburg, Zurich0 comments
Moving is one of those things that no one really enjoys…let alone when one has to move hundreds of rare whisky samples to a new home. Whyte &...
Episode 461: January 17, 201420140118030256
Episode 461: January 17, 2014
Mark GillespieJanuary 18, 2014Adam Edwards, Alberta Distillers, Alex Luxenberg, Allied Domecq, Ardbeg, Beam, Bill Ackman, Bill Lark, Bill Newlands, Bill Ricker, Bowmore, British Columbia, Buffalo Trace, Campari, Canada, Canadian Whisky, Casey Overeem, Clynelish, cognac, Corby, Crown Royal, Dave Weaver, Devil's cask, Diageo, Diamonds, download, Evan Williams, Fortune Brands, Forty Creek, Four Roses, Glen Ord, golden ticket, Heart of Gold, Heaven Hill, hedge fund, Hiram Walker, Hobart, Jane Overeem, Japanese, Japanese flag, Jeff Weber, Jim Beam, Jim Rutledge, Jimmy Russell, John Hall, Kentucky Bourbon Affair, Kentucky Distillers Association, Kirin, Knob Creek, konichiwa, Laphroaig, Lark, Lark Distillery, lawsuit, Limousin, Lot No. 40, Louisville, Lyn Lark, Maker's Mark, Masterson's, Matthew T, merger, Morrison Bowmore, Old Hobart, Overeem, Pernod Ricard, private equity, Rachel Barrie, Richard Zeller, Rising Sun, Sazerac, Scott Hartig, shareholder, Suntory, Tasmania, Victoria, Victoria Whisky Festival, Wild Turkey, William Ackman, xenophobia, XO0 comments
This is the first of two episodes from this weekend’s Victoria Whisky Festival in British Columbia, where Canadian whisky was featured on openin...
Australian Distillers Lark & Old Hobart Merge20140112231546
Australian Distillers Lark & Old Hobart Merge
Mark GillespieJanuary 12, 2014Australia, Bill Lark, Casey Overeem, Hobart, Jane Overeem, Lark, Lyn Lark, Old Hobart, Overeem, Tasmania, Troy Trewin0 comments
January 13, 2014 – Two of Australia’s leading whisky distillers are joining forces, as the investor group that acquired a majority stake i...