Heaven Hill Expands Into Canada with $266 Million Black Velvet Acquisition20190813115555
Heaven Hill Expands Into Canada with $266 Million Black Velvet Acquisition
Mark GillespieAugust 13, 2019acquisition, Admiral Nelson's Rum, Alberta, Alberta Liquor & Gaming Commission, Alexandre Ricard, Bill Newlands, Black Velvet, blender, Canadian Whisky, Canadian Whisky Awards, Canadian Whisky: The Portable Expert, CanadianWhisky.org, Carolans, Christian Brothers Brandy, Constellation Brands, Danfield's, Davin de Kergommeaux, deal, Deep Eddy Vodka, Diageo, Elijah Craig, Evan Williams, Firestone & Robertson, Grand Metropolitan, Gruppo Campari, Guinness, Heaven Hill, Josh Hafer, Kentucky, Lethbridge, Lunazul Tequila, OFC, Palliser, Pernod Ricard, Pikesville Rye, Quebec, Rabbit Hole Distilling, regulatory approval, Schenley, Schenley's Golden Wedding, Texas, transaction, Valleyfield, Vicky Miller, whiskey, whisky, Wild Turkey0 comments
August 13, 2019 – Heaven Hill Brands has agreed to acquire Black Velvet, the #2 selling Canadian Whisky brand, from Constellation Brands. The de...
Trade Disputes Lead to a “Whisky Summit” in Louisville (Episode 716: July 29, 2018)20180729211127
Trade Disputes Lead to a “Whisky Summit” in Louisville (Episode 716: July 29, 2018)
Mark GillespieJuly 29, 2018. Life Without Bars, @drmattdreamboat, @yerssot, American Craft Spirits Association, Aoife Clarke, Australia, Basil Hayden's. 2X2 Rye, Beam Suntory, Belgium, Blue Label, Bourbon, Brexit, Brian Kinsman, Brussels, Bushmills, Canada, cancer, Casa Cuervo, China, Chris Liro, Cowie's Blue Seal, Craft Spirits Bill, Dail, David Wondrich, Denmark, Diageo, Distiller's Dram, Donald Trump, Dublin, Eddie Russell, Edinburgh, Edrington, Einar, Elsie Escobar, Eric Gregory, EU, European Commission, European Union, Evan Williams Bourbon Experience, Evan Williams Master's Blend, Experimental Series, export, Fire and Cane, Frazier History Museum, Ghost & Rare, Glenfarclas, Glenfiddich, Glenrothes, Gordon Motion, Grant, Guinness, Harald, health labels, High West, Highland Park, import, Ireland, Irish Spirits Association, Jan Westcott, Japan, Japan Spirits & Liqueurs Producers Makers Association, Jason Craig, Jean-Claude Juncker, Jim Beveridge, Johnnie Walker, Jun Tanaka, Karen Betts, Kentucky, Kentucky Distillers Association, lawyer, Life Behind Bars, Louisville, Loyalty of the Wolf, Margie Lehrman, Master's Keep 1894, Matt Baglole, Mexico, Mike Joachim, Mitch Bechard, Mortlach, New Orleans, Noah Rothbaum, Old Overholt, Philadelphia, Pikesville Rye, podcast movement, podcasters, Port Ellen, President, prison, Public Health (Alcohol) Bill, resolution, Roe & Co., Royal Mile Whiskies, Rye, Sarah Dickson, Scotch Whisky Association, Scotch Whisky Experience, Scotland, Sean MacCready, souvenir, Spirit of Collaboration Summit, Spirit of the Bear, Spirits Canada, SpiritsEUROPE, St. James's Gate, summit, Svein, Tales of the Cocktail, Tales of the Cocktail Foundation, tariffs, The Last Drop, trade, trade war, travel retail, turkey, Valkyrie, W.L. Weller, W9, warning label, Warrior Series, Washington, Wee Witchie, whiskey, Whiskey Row, whisky, White House, Wild Turkey, Wings of the Eagle, Yippee Ki-Yay0 comments
Global trade has helped the whisky industry expand massively over the last two decades. With the ongoing trade dispute between the US and its key trad...
Podcasters Tasting Whiskies? Rye Not!20180728202137
Podcasters Tasting Whiskies? Rye Not!
Mark GillespieJuly 28, 2018auto racing, Beam, Chris Liro, Elsie Escobar, Heaven Hill, Heil Sound, High West, IndyCar, Libsyn, Mike Joachim, motorsports, Old Overholt, Philadelphia, philanthropy podcast, Pikesville Rye, Pit Lane Parley, podcast, podcast movement, Rye Whiskey, scuba diving, Sean MacCready, Talkshoe, whiskey, whisky, Yippee Ki-Yay0 comments
We’ve assembled a panel of podcasters and a longtime WhiskyCast listener for this Tasting Panel session recorded on location at the Podcast Move...
Episode 581: March 19, 201620160319235701
Episode 581: March 19, 2016
Mark GillespieMarch 19, 2016A Glass Apart, Abraham Bowman, Alex Chasko, ambassador, Ardbeg, Ardbeg Committee, Arran, Ashok Chokalingam, Australia, author, Balcones, BenRiach, Bernheim Original, Bernie Lubbers, Bill Lumsden, Billy Walker. Utah, Bourbon, Brenne, Brian Kinsman, budget, Celtic Whiskey Shop, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Changi, Château Léoville Barton, cognac, Colorado, Cooley, corn Bourbon, Corn Whiskey, Craig Beam, Dark Cove, Denny Potter, Denver, DFS Group, Douglas Laing & Co., Dublin, duties, Exile Casks, Feis Ile, Fergal Murray, Fionnán O'Connor, France, Fuji-Gotemba, George Osborne, Gifted Horse, Glen Alba, Glenmorangie, Glenturret, Gooderham & Worts, Great Northern Distillery, Green Spot, Guinness, Hall of Fame, Harold Currie, Heaven Hill, Hibiki, High West, historian, Hudson Baby Bourbon, Icons of Whisky Awards, independent bottling, Inver House, Ireland, Irish, Islay Festival of Malt & Music, Joel Harrison-Grier, John Quinn, John Teeling, Josh Hafer, Kavalan, Kentucky, King Car, Knob Creek, Koichi Inatomi, Koichi Nishikawa, La Maison du Whisky, Lagg, Laphroaig, Legion D'Honneur, Lidl, light whiskey, Margaret Mary Clarke, Master of Malt, MGP, Neil Ridley, Nikka, Old Pulteney, Old Scout, Orphan Barrel, Parker Beam, Paul Currie, Pennsylvania, Pierre Weydert, Pikesville Rye, Pioneer Spirit, Sainsbury's, Sarah Mytych, Scotch, Scotch Whisky Association, Simon Brooking, Singapore, Smoked Maple, Smooth Ambler, Solist, sourced, Steve Ryan, Stuart Cassells, Suntory, SWA, Switzerland, taxes, Teeling Whiskey, The Famous Grouse Experience, The Lakes Distillery, Tom Diana, Tomatin, True Blue, Tullamore D.E.W., Westland, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Magazine, Wick, William Grant & Sons, World War I, World Whiskies Awards0 comments
After two years of victories for Pacific Rim whiskies, a single malt Scotch is back on top of the World Whiskies Awards. Old Pulteney’s 1989 Vin...
Heaven Hill Named World Distiller of the Year in Icons of Whisky Awards20160318104018
Heaven Hill Named World Distiller of the Year in Icons of Whisky Awards
Mark GillespieMarch 18, 2016airport, Amrut, Ardbeg, Ashok Chokalingam, awards, Bernheim Original Wheat, Bernie Lubbers, Bill Lumsden, Brown-Forman, Celtic Whiskey Shop, Changi, Chris Morris, Cooley, Craig Beam, Denny Potter, DFS Group, Douglas Laing & Co., Dublin, Glenmorangie, Glenturret, global, Great Northern Distillery, Hall of Fame, Heaven Hill, Icons of Whisky, Ireland, John Quinn, John Teeling, Josh Hafer, Kentucky, Koichi Inatomi, Koichi Nishikawa, La Maison du Whisky, Laphroaig, Lifetime Achievement, London, Master of Malt, Max Shapira, New York City, Nikka, Paris, Parker Beam, Parker's Heritage Collection, Pikesville Rye, Sainsbury's, Scotland, Seattle, Simon Brooking, Singapore, Stuart Cassells, Suntory, Teeling Whiskey Company, The Famous Grouse Experience, Tomatin, travel retail, Tullamore D.E.W., Westland, whiskey, Whiskies & Spirits Conference, whisky, Whisky Live London, Whisky Magazine, Yoichi0 comments
March 18, 2016 – After winning the American round as “Distiller of the Year” last fall, Heaven Hill Distillers was named the global ...
Old Pulteney Takes Top Honors at World Whiskies Awards20160318094614
Old Pulteney Takes Top Honors at World Whiskies Awards
Mark GillespieMarch 18, 2016Abraham Bowman Pioneer Spirit, Award, Balcones, Ben Bracken, Bernheim Original, Canada, Cardhu, Château Léoville Barton, competition, Corby, Fuji-Gotemba, Glen Alba, Glen Scotia, Glenkinchie, Gooderham & Worts, Green Spot, Hakushu, Heaven Hill, Hibiki, International Beverage, Inver House, Ireland, judges, Jura, Kavalan, King Car, Knob Creek Smoked Maple, Lidl, London, Malcolm Waring, Margaret Mary Clarke, North America, Old Pulteney, Old Scout, Pikesville Rye, Pulteney, Sazerac, Scotland, Smooth Ambler, Solist, Stuart Harvey, Suntory, Taiwan, Teeling, True Blue, whiskey, Whiskies & Spirits Conference, whisky, Whisky Magazine, Wick, World Whiskies Awards0 comments
March 18, 2016 – Inver House’s Pulteney Distillery never uses peated malt to make its single malt whiskies, but the distillery at the nort...
Episode 578: February 28, 201620160228163223
Episode 578: February 28, 2016
Mark GillespieFebruary 28, 2016@MaltReview, @WhiskyDiscovery, A. Smith Bowman, Abraham Bowman, Akashi, Allisa Henley, Allison Patel, Annasach, Aspen, auction, Bainbridge Island, Bainbridge Organic Distillers, Balcones, Bernheim Original, Bourbon, Brenne, campaign, Canada, Chip Tate, Chris Ratcliff, Colorado, Colorado Springs, Compass Box, competition, Dallas, Dave Worthington, Diageo, Dickel, Distillery 291, drinks, Ed Belfour, Eric Gregory, F1, Far North Spirits, Force India, Formula One, France, George Dickel, George Dickel Superior #12, goalie, Hallock, Hillsburgh, hockey, Hokkaido, Houston, Ian Millar, India, International Wine & Spirits Report, James Earley, Jameson, Japan, Jared Himstedt, John Little, John Lunn, judging, KDA, Kentucky Distillers Association, Last Straw Distillery, lawsuit, litigation. White Oak Distillery, Lot No. 40, Mark Meek, medal, MGP, Michael Swanson, Minnesota, Mizunara Oak, motorsports, OId Scout, Olympic, Ontario, ouster, Pappy Van Winkle, petition, Pikesville Rye, Pioneer Spirit, Popcorn Sutton, racing, Reserve 101, Røknar, Rye, Sazerac, Scotch, settlement, Sheffield, Skagit Valley, Smirnoff, Smooth Ambler, sourced whisky, SpiritusNZ, St. Patrick's Day, Steve Beal, Tate & Company, Tennessee, Tennessee Whiskey, Texas, The Pogues, Tony K's, transparency, True Blue, Tullahoma, United Spirits, Vijay Mallya, Virginia, Waco, Washington, West Cork Distillers, West Virginia, whiskey, Whiskies & Spirits Conference, whisky, Whisky Live New York, Whisky Magazine, William Grant & Sons, World Whiskies Awards, Yama2 comments
There’s been a lot of attention paid recently to women working in the whisky industry, but when Allisa Henley was promoted to Head Distiller at ...
Canadians Celebrate As Crown Royal Northern Harvest Rye Wins Whisky Bible Honors20151119202351
Canadians Celebrate As Crown Royal Northern Harvest Rye Wins Whisky Bible Honors
Mark GillespieNovember 19, 2015Award, book, Buffalo Trace, Canada, Canadian Whisky, Canadian Whisky Awards, Crown Royal, Dair Ghaelach, Davin de Kergommeaux, Diageo, Family Casks, Fredericton, Gimli, Glenfarclas, Heaven Hill, Jim Murray, LCBO, Manitoba, Midleton, Mizunara, New Brunswick, New Brunswick Spirits Festival, Northern Harvest Rye, Pikesville Rye, Stuart Brown, Suntory, Toronto, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Bible, William Larue Weller, Yamazaki0 comments
November 19, 2015 – Canadians are cheering the selection of Crown Royal’s Northern Harvest Rye as the 2016 Whisky Bible’s overall ...
Episode 541: June 27, 201520150627230834
Episode 541: June 27, 2015
Mark GillespieJune 27, 2015@polkabecky, @Str8TalkWhiskey, Allt a'Bhainne, Angel City Brewing Company, anniversary, Ardbeg, Asia, Aultmore, Baltimore, beer, Bernheim, brewers, brewing, Brooklyn, Burns, Cairdeas, Captain Lawrence Brewing Company, cease and desist, Changhi, Chivas Brothers, Chivas Regal, Chivas Regal Extra, Constellation Brands, Corsair Artisan, Corsair Artisan Distillery, Craig Beam, Craigellachie, Dalmunach, Dan Cigno, DCigno, Deep Ellum Brewing Company, Denny Potter, Drinking Buddies, Duke of Rothesay, Evan Williams, explosion, Feis Ile, Fettercairn, Few Spirits, Four Kings, Glen Keith, Glenallachie, Glenburgie, Great Divide Brewing Company, Green Spot, Haneda, Harley, Heaven Hill, Hilliard's Beer, Hong Kong, Imperial, investigation, Islay, Islay Festival of Malt & Music, Jameson, Japan, Jay Rogers, Jill Hawkins, John Campbell, Journeyman Distillery, KelSo Brewing Company, Kentucky Bourbon Festival, Kilchoman, Kyle Rogers, Laphroaig, Laphroaig Live, Last Feather Rye, lawyer, LBL Moonshine, Lindores Whisky Fest, M.B. Roland, M.B. Roland Distillery, Mary Beth Roland, Maryland, Master of Malt, Max Shapira, medallion, Mississippi River Distilling Company, motorcycle, Nick Ligon, North British, Parker Beam, Paul Roland, Pikesville Rye, Prince Charles, Ravenswood, Redbreast, reincarnation, Rochdale Farm, Rochester, Rothesay, scarcity, shortage, Silver Trail Distillery, Simon Brooking, Singapore, Single Pot Stills, Spencer Balentine, Speyside, Spirit of Speyside Festival, State Fire Marshal, stillhouse, That Boutique-y Whisky Company, The Glenrothes, Tokyo, Tomintoul, trademark, travel retail, US Olympic Committee, Vanderbilt, Whisky Olympics, Woodford Reserve, Woodford Reserve Straight Rye0 comments
Just as whisky brands need to change things up once in a while to remain fresh, so do whisky festivals. Tickets have gone on sale for this September...
Heaven Hill Taking Pikesville Rye Nationwide20150625130456
Heaven Hill Taking Pikesville Rye Nationwide
Mark GillespieJune 25, 2015Baltimore, Bernheim, Craig Beam, Denny Potter, Evan Williams, Heaven Hill, Maryland, Max Shapira, Parker Beam, Pikesville Rye, Rittenhouse Rye1 comment
June 25, 2015 – Pikesville Rye’s heritage dates back to 1895, when it was originally distilled in Maryland, and even though the whiskey ha...