Episode 510: December 8, 201420141208015758
Episode 510: December 8, 2014
Mark GillespieDecember 8, 2014A. Smith Bowman, affidavits, allegations, architects, Atholl Crescent, attorney, Balcones, BenRiach, Benromach, blender, Bob Dalgarno, Box, buyout, Cadenhead's, Caramel, chill filtering, Chip Tate, Ciroc, Colin Ross, construction, court, David Frost, Dewar's, Diageo, Dornoch, Edinburgh, Edrington, European Union, Evan Chapman, expansion, Famous Grouse Experience, Gaelic, Geoff Bell, Georgie Crawford, GlenDronach, Glenglassaugh, Glenkeir Treasures, Glenmorangie, Glenturret, Gordon & MacPhail, Greg Allen, Hall of Fame, Ian Curle, Ian Macleod Distillers, Icons of Whisky, imports, Inchgower, India, infused, Inver House, Julie Hesketh-Laird, Ken Grier, Lagavulin, lawschooldrunk, lawsuit, lawyer, Little Bay, Macallan, Mackmyra, Madagascar, Mario Testino, Masters of Photography, mediation, memos, Michael Urquhart, Nate Arnold, negotiations, Oban, PE Investors II LLC, Pernod Ricard, Peter Gordon, Pierre Pringuet, PR agency, redacted, restraining order, Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners, Royal Mile Whiskies, running, Sandy Coutts, Sandy McIntyre, Scotch Whisky Association, settlement, shopping, slander, Speyside, Stephen Marshall, Stuart Harvey, Susan Colville, SWA, Sweden, Tamdhu, tariffs, taxes, Texas, The Whisky Shop, trade, vanilla, Virginia, Waco, Wayne Kieswetter, Westminster, Whisky Magazine, wife, William Grant & Sons0 comments
As we reported on our last episode, Balcones Distilling founder Chip Tate has accepted a buyout agreement from the majority owners of the Waco, Texas ...
Episode 509: December 6, 201420141207010959
Episode 509: December 6, 2014
Mark GillespieDecember 7, 2014affidavit, Allt om Whisky, Arctic Circle, Balcones, Bombay Sapphire, Box, brewery, Bruichladdich, cave, Chip Tate, conflict, Dant, Diageo, dispute, distillery, divorce, Emma Andersson, Famous Moose, Fellowship of the Still, Fife, Fionnán O'Connor, Garda, Gardai, Glencairn, golf, Greg Allen, Guinness, Hälge, Herno, investors, Ireland, Irish, Jack Daniel's, Jameson, Kingsbarns, lawschooldrunk, lawsuit, Leeds, Limestone Branch, Lisa Wicker, Luxco, Mackmyra, Magnus Dandanell, Mark Reynier, memo, Moose, non-compete, Open Championship, Parliament, Paul Beam, police, Precinct No. 6, restraining order, robbery, Roger Melander, settlement, St. Andrew's, Steve Beam, Stockholm, Stockholm Wine Lab, Sweden, Swedish, Systembolaget, Texas, theft, Twitter, Waco, warehouse, Waterford, Wemyss Malts, William Wemyss, Yellowstone0 comments
In the first of this week’s two episodes of WhiskyCast, we’ll travel to Sweden to look at two of the country’s whisky distilleries. ...
Balcones Dispute Settled, But Bitter Feelings Remain20141206163326
Balcones Dispute Settled, But Bitter Feelings Remain
Mark GillespieDecember 6, 2014affidavits, agreement, Balcones, Chip Tate, Greg Allen, investors, Jared Himstedt, judge, lawsuit, non-compete, PE Investors II LLC, restraining order, settlement, Texas, Waco0 comments
Editor’s note: We have produced a special bonus episode of WhiskyCast this week including the complete interviews with Chip Tate and Greg Allen....
Episode 508: November 29, 201420141130005910
Episode 508: November 29, 2014
Mark GillespieNovember 30, 2014Allen key, audio, bad jokes, Balcones, Bardstown, barrel, Beam, Benromach, Bill Ricker, Booker Noe, Booker's, Bordeaux, Box, Bruichladdich, Bushmills, Campbeltown, cask, Chinese, Chip Tate, Cissac, dispute, Dublin, Fiddlers Inn, Fred Noe, Freddie Noe, French Oak, Gal Granov, GlenDronach, Gordon & MacPhail, Haut-Médoc, Hebrew, Hermitage, Herno, Ikea, independence, investors, Irish Distillers, Irish Whiskey Association, Israel, Jameson, Janne Groth, Jared Himstedt, Jim Lynch, Johnny, Jon Beach, judge, Loch Ness, loyalty, Lyndsey Gray, Mark Reynier, Mattias Johanneson, organic, Peter Morehead, pun, Rachel MacNeill, Redbreast, referendum, Remy Cointreau, restraining order, Rhône, Sauternes, Scottish, Spirit of Freedom, Springbank, square, startup, Sweden, Systembolaget, Teeling, The Challenger, The Pioneer, Tullamore Dew0 comments
Irish Whiskey has been leading the global growth in whisky sales for the last several years, posting double-digit gains every year. That growth is bei...
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...
Episode 503: October 25, 201420141025201106
Episode 503: October 25, 2014
Mark GillespieOctober 25, 2014ad valorem, Ally Alpine, Andrina Fitzgerald, awards, Balcones, Barry Crockett, Barry Gallagher, beer, Beggar's Bush, Billy Leighton, bottling plant, Brian Nation, Cameronbridge, Cannes, Carlow, Caskmates, Celtic Whiskey Club, Celtic Whiskey Shop, Chip Tate, Compass Box, competition, Connemara, construction, Cooley, Cork, court, Dave Quinn, defense fund, delay, development, Diageo, Dingle, dispute, divorce, Dublin, duty free, economic impact, economy, Eric Gregory, Eunan Ryan, expansion, Franciscan, Frankfort, gag order, Glendalough, Go Fund Me, Haig Club, Ichiro Akuto, Ireland, Irish, Irish Distillers, Irish Whiskey Awards, Irish Whiskey Society, Jack Ryan's, Jack Teeling, Jameson, Jane Maher, Jim Beam, Jim Lynch, John Cashman, John Glaser, John Quinn, Joker, Just-Drinks.com, KDA, Kentucky Distillers Association, Kilbeggan, lawschooldrunk, lawsuit, lawyers, logistics, mediation, Michael Payne, Michael Rockafellow, Midleton, Midleton Very Rare, Oliver Hughes, Pearl, Poitin, pot still, Redbreast, restraining order, Shane Fitzharris, slowdown, stout, tax, taxes, Teaninich, Teeling Whiskey, The Irishman, travel retail, Tullamore Dew, University of Louisville, Urban Studies Institute, Waco, Walsh, Walsh Whiskey Company, Whiskey Live Dublin, Whisky Live, William Grant & Sons, winner, Writers Tears, Yellow Spot0 comments
This week’s episode comes from Whiskey Live Dublin, and we’ll be focusing on Irish whiskies this time around with some of the winners from...
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...