France’s Glann ar Mor Distillery To Close20150703124435
France’s Glann ar Mor Distillery To Close
Mark GillespieJuly 3, 2015alembic, appellation, Breton, Brittany, France, French, Glann ar Mor, government, INAO, Institut National de l'Origine et de la Qualité, Jean Donnay, Kornog, Martine Donnay, protected geographical indicator, standards1 comment
July 3, 2015 – The Law of Unintended Consequences – better known as the saying “it seemed like a good idea at the time” –...
Tennessee Whiskey Law Repeal Effort Fails20150411092015
Tennessee Whiskey Law Repeal Effort Fails
Mark GillespieApril 11, 2015Americans for Prosperity, Associated Press, Brown-Forman, Corsair Artisan, Diageo, Full Throttle, George Dickel, House, Jack Daniel's, Jackyl, Jeff Arnett, Jesse James Dupree, Koch, legislation, legislature, Michael Ballard, Pritchard's, Senate, standards, Tennessee, Tennessee Distillers Guild, Tennessee Whiskey Law, Trimble0 comments
April 10, 2015 – Backers of a move to repeal Tennessee’s state “whiskey law” have given up on hopes to repeal the two-year-old...
Brown-Forman Attacks Diageo On Tennessee Whiskey Legislation20140314171033
Brown-Forman Attacks Diageo On Tennessee Whiskey Legislation
Mark GillespieMarch 14, 2014bill, Bill Haslam, Brown-Forman, Bulleit Rye, category, definition, Diageo, General Assembly, George Dickel, government, Jack Daniel's, Johnnie Walker, law, Lawrenceburg, legal, legislation, lobbying, lobbyist, Lynchburg, Mark Green, MGP-I, Mike DaRe, Phil Lynch, standards, Stitzel-Weller, Tennessee, Tennessee Whiskey, Tullahoma3 comments
March 14, 2014 – Call it a “Clash of the Titans” if you will, but two major distillers — and Tennessee’s two largest dis...
Episode 138: March 30, 200820080329224900
Episode 138: March 30, 2008
Mark GillespieMarch 29, 2008Alistair Darling, awards, ban, Blended Malt, boycott, Bruichladdich, competition, David Williamson, debate, Derby, horse, labeling, Leroy Neiman, Mark Reynier, politics, protest, pub, regulation, San Francisco, Scotch Whisky Association, Scotch Whisky Law, Secretariat, standards, SWA, taxes, Utopia Bar, Vatted Malt, Woodford Reserve0 comments
In the last episode, I mentioned the growing controversy over proposed UK legislation that would set specific labeling standards for Scotch Whisky, in...
TTB Seeking Public Input On Proposed Update to Alcohol Regulations