Four Roses Responds to Striking Unions, Clarifies Bargaining Stance20180918115210
Four Roses Responds to Striking Unions, Clarifies Bargaining Stance
Mark GillespieSeptember 18, 2018benefits, Bourbon, contract, Coxs Creek, disability, Four Roses, Jeff Royalty, Kentucky, Kirin, labor, Lawrenceburg, Local 10D, Local 23D, Local 320, long-term disability, National Conference of Firemen & Oilers, NCFO/SEIU, negotiations, picket, picket lines, salary, short-term disability, sick leave, statement, strike, two-tier, UFCW, union, United Food & Commercial Workers, vacation, wages, whiskey, whisky0 comments
September 18, 2018 – With the next round of talks between Four Roses Distillery and its striking workers not expected until at least Friday, the...
Investigation Underway Into Bardstown Whiskey Rickhouse Collapse20180623165001
Investigation Underway Into Bardstown Whiskey Rickhouse Collapse
Mark GillespieJune 23, 20181729 Barton, Bardstown, barrels, Bourbon, Buffalo Trace, collapse, Constellation Brands, construction, Department of Environmental Protection, fire, Frankfort, Glenmore., helicopter, investigation, Kentucky, Louisville Courier-Journal, Nelson County, Nelson County Gazette, Owensboro, pollution, rick, rickhouse, Sazerac, statement, water, whiskey, whisky, WLKY0 comments
June 23, 2018 – An investigation is underway into the cause of Friday morning’s warehouse collapse at Sazerac’s Barton 1792 Distille...
Strike Underway At Jim Beam Distilleries in Kentucky20161015112548
Strike Underway At Jim Beam Distilleries in Kentucky
Mark GillespieOctober 15, 2016Beam Suntory, Booker Noe Distillery, Boston, Bourbon, Clermont, contract, David Hunter, Janelle Mudd, Jim Beam, Jim Beam American Stillhouse, Jim Beam Distillery, Kentucky, labor, Local 111D, statement, strike, UFCW, union, United Food & Commercial Workers, visitors center, whiskey, whisky0 comments
October 15, 2016 – Union employees at Beam Suntory’s two Kentucky distilleries have walked off the job after their contract expired at mid...
Maker’s Mark 2, Class-Action Attorneys 020150729105500
Maker’s Mark 2, Class-Action Attorneys 0
Mark GillespieJuly 29, 2015Abbas Kazerounian, Beam Suntory, California, Clarkson Hine, class action, consumer protection, court, dismissal, Federal, Food & Drug Administration, handmade, John Houston, Kazerouni Law Group, labeling, Larry Alan Burns, lawsuit, litigation, Maker's Mark, Matthew Loker, plaintiff, ruling, safe harbor, Safora Nowruzi, statement, Travis Williams0 comments
July 29, 2015 – A California federal judge has dismissed the class-action lawsuit filed last December accusing Maker’s Mark Bourbon of def...
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...
DISCUS To Review Complaint Over Controversial Dewar’s Video20131215141646
DISCUS To Review Complaint Over Controversial Dewar’s Video
Mark GillespieDecember 15, 2013ad agency, Business Insider, Claire Forlani, Code of Responsible Practices, Code Review Board, complaint, Dewar's, DISCUS, Distilled Spirits Council of the United States, explosive, Frank Coleman, grenade, hand grenade, Johanne McInnis, Meet the Baron, models, Montreal, Opperman Weiss, plus size, Richard Feloni, sexism, sexist, Sid Lee, social media, statement, Swedish Bikini Team, Tullamore Dew, Urban Dictionary, weight, Whisky Lassie, women1 comment
December 15, 2013 – The U.S. spirits industry’s trade organization will review a complaint filed by Canadian whisky blogger Johanne McInni...