2018 A Record Year For Scotch Whisky Exports20190212115539
2018 A Record Year For Scotch Whisky Exports
Mark GillespieFebruary 12, 2019Brexit, European Union, exports, Fergus Ewing, France, Great Britain, HM Revenue & Customs, India, Scotch Whisky, Scotch Whisky Association, Scotland, SWA. Graeme Littlejohn, trade, United Kingdom, United States, value, volume, whiskey, whisky0 comments
February 12, 2019 – Scotch Whisky exports set new records during 2018, according to statistics released today by HM Revenue & Customs. The e...
The Way of Whisky (Episode 696: May 10, 2018)20180510193948
The Way of Whisky (Episode 696: May 10, 2018)
Mark GillespieMay 10, 2018"The Amber Light", Alan Winchester, aluminum, Andrew Mansinne, archive, Ashton Cigar Bar, auction, Australia, Austria, author, Avengers, Award, Balblair, Baltimore Whiskey Company, Berlin, Bill Grant Smith, Billy Leighton, Bloomberg News, book, border, Bourbon, Brexit, Bruichladdich, Brussels, Bushmills, Cadenhead's, Camden, Captain's Reserve, Chichibu, closing, Colum Egan, Cooper River Distillers, craft distilling, Cragganmore, Dave Broom, David Jacob, Deborah Stewart, Diageo, Donald Trump, Dream Cask, Ed Dodson, Eden Mill, Epoch Rye, EU, European Union, Ewan Gunn, export, fish, Fishky, Founder's Reserve, Game of Thrones, George Remus, George Ross, Germany, Glen Moray, Glenfarclas, Glenfiddich, Graham Coull, Great Britain, Hanyu, hard border, Heaven's Door, herring cask, Hombo Shuzo, Ichiro Akuto, Ichiro's Malt & Grain, import, Indiana, Infinity Stones, Infinity War, Ireland, Irish Distillers, Irish Whiskey, James Yoakum, Japan, Japanese Whisky, John Grant, John MacDonald, Johnnie Walker, Kavalan, Kentucky Derby, King Car, Klaus Pinkernell, Lawrenceburg, Marc Bushala, Mars Komagatake, Mars Shinsu, Martin Kenney, Masataka Taketsuru, MGP Ingredients, movie, negotiations, New Jersey, Nikka, Northern Ireland, Parliament, party, Paul LaGrange, Philadelphia, Photoshop, Pinkernell's Whisky Mart, politics, prank, President, quotas, Redbreast, Reserva, Rita Taketsuru, Rob Whitinger, Rossville Union, Ryan Perry, Rye, Salzburg, San Francisco World Spirits Competition, Sazerac, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, Scotch Whisky, Shyamal Ramachandran, Sinn Fein, social media, Spirit of Speyside Festival, spoiler, steel, Strathisla, stupidcask.de, Suntory, Taketsuru, tariffs, Tasmania, Tasmanian Whisky Week, tease, television, Thanos, The Birdhouse, The Glenlivet, The Way of Whisky, Tom Brim, trade, United Kingdom, voting, whiskey, whisky, WhiskyAuctioneer.com, White Walker, William Grant Smith, World Whisky Day, Yamazaki0 comments
Dave Broom has been one of Japanese whisky’s most passionate observers for many years, and his latest book “The Way of Whisky” delve...
SWA Terms Scotch Whisky’s Success a Key Brexit “Litmus Test”20170329151153
SWA Terms Scotch Whisky’s Success a Key Brexit “Litmus Test”
Mark GillespieMarch 29, 2017Brexit, Camembert, champagne, economic impact, economy, European Union, exports, France, Great Britain, Julie Hesketh-Laird, Prime Minister, Prosciutto di Parma, referendum, Scotch Whisky Association, SWA, Theresa May, trade, UK, United Kingdom0 comments
March 29, 2017 – London and Brussels are now officially on the clock, as Prime Minister Theresa May’s formal declaration today of the Unit...
SWA’s Frost: Brexit Might Have Long-Term Benefit for Scotch Whisky20160804143737
SWA’s Frost: Brexit Might Have Long-Term Benefit for Scotch Whisky
Mark GillespieAugust 4, 2016age statements, Boris Johnson, Brexit, Brussels, Compass Box, diplomat, EU, European Union, exports, Foreign Minister, John Glaser, Prime Minister, Scotch Whisky, tariffs, Theresa May, trade, transparency, United Kingdom, whisky0 comments
August 4, 2016 – While pundits and politicians have been wringing their hands over the overall impact of the United Kingdom’s June vote to...
Episode 596: July 3, 201620160703204946
Episode 596: July 3, 2016
Mark GillespieJuly 3, 2016@BenWood40, @Misterpie, actor, ambassador, Annis Noe, Arkansas, Arran, Barack Obama, bartender, Beam, Ben Wood, Bloomberg, Bobby Gleason, Booker Noe, Booker's, Booker's Roundtable, Bourbon, Bourbon Brotherhood, Bovey Tracey, Brexit, Brooke Brown Barzun, Brown-Forman, Buckingham Palace, Caithness Viking Festival, campaign, Christy Brown, Cincinnati, clowns, cocktail, cognac, community shares, Compass Box, crowdfunding, Dartmoor, David Stewart, Denver, Devon, Diageo, Diamond Peak, Dingwall, dollar, election, Elliott Gillespie, England, European Union, exchange rate, expansion, fortune, Gerard Butler, gift voucher, Glen Wyvis, Glenturret, gold, Gold Bar Whiskey, Hadleigh Bailey, Hollywood, Honours List, investors, Ira Seligman, JA Mackay, Jake Norris, Jess Graber, Joshua Mercer, Jura, Justin Petszaft, Kentucky, Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority, Kickstarter, lease, Licking River, Linda Ruffenach, Little Rock, Lochranza, Louisville, luck, Manhattan, Marilyn "Toogie" Dick, Master of Malt, Matthew Barzun, MBE, Michter's, movies, Nashville, Nelson's Green Briar Distillery, New Riff, Newport, Norway, Order of the British Empire, Owsley Brown, Pam Heilemann, Perthshire, Phil Brandon, politics, pound, President, Proximo Spirits, Queen Elizabeth, relocation, Rob Dietrich, Rock Town, shaken, silent season, single malt, Snowflake, standards of identity, stirred, Stoke-on-Trent, Stranahan's, tax incentives, Tennessee, The Balvenie, The Bourbon Mixer, The Circus, The Famous Grouse Experience, Thurso, Toogie's Invitation, Tromsø, TTB, UK, United Kingdom, US1, WCPO-TV, Whisky Chicks, Willie Cochrane, Wolfburn, World Duty Free0 comments
Single malt whiskies have been sold in the US for decades, but technically, there’s no official definition for “single malt” in the ...
Episode 595: June 25, 201620160625224737
Episode 595: June 25, 2016
Mark GillespieJune 25, 2016@MilesDeighton, @Monty4Cruz, @ScotchClubYEG, 13th Amendment, 1792, 1792 Barton, Alberta, anniversary, Bardstown, barrel hunt, Beverly Hills, book, Boone County, Brett Ratner, Brexit, Brian Farkes, Buffalo Trace, Calvados, Civil War, Clay Risen, Compton MacKenzie, Cooley, currency, Dan Coll, David Cameron, David Williamson, Diageo, DISCUS, Distilled Spirits Council, Dublin, Edinburgh International Film Festival, Edmonton, Edmonton Scotch Club, EU, European Union, exchange rates, exports, film, Fred Minnick, Geordie Moski, Graham Logan, Harvey's of Edinburgh, Heritage, history, independence, Ireland, Irish, Islay, Isle of Jura, Jack Daniel, Jack Daniel's, Jack Teeling, Japonica, John Teeling, Jura, Kentucky, Lagavulin, Mark Kaufman, Miles Harrison, Monty Whisenhunt, movie, Nearis Green, negotiations, New York Times, politics, Prime Minister, referendum, Richard Paterson, Sazerac, Scotch Whisky, Scotch Whisky Association, Scottish National Party, Seoul, shipwreck, slave, slavery, SNP, South Korea, Spey, Speyside Distillery, Stephen Teeling, Stuart Nickerson, Svend Jansen, SWA, tariffs, Teeling Whiskey Company, The Hilhaven Lodge, trade, Twitter, UK, United Kingdom, vote, Wemyss Malts, whisky, Whisky Galore, Whyte & Mackay, Willie Cochrane0 comments
Willie Cochrane retired last month after 39 years at Jura Distillery, and spent the last 11 of them as the manager of the Isle of Jura’s largest...
Brexit Vote Means Uncertainty for Scotch Whisky Industry20160624091458
Brexit Vote Means Uncertainty for Scotch Whisky Industry
Mark GillespieJune 24, 2016"Leave", "Remain", Brexit, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Commerce Department, David Cameron, Diageo, Distilled Spirits Council, European Union, exports, First Minister, George Osborne, independence, Ivan Menezes, Nicola Sturgeon, Prime Minister, referendum, Scotch Whisky, Scotch Whisky Association, Scottish National Party, SNP, SWA, trade, treaty, United Kingdom0 comments
June 24, 2016 – Thursday’s stunning victory for supporters of the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union means the one thing ...
Glen Grant’s Dennis Malcolm Hono(u)red on Queen’s Birthday List20160610221702
Glen Grant’s Dennis Malcolm Hono(u)red on Queen’s Birthday List
Mark GillespieJune 10, 2016Balmenach, Campari, Dennis Malcolm, Glen Grant, Glenlivet, Honours List, OBE, Order of the British Empire, Queen Elizabeth II, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, Speyside, UK, United Kingdom0 comments
June 10, 2016 – Longtime Glen Grant distillery manager Dennis Malcolm has been working in the Scotch Whisky industry almost as long as Queen Eli...
Episode 530: April 18, 201520150418233329
Episode 530: April 18, 2015
Mark GillespieApril 18, 2015A. Smith Bowman, Adrian Graham, Ambassador Cask, analysts, Anthony Russo, Aultmore, Australia, bail, Ballindalloch, basketball, Beam, Bill Samuels Jr., Bill Thomason, blog, Breeder's Cup, Brown-Forman, Bruichladdich, cave, Chapter 13, charity, China, Churchill Downs, court, Craig Beam, crime, critters, Crown Royal, Dewar's, Diageo, Duchess or Cornwall, Duke of Rothesay, earnings, English Whisky Company, estate, Fairfax, Frankfort, Franklin County, Fredericksburg, Gilbert Curtsinger, Gimli, Glengoyne, Glenmorangie, Grantown-on-Spey, Heaven Hill, Highland Park, historic, horse racing, Ian MacLeod, Ian Macleod Distillers, indictment, Jack Daniel's, Josh Hafer, Keeneland, Kentucky Derby, Last Great Malts of Scotland, lawschooldrunk, Lem Tolley, Lexington, Loretto, Louisville, LVMH, Lynchburg, Maker's 46, Maker's Mark, Manitoba, Marianne Barnes, Martin, Master Distillers Series, mint julep, New South Wales, Northern Harvest, Odin, Old Taylor, Pam Wiznitzer, Pamela Wiznitzer, Pappy & Co., Pappy Van Winkle, Parker's Heritage Collection, Pat Melton, Peristyle, photography, Prince Charles, Remy Cointreau, renovations, rickhouse, Rob Samuels, Royal Brackla, running, sales, Sheriff, Speyside, St. George's Day, still, suspect, Sydney, Tamdhu, The Glenrothes, theft, Thoroughbred, Time For Whisky, tour, United Kingdom, University of Kentucky, Valhalla Collection, Van Winkle, Versailles, Vintage Reserve, Virginia, warehouse, wax dip, WhiskyFest, Wild Turkey, WLEX, Woodford Reserve, Wounded Warrior Equestrian Project1 comment
If distilleries have ghosts, the ones haunting the former Old Taylor Distillery in Kentucky finally have some people to scare. After nearly 43 years, ...
Scotch Whisky Association Fears Independence Impact On Exports20140513152640
Scotch Whisky Association Fears Independence Impact On Exports
Mark GillespieMay 13, 2014Alex Salmond, Catalonia, EU, Europe, European Commission, European Union, independence, Jose Manuel Barroso, Mariano Rajoy, referendum, Scotch Whisky Association, Scotland, Spain, SWA, United Kingdom, vote0 comments
May 13, 2014 – Scotch Whisky Association chief executive David Frost is raising even more concerns over the impact of September’s Scottish...