Whisky’s Man in the Middle (Episode 777: July 21, 2019)20190722035536
Whisky’s Man in the Middle (Episode 777: July 21, 2019)
Mark GillespieJuly 22, 2019@Mike_W_Simpson, @pogues1977, @TheTracerBullet, age statement, Alan Winchester, Amrut, Atlas Bar, auction, Bartender at Large, Blackadder, Bladnoch, Bonhams, breast cancer, Brian Treacy, Cairdeas, Cards Series, Chivas Brothers, Christina Philburn, Code of Federal Regulations, construction, contract, control state, Dante, David Prior, Diageo, distillery, distributor, Edinburgh, English Whisky Company, Enigma, Feis Ile, fruits, Glass Revolution Imports, Glenfiddich, Glenmorangie, Global Travel Retail, GMB, Hammer Head, Hanyu, Holyrood Distillery, Hong Kong, Huntly, Ian Stewart, Ichiro Akuto, importer, India, instructors, Ireland, Irish Whiskey, Islay, Ivy Mix, J. Rieger & Co., Jameson, Japan, Jerry O'Sullivan, Julio's Liquors, Kansas City, Kavalan, Ken Lewis, Kentucky, Knockdhu, La Maison du Whisky, label approvals, labor, labour, Laphroaig, LaSanta, Lebanon, Lynette Marrero, Massachusetts, Missouri, mystery, Nectar D'Or, negotiations, New Orleans, New Riff, New York City, Nikka Whisky, Norfolk Wine & Spirits, palate, Philadelphia, Philanthropy, photo, Portomento, produce, Prohibition, Purple Valley Imports, Quinta Ruban, R&D, Raj Sabharwal, retailer, Royal Salute, Ryan Maloney, Sagamore Spirit, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, Singapore, single malt, sommelier, Speed Rack, spices, Spirited Awards, stained glass, strike, Sullivan's Cove, Taiwan, Tales of the Cocktail, tariffs, tasting, Tax & Trade Bureau, The Glenlivet, The Lakes Distillery, The Lost Blend, The Malts Blend, The One, The Party Source, The Signature Blend, three-tier, tied house, Title 27, Triple Triple, TTB, unions, Unite, vegetables, visitors center, visitors centre, wheat whiskey, whiskey, whisky, whisky classes, Wigtown, Woodford Reserve, workers0 comments
Raj Sabharwal doesn’t make whiskies, but his role is critical in making sure you get to drink them. He’s one of the band of independent im...
Bladnoch’s Back in Business (Episode 636: April 9, 2017)20170409133557
Bladnoch’s Back in Business (Episode 636: April 9, 2017)
Mark GillespieApril 9, 2017@BetheneC, Adela, ADI, Alioth, American Distilling Institute, auction, Australia, Award, Belgium, Ben & Jerry's, benefit, Benromach, best of class, Bethene Campbell, bidding, Bill Ricker, Bladnoch, Bonnaroo Buzz, Boston, Bourbon, Bourye, Box Distillery, Brexit, Brora, Burn Stewart Distillers, Candela, Cedar Ridge Distillery, charity, Chris Zaborowski, competition, construction, coopers, cows, Dartmoor National Park, David Prior, Denmark, Devon, Diageo, Donald Tusk, Dr. Jim Swan, editor, Edrington, EU, European Council, European Parliament, European Union, farm, Fred Minnick, Generations, Glenn Hubbuch, Gordon & MacPhail, High West, Hong Kong, Hunmanby, Ian MacMillan, ice cream, Iowa, Ireland, Irish Whiskey, J. Henry & Sons, James Campbell, John Hansell, Kelly Hubbuch, Ken Grier, Lalique, Limeburners, Linda Ruffenach, Louisville, Lowlands, M. Shanken Communications, Malt Advocate, March for Babies, March of Dimes, MGP, Michael Moore, Michael Veach, Mortlach, Myrna Jensen, Nantucket, Northern Ireland, Patton Road Reserve, Paul Neave, Podblasts, Portland, premature birth, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Princetown Distillers, publisher, Pure Scot, Reese Hubbuch, Samsara, Scotch Whiskey, Scotland, Second Step, Seven Stars, Six Pillars, Sotheby's, Special Releases, Speyside Cooperage, Spirit of Hven, Spirit of Speyside Festival, Spirit of Yorkshire, Stefaan Lesage, Strait of Öresund, Sweden, Systembolaget, Talia, Templeton Rye, The Dalmore, The Macallan, The Notch, Theresa May, Tim Davis, Tom Mellor, Triple Eight Distillery, Urban Bourbon, Westport Whiskey & Wine, whiskey, Whiskey Row, whisky, Whisky Advocate, Whisky Chicks, Wigtown, world record0 comments
Scotland’s Bladnoch Distillery celebrates its 200th anniversary this year, but the Lowlands distillery almost never made it to that milestone. W...
Celebrating the Spirit of Speyside (Episode 635: April 2, 2017)20170402140734
Celebrating the Spirit of Speyside (Episode 635: April 2, 2017)
Mark GillespieApril 2, 2017@ForzaUnion, @OldBurbonGangsta, @TeresaDeck81, #trypod, 100% Islay, A.D. Laws, airport, Amarone, Amazon, ambassador, Andy Rieger, anniversary, Anthony Wills, Arran, Article 50, Artist's Blend, Australia, Australian Whisky Holdings, Bainbridge, Balblair, Battle Point, Beam, Beam Suntory, Ben & Jerry's, BenRiach, Benromach, Bernard Walsh, bill, Bill Lark, Birmingham, Bladnoch, Bond & Lillard, Brexit, Brian, buyout, Campari America, Canada, Canadian Club, Canadian Club Heritage Centre, Carlow, CBC News, Celtic Whiskey Shop, chairman, Chichibu, Chris Malcolm, Colorado, Compass Box, competition, Cooley, court order, craft distillers, Craigellachie, Dail, David G, delivery, dissertation, Drew Dilkens, Dublin, Eclipx, editor, England, English Whisky Company, EU, European Union, exports, farm gate, Federal Court of Australia, Feis Ile, First Minister, Flaming Heart, Forty Creek, free movement, Fuji-Gotemba, George S. Grant, Glenfarclas, Gooderam & Worts, Grant's, Great Britain, Great King Street, Green Label, Hall of Fame, Heathrow, Hibiki, Highland Park, Hiram Walker Distillery, Hopped, Hubris, ice cream, Imperial, independence, India, investigation, investors, Ireland, Irish Whiskey Association, Ironroot Republic, Islay, Isle of Arran, J. Rieger & Co., J.P. Wiser's, Jacob Rieger, James Campbell, John Distilleries, John Hall, Johnnie Walker, Jota Tanaka, JP Wiser's, Julie Hesketh-Laird, Julio's Liquors, Kansas City, Karen Betts, Keith Batt, Kentucky, Kilchoman, Kirin, Knob Creek, La Maison du Whisky, labels, Lark Distillery, Lawrenceburg, legislation, licensing, liens, Lifetime Achievement, Lisa Ryan, Lisbon Treaty, Loch Gorm, London, Macallan, Malt 'n Rye, managing editor, Margaret Batt, Massachusetts, Master of Malt, Matsuri, Matt Jones, mayor, Missouri, Monogram, Morocco, Nant, negotiations, Nicola Sturgeon, Noel Sweeney, Ontario, Overeem, Paris, Parliament, Paul John, Percy Hatfield, Pernod Ricard, podcasting, podcasts, police, politics, Powerscourt, Prime Minister, private cask, receiver, Redbreast, Redlands, referendum, retailer, Rieger, Rivals, Rob Allanson, Rupert Wheeler, Sassicaia, Scale, Scotch Whisky Association, Scotland, Seattle, securities, shares, Single Marrying Cask, Speyside, Spirit of Speyside Festival, stake, Steph, Stuart Wilson, Suntory, Suzanne Redmond, Suzi Redmond, SWA, Talia, tariffs, Tasmania, Teaninich, Teresa Deck, The Glenrothes, The Norfolk, theft, Theresa May, Tim Herlihy, tourism, trade, travel retail, Tullamore D.E.W., Tullamore Dew, UK, Urban Bourbon, Val, Victoria MacRae-Samuels, vintage, Walsh Whiskey Company, Waterford, West Midlands Police, whiskey, Whiskey Barons Collection, whisky, Whisky Magazine, Wigtown, Wild Turkey, William Grant & Sons, Windsor, Wine 2 5, Wine Merchants Collection, Wine Two Five, World of Whiskies, World Whiskies Awards, writer1 comment
There will be music, food, and of course, plenty of whisky on hand during the Spirit of Speyside Festival coming up at the end of this month in Scotla...
A Whisky Journey (Episode 626: January 29, 2017)20170128224227
A Whisky Journey (Episode 626: January 29, 2017)
Mark GillespieJanuary 28, 2017@ECava, @WhiskyRI, #99 Red Cask, #thankyoutrump, Adam Caparelli, Adam Hannett, Adela, All-Star Game, André Girard, architecture, Asia-Pacific, Atlantic Sea Salt, ballot, Barrell Bourbon, Barrell Craft Spirits, Beam Suntory, Ben & Jerry's, Black Art, Bladnoch, Bob Dalgarno, Bogart's, Bond & Lillard, Bourbon, Bovey Tracey, Bowmore, Brexit, British Columbia, Bruichladdich, budget, Buffalo Trace, Bushmills, Campari America, Canada, Canadian, Casa Cuervo, Chancellor, charity, China, Chinese, craft, Dartmoor, Dartmoor Distillery, Dave Broom, David Prior, Devon, Diageo, Distilled Spirits Council, Don Julio, Don Livermore, Double Double Oaked, economic impact, Eddie McAffer, Eddie Russell, Edition #2, El Cellar de Can Roca, Emily Cavalier, England, Eric Gregory, excise taxes, exports, Fred Minnick, free trade, hockey, Humphrey Bogart, Ian MacMillan, ice cream, Ileachs, Irish Whiskey, Islay, Islay Heritage, Jimmy Russell, Joe Beatrice, John Campbell, John Paul DeJoria, Johnnie Walker, Joo Kim, Just-Drinks.com, KDA, Kentucky, Kentucky Artisan Distillery, Kentucky Bourbon Trail, Kentucky Distillers Association, Lagavulin, Laphroaig, Lawrenceburg, Lisbon, Louisville Convention & Visitors Bureau, Lunar New Year, Marcio Ramos, Master, Matthew Sammons, Michael Jacobsen, National Hockey League, NHL, Niagara, Nick Ligon, Old Ripy, Ontario, pagoda, Patron, Portugal, Pre-Prohibition, Prime Minister, Princetown, Princetown Distillers, Quebec, Rachel Barrie, Roca, ROK Drinks, Samsara, Scotch Whisky Association, Scottish, scuba diving, single barrel, small batch, Spain, Steve Loiaconi, Talia, The Macallan, The Whisky Exchange, Theresa May, Tim Knittel, Toronto, tourism, trade, trade agreements, trademark, Trans-Pacific Partnership, Travel, Tripp Stimson, Trump, Urban Bourbon, Urban Bourbon Trail, Vault Editions, Victoria, Victoria Whisky Festival, Virginia, Wayne Gretzky, whiskey, Whiskey Barons Series, whisky, whisky.auction, Wigtown, Wild Turkey, winery, Woodford Reserve0 comments
Marcio Ramos started his whisky journey as a bartender in his hometown of Lisbon, Portugal…but thought he’d left the whisky business behin...
Diageo Open to Distilling at Dallas Dhu Museum20160725151846
Diageo Open to Distilling at Dallas Dhu Museum
Mark GillespieJuly 25, 2016administration, Armstrong, Benromach, Bladnoch, Brora, covenants, Dallas Dhu, David Prior, deed restriction, Diageo, Gordon & MacPhail, historic, Historic Environment Scotland, Moray, MSP, museum, Parliament, Port Ellen, preservation, Press & Journal, Richard Lochhead, Rosebank, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, Scottish Malt Distillers, Speyside, tourism, Wigtown1 comment
July 25, 2016 – After a Scottish parliamentarian’s suggestion that Diageo turn over the title and rights to the long-closed Dallas Dhu dis...
Episode 584: April 10, 201620160410013645
Episode 584: April 10, 2016
Mark GillespieApril 10, 2016@AxisofWhisky, @Sister_Ratched, American Distilling Institute. ADI, Angus MacRaild, Angus MacWhisky, Anthony Wills, Ardbeg, Ardbeg Committee, Australia, Bardstown, Beatson Cancer Charity, binding arbitration, Bladnoch, blog, blogger, Blood Oath, Bob Bobert, Bourbon, Buffalo Trace, Bunnahabhain, cancer, cat, Chivas Regal, competition, construction, Crown Royal, Dark Cove, David Prior, Diageo, distillery, donations, Ezra Brooks, family, Four Roses, Gimli, Highland Park, House Spirits, Ian MacMillan, ice, Islay, John MacLellan, John Rempe, Joseph Magnus, Jude, judging, Kentucky, Kilchoman, labor, labour, Laphroaig, Local 832, Lore, Lux, Luxco, Manitoba, Manitoba Labour Board, mayor, mediator, memorial, Millstone, Mimi, Mimi Petro, Oban, Oregon, People's Republic of Portland, Pernod Ricard USA, pet, Peter Mendel, planning, Portland, Pure Scot, Rebel Yell, Redbreast, San Francisco World Spirits Competition, Scotch Whisky, St. Louis, strike, Tom Mooney, UFCW, union, Vancouver, Washington, whisky, Whisky Sponge, Wigtown, Woodinville, Zuidam0 comments
The Whisky Sponge has been puncturing egos and tweaking the Scotch Whisky industry with impunity – and relative anonymity – for nearly thr...
Ian Macmillan Heading to Bladnoch20150817140442
Ian Macmillan Heading to Bladnoch
Mark GillespieAugust 17, 2015administration, Armstrong, Bladnoch, Bunnahabhain, Burn Stewart Distillers, David Prior, Deanston, Distell, Ian MacMillan, Ledaig, Lowlands, Tobermory, Wigtown0 comments
August 17, 2015 – The one remaining secret about Bladnoch Distillery’s future is out. When Australian entrepreneur David Prior announced h...
Episode 546: August 1, 201520150801232210
Episode 546: August 1, 2015
Mark GillespieAugust 1, 2015Abbas Kazerounian, Aberlour, accelerated, administration, Alltech, Andrew Purslow, appellation, Armstrong, Arthur Dobrucki, Australia, Bali, Baroda, Beam Suntory, Bladnoch, boiler, Breton Whisky, Brittany, building code, California, Charles Medley Distillery, Château Léoville Barton, chipotle, Christos Koulizakis, cider cask, class action, consumer, Contrasts, court, Cù Bòcan, Cuatro Series, daughter, Dave Pickerell, David Prior, dismissal, Dueling Barrels, entrepreneur, Eric Gregory, explosion, fatality, fire code, five:am, Florida, food, France, Gavin Hewitt, Glann ar Mor, Glen Garioch, Graham Eunson, Green Spot, Greg Metze, handmade, INAO, Indiana, Indonesia, initiative, inspectors, investigation, Ivan Stoler, James Espey, Jay Rogers, Jean Donnay, Jim Beam, John Houston, John Quinn, judge, Kazerouni Law Group, KDA, Kentucky Distillers Association, Kyle Rogers, Last Drop Distillers, Lawrenceburg, lawsuit, Lexington Brewing & Distilling, Lowlands, Maker's Mark, Martine Donnay, Melbourne, Metze's Select, MGP, MGP Ingredients, O.Z., Old Pogue, Old World, Oregon, Orkney, Owensboro, oxygenation, peppers, Peter Pogue, Pikesville, pony, pressure relief valve, prosecutors, protected geographical indicator, recording, regulators, Revenoor Stills, Rogue, ruling, safety, San Diego, Scapa, Silver Trail Distillery, Skiren, Spencer Balentine, Spey Foundation, State Fire Marshal, surfing, Terrepure, Terresentia, Terry Wilhelm, The Last Drop, The Pogues, Tom Jago, Tomatin, Town Branch, trademark, travel retail, trilogy, Tullamore D.E.W., Tullamore Dew, ultrasonic waves, Vermont, vintage, vinyl, water heater, West Cork Distillers, Whisky Breton, Whistlepig, Wigtown0 comments
Scotland’s Bladnoch Distillery will be 200 years old in 2017, but for more than a year, it was fair to question whether one of the oldest Lowlan...
Bladnoch On The Auction Block20140403145506
Bladnoch On The Auction Block
Mark GillespieApril 3, 2014administration, administrator, Bladnoch, Colin Armstrong, court, Diageo, Ernst & Young, Luke Charleton, Raymond Armstrong, UDV, Wigtown0 comments
April 3, 2014 – As expected, the court-appointed administrator for Bladnoch Distillery plans to sell the Wigtown distillery as an ongoing busine...
Episode 471: March 22, 201420140322221027
Episode 471: March 22, 2014
Mark GillespieMarch 22, 2014administration, Alberta Premium, Ardbeg, Australia, author, awards, Balcones, beer, Big Peat, bill, Bladnoch, book, Brimstone, Brown-Forman, Bruichladdich, budget, Bulleit, Bushmills, Canadian Club, Catoctin Creek, Chancellor, Chip Tate, cider, Cocke County, cocktail, Coffey Grain, Colin Armstrong, competition, court, Dark Horse, Dave Broom, Dave Greene, David Frost, David Grant, David Urquhart, David Wishart, Dennie Hammer, Dennis Malcolm, Diageo, duties, editor, escalator, Exchequer, exports, Forgiven, General Assembly, George Dickel, George Osborne, George T. Stagg, Glen Grant, Glenglassaugh, Glenmorangie, Gold Reserve, Gordon & MacPhail, Grant's, guide, Hall of Fame, Highland Park, history, Icons, Icons of Whisky, independence, Jack Daniel's, Jameson, Jewish Whisky Company, Jim McEwan, L. Mulligan, La Maison du Whisky, Laphroaig, law, legislation, legislature, manual, Mark Green, Master of Malt, Michael Foggarty, Mickey Heads, moonshine, Nikka, Octomore, Patrick Maguire, perfect score, Pike Creek, Popcorn Sutton, Raymond Armstrong, receiver, Redbreast, referendum, Richard Paterson, Rob Allanson, Rupert Wheeler, Sazerac, Scotch Whisky Association, Scotland, Scott Mansfield, Scottish National Party, Simon Marshall, Single Cask Nation, SNP, St. Patrick's Day, suicide, Sullivan's Cove, SWA, Swallow, Taketsuru, Tasmania, Tasmania Distillery, taxes, Teeling, Tennessee, Tennessee Whiskey, The Blended Whisky Company, The Lost Distilleries Blend, The Whisky Exchange, Thomas H. Handy, Tish Harcus, Torfa, trade, Twitter, Ultimate Spirits Challenge, Waco, Whisky Magazine, Whyte & Mackay, Wigtown, Wild Turkey, William Grant & Sons, World Whiskies Awards0 comments
Dave Broom has written and edited many books on whisky and other spirits, but none quite like his latest book. “Whisky: The Manual” is for...