By Mark Gillespie December 18, 2021 – The recovery from last weekend’s devastating tornadoes in Western Kentucky and four other states could take months, but… Read More
Stories
Whisky is a passion to explore. From the history of the spirit to the evolution of the industry, the story of whisky helps fuel that passion. Often, it’s easy to forget that whisky is also a global multibillion dollar industry. The stories of whisky — from news and new releases to in-depth inquires and what goes on behind the label — blend together to help us appreciate the spirit of whisky.
Heaven Hill Strike Ends With New Contract
October 24, 2021 – Striking Heaven Hill workers are putting away their picket signs and preparing to return to work this week after ratifying a… Read More
Tentative Agreement Reached in Heaven Hill Strike
October 22, 2021 – After nearly six weeks of picketing, accusations, and counter-accusations, a tentative agreement has been reached between Heaven Hill Distilleries and Local… Read More
Pernod Ricard Jumps Into Retail, Acquiring The Whisky Exchange
By Mark Gillespie September 21, 2021 – Like other spirits companies, Pernod Ricard has been nibbling at the edges of the e-commerce business with in-house… Read More
Heaven Hill Workers on Strike
By Mark Gillespie September 11, 2021 – With the biggest weekend of the year in the “Bourbon Capital of the World” just a few days… Read More
Jack Daniel’s Revives a Piece of History With New 10-Year-Old Whiskey
August 23, 2021 – Jack Daniels became the world’s best-selling American Whiskey without an age statement, but that’s not how Jack Daniel himself made his… Read More
Betts Departing as Scotch Whisky Association CEO
By Mark Gillespie July 12, 2021 – After four years on the job, Scotch Whisky Association chief executive Karen Betts has announced her plans to… Read More
U.S., European Union Reach Compromise on Aircraft Subsidies Dispute, End of Some Spirits Tariffs
By Mark Gillespie June 15, 2021 – The trade dispute over government subsidies to Airbus and Boeing that spilled over into the whisky industry has been… Read More
Gordon & MacPhail Sets New Standard for “World’s Oldest Whisky”
June 15, 2021 – Think back to February 3, 1940. World War II was raging in Europe, but British Prime Minister Winston Churchill had not… Read More
TTB Starts Process of Defining “American Single Malt” Category
By Mark Gillespie June 15, 2021 – Single malt whiskies have been a mainstay of the whisky world for decades, but in one of the… Read More
Uncle Nearest Venture Fund to Invest $50 Million in Minority-Owned Spirits Brands
June 1, 2021 – 100 years ago today, White supremacists went on a rampage through the Greenwood neighborhood of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Greenwood had become known… Read More
British Government Starts Process of Ending Bourbon Tariff
By Mark Gillespie May 24, 2021 – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson pledged to end Great Britain’s import tariff on Bourbon and other American whiskies… Read More
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