Mark Gillespie

September 19, 2013 – Bryan Donaghey didn’t need more than a few days to land a new job after leaving his post at Diageo. The… Read More

September 18, 2013 – Longtime Scottish distillery manager John Black died today following a lengthy illness at the age of 72. He worked at 12… Read More

September 18, 2013 – Sazerac has named a new master distiller for its A. Smith Bowman craft distillery in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Brian Prewitt will succeed… Read More

September 18, 2013 – After its initial launch in the U.S. market last year, Japan’s Nikka Whisky is expanding its range of whiskies in the… Read More

September 16, 2013 – Sir Gavin Hewitt, the Scotch Whisky Association’s chief executive officer, will step down at the end of the year. The SWA’s… Read More

This month features our annual “Friends & Family” tasting panel, and comes to you from St. Mary’s, Georgia. Mark’s son-in-law, Colton Smith, and his fellow… Read More

Ger Buckley is the fifth-generation cooper at Ireland’s Midleton Distillery, but had no one to pass the torch to. In fact, there hadn’t been an… Read More

September 13, 2013 – When Buffalo Trace’s Master Distiller Emeritus Elmer T. Lee passed away on July 16 at the age of 93, Bourbon lovers… Read More

September 13, 2013 – 2013 marks the 60th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth’s coronation on June 2, 1953. Several months later, Glenfarclas filled a sherry butt… Read More

September 11, 2013 – Lincoln Henderson, the longtime Master Distiller at Brown-Forman and creator of Angel’s Envy Bourbon, passed away Tuesday night in Lexington, Kentucky… Read More

September 10, 2013 – Glen Moray has kept a low profile since its acquisition by France’s La Martiniquaise in 2008, sticking to a regular range… Read More

September 10, 2013 – Bowmore’s round church is one of the Islay town’s landmarks, and the story goes that it was built that way so… Read More