Mark Gillespie

US President Barack Obama visited a whisky maker for the first time this week during his trip to Cleveland for a speech to the City… Read More

March 20, 2015 – Beam Suntory hopes a federal court hearing scheduled for May 4 in San Diego will lead to the dismissal of a… Read More

March 19, 2015 – If the “Bourbon Summit” between US President Barack Obama and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky ever takes place,  whisky lovers… Read More

March 19, 2015 – For the second consecutive year, a “world” whisky has taken top honors as the “World’s Best Single Malt” in Whisky Magazine’s… Read More

March 19, 2015 – Whisky Magazine has named the BenRiach Distillery Company as Distiller of the Year in the 2015 Icons of Whisky Awards announced tonight… Read More

March 18, 2015 – The “Drop the Duty” campaign led by the Scotch Whisky Association and other UK spirits industry leaders has claimed a victory,… Read More

March 16, 2015 – In a move that may be a sign of things to come, former George Dickel Master Distiller John Lunn turned up… Read More

Anthony Bourdain is many things…a chef, author, journalist, and media personality. At heart, though, he’s a hedonist seeking pleasure from everything he encounters – including… Read More

March 13, 2015 – With Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne’s UK budget announcement less than a week away, Scotch Whisky Association leaders are turning… Read More

March 12, 2015 – Irish Distillers is adding a new “bottle your own” feature at its visitors centers in Dublin and Midleton, just in time… Read More

March 12, 2015 – The mysterious reappearance of Johnnie Walker Green Label at North American retailers in recent weeks has been solved. Sharp-eyed whisky lovers… Read More

Lawyers are circling around the whisky industry, much like sharks around a shipwreck. At least five different US distillers and bottlers have been hit with… Read More