Mark Gillespie

Tokyo’s whisky bars are legendary, but so hard to find that they’re often compared to Prohibition-era speakeasies. Hidetsugo Ueno owns Bar High Five in Tokyo’s… Read More

May 29, 2014 – Robb Report, the magazine focusing on high-end luxury items of all shapes and sizes, is out with its 26th annual “Best… Read More

May 29, 2014 – Diageo plans to solve its Bourbon supply issues by spending $115 million to build a new whiskey distillery in Shelby County,… Read More

May 26, 2014 – Here’s the latest on new whiskies, with two Feis Ile bottlings from Lagavulin and Caol Ila, a new Auchentoshan, and three… Read More

Seiichi Koshimizu has been making whisky at Suntory for 41 years, and became the company’s chief blender in 1991. Over the years, he’s been responsible… Read More

May 21, 2014 – Dewar’s will take advantage of a new loan program from the UK’s Green Investment Bank to upgrade its Aberfeldy Distillery with… Read More

May 21, 2014 – “It’s not a question now of if, but when.” That’s how Will Arvin, one of the partners behind the latest plans to… Read More

May 20, 2014 – Laphroaig distillery manager John Campbell has been busy. In addition to running daily operations at the Islay distillery, Campbell personally selected… Read More

The old saying goes “when life gives you lemons, make lemonade.” Dan Garrison’s life was full of lemons back in 2003, and he decided to… Read More

Tokyo’s bartenders have been carving ice into perfect spheres for years, but Hidetsugu Ueno found that boring. The owner of Bar High Five in Tokyo’s… Read More

May 15, 2014 – Buffalo Trace’s 13th batch of Single Oak Project experimental Bourbons will arrive at whisky specialist retailers later this month as the… Read More

May 15, 2014 – Diageo’s Orphan Barrel line of rare whiskies will expand to a third release in June with Rhetoric. As reported by WhiskyCast… Read More