Mark Gillespie

There’s one question Diageo’s whisky team has been asked for years — why can’t we have more Mortlach single malt bottlings? The Dufftown distillery has… Read More

December 2, 2013 – Ask any member of Diageo’s Scotch whisky team which distillery whisky lovers beg them to most to make available as a… Read More

November 30, 2013 – $4,000 for a Kentucky whiskey — that’s not even a Bourbon? Michter’s will release on Monday what may well be one… Read More

November 29, 2013 – Former Whyte & Mackay owner Vivian Imerman is interested in buying his old company back if UK regulators force Diageo to… Read More

November 28, 2013 – Yet another distillery expansion is coming in Scotland’s Speyside region with the announcement of plans for a new £150 million ($245.5… Read More

November 27, 2013 – After last week’s disclosure by Diageo CEO Ivan Menezes that the drinks giant is preparing to launch two new Bourbon brands… Read More

November 25, 2013 – The UK’s Office of Fair Trading has concluded that Diageo’s acquisition of a controlling stake in India’s United Spirits Ltd. (USL)… Read More

November 23, 2013 – With the 80th anniversary of Prohibition’s repeal coming up on December 5, Diageo’s in-house bar tending team created these three classic… Read More

November 23, 2013 – Franklin County (Kentucky) sheriff’s deputies have cleared Bardstown High School principal Chris Pickett as a suspect in the theft of approximately… Read More

Gavin Hewitt is stepping down next month after ten years as the chief executive of the Scotch Whisky Association, balancing the needs of member whisky… Read More

November 22, 2013 – There have been announcements of several new whisky releases this week that will be arriving in various markets soon, in addition… Read More

November 20, 2013 – Michael Webster of Toronto’s Bar Isabel created this cocktail recipe using Auchentoshan Three Wood, and won the North American round of the… Read More