Mark Gillespie

November 20, 2013 – Glenmorangie’s expansion plans have been criticized by Highland Council members, who accused the company of starting construction on an access road… Read More

November 20, 2013 – Analysts have been predicting ever since Beam Inc. became a standalone spirits company that Diageo would launch a takeover bid at… Read More

November 19, 2013 – As the Scotch Whisky Association fights the Scottish National Party’s attempts to impose minimum pricing standards for alcohol, the trade body’s… Read More

November 18, 2013 – Wild Turkey is bringing back its highly-regarded 101-proof Rye whiskey after a year off the market because of lack of inventory,… Read More

Matthew Crow, Ph.D. of Diageo is one of Scotch Whisky’s up-and-coming blenders. Working under Jim Beveridge, Ph.D., he helped create Johnnie Walker Double Black and worked… Read More

November 17, 2013 – Another stop on the Kentucky Bourbon Trail has opened in downtown Louisville with the debut this weekend of the Evan Williams… Read More

This month, our tasting panel is sacrificing Virgins at the annual PhilCon science fiction convention in Philadelphia…Virgin Oaks, that is. Bill Ricker, Mark Richards, Wrenn… Read More

November 15, 2013 – Inver House is adding three new vintages of Balblair Single Malt Scotch Whisky to its lineup globally. The 1983 (shown at… Read More

November 14, 2013 – Four wounded British soldiers leave this weekend for Antarctica, where they will compete against teams from the US, Australia, and Canada… Read More

November 12, 2013 – GlenDronach is following up on the success of two cask-strength releases over the past 12 months with a third release. As… Read More

November 12, 2013 – Buffalo Trace Distillery’s latest batch of Single Oak Project Bourbons tests a complex set of variables with just 12 different bottles.… Read More

November 11, 2013 – Glengoyne Distillery is following up on the 2009 release of a 40-year-old single malt with a new 35-year-old expression. Only 500… Read More