Mark Gillespie

This month, our panelists assembled at Whisky Live Los Angeles to taste four different Rye whiskies. L.A. whisky blogger Rob Gard joined Andy Smith and… Read More

Italians are known for their wine, but one Italian firm helped pioneer the concept of single cask whiskies. Silvano Samaroli started bottling his own casks… Read More

Jack Daniel’s has operated with one simple whiskey recipe for 100 years…until now. The distillery started quietly working on a rye whiskey recipe a couple… Read More

Glenfiddich celebrated its 125th anniversary with a series of parties in 8 US cities during 2012, including one in Dallas, Texas. This episode of WhiskyCast… Read More

This week’s episode looks at a controversial whisky tasting/competition recently held in Michigan. The “Midwest Whisky Olympics” at Journeyman Distillery has been criticized because it… Read More

One of the highlights of the annual Kentucky Bourbon Festival is the World Championship Bourbon Barrel Relay competition. Teams from many of Kentucky’s distilleries compete… Read More

This week, we’re catching up with old friends and on new whiskies. After two full weeks on the road, there was much more to talk… Read More

Bourbon has been part of the fabric of Central Kentucky for generations, and that heritage is celebrated every September at the Kentucky Bourbon Festival in… Read More

Bonus coverage in this special episode from the Kentucky Bourbon Festival, with highlights from the Bourbon Hall of Fame induction ceremony for the legendary I.W.… Read More

This weekend, I’m in Bardstown for the annual Kentucky Bourbon Festival. There’s a legitimate claim that this could be the world’s largest whisky festival, with… Read More

We return to Paris for another Virtual Tasting session at Whisky Live Paris, and this month’s tasting panel includes Malt Maniacs Serge Valentin and Patrick… Read More

More from Whisky Live Paris in this special episode…we’ll hear from David Roussier of France’s Distillerie Warenghem, which marks its 25th anniversary this year. Ann… Read More