Mark Gillespie

By Mark Gillespie February 14, 2020 – There’s no love lost on this Valentine’s Day between the Trump Administration and European Union leaders, and that… Read More

By Mark Gillespie February 13, 2020 – If you build it, they will come. That applies not only to a baseball field in the middle… Read More

By Mark Gillespie February 13, 2020 – American spirits producers should be in a great mood. Domestic sales are at an all-time high, and spirits… Read More

By Mark Gillespie February 11, 2020 – For years, the United States has been the most valuable export market for Scotch Whisky producers. A year… Read More

World leaders will be in Glasgow later this year for the United Nations COP26 Climate Change Conference, and Scotch Whisky industry leaders plan to be… Read More

February 7, 2020 – The United States has long been one of the Scotch Whisky industry’s most important markets, but the Trump Administration’s decision to… Read More

The whisky industry has become collateral damage in the ongoing trade dispute between the U.S. and the European Union, with tit-for-tat trade tariffs making life… Read More

Is making whisky an art or a science? In “The Amber Light,” filmmaker Adam Park makes the argument that Scotch Whisky is an art as… Read More

This week, we’re in Victoria, British Columbia for one of the world’s best whisky festivals, the 15th annual Victoria Whisky Festival! This year’s event also… Read More

Over the course of this year, we’ll be looking at the many ways climate change could affect whisky makers – and whisky lovers. Since whisky… Read More

The last decade was one of progress for women in the whisky industry, with more women than ever working as distillers and blenders. The real… Read More

By Mark Gillespie December 30, 2019 – The end of a year always brings with it reflections of the events that shaped the year. While… Read More