Mark Gillespie

Holyrood Distillery became Edinburgh’s first malt whisky distillery in nearly a century when it fired up the stills for the first time last September, but… Read More

By Mark Gillespie December 12, 2019 – Remember that New Year’s Eve deadline for extending the break America’s small-scale distillers currently get on their federal… Read More

Nicole Austin can be excused for walking on Cloud 9 the other night at Whisky Advocate’s WhiskyFest in New York City. The George Dickel master… Read More

There’s an old saying that “form follows function.” It’s the idea that a building’s design should fit its intended purpose, and over the years, that’s… Read More

This week, we’re in Fredericton, New Brunswick for the 24th annual New Brunswick Spirits Festival! We’ll talk with one of the leading lights in Canadian… Read More

November 18, 2019 – Joseph A. Magnus & Co. started selling its whiskies in Washington, DC in 2015. Highland Park Distillery was founded by Magnus… Read More

Scotch whisky history was built on the backs of farmers who worked their fields three seasons of the year and spent the winters turning their… Read More

15 years ago, two Indian entrepreneurs took a few bottles of their single malt whisky to Glasgow, just to see if it would stand up… Read More

November 5, 2019 – There isn’t much that politicians on both sides of the aisle in Washington agree on these days., with one exception. There… Read More

Want to start an argument among whisky lovers? Just ask whether there’s “terroir” in whisky. Terroir is the French term for a “sense of place”… Read More

November 1, 2019 – There’s a countdown clock on the home page of the American Craft Spirits Association web site for midnight on New Year’s… Read More

October 30, 2019 – Kentucky’s Bourbon distillers are running their stills at full steam to catch up with current – and projected – demand for… Read More