Mark Gillespie

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

Alex Chasko isn’t your typical Irish Whiskey master distiller and blender. For one, he isn’t Irish. He grew up in Portland, Oregon and found his… Read More

October 25, 2019 – The record price for a single bottle of whisky sold at auction fell like autumn leaves in the wind at London’s… Read More

There’s a lot of uncertainty for U.S. whisky lovers after the Trump Administration’s new 25% tariff on imports of single malt whiskies from Scotland and… Read More

By Mark Gillespie October 18, 2019 – We’ve received a lot of questions about the Trump Administration’s decision to impose a 25% tariff on imports… Read More

October 18, 2019 – Hopes in the Scotch Whisky industry for a last-minute reprieve from the Trump Administration’s new 25% tariff on imports of single… Read More

The United States is the largest market for Irish Whiskey worldwide, but until now, one of Ireland’s legendary whiskeys had never released a special edition… Read More

George Remus could never have conceived of the idea of edible “whisky capsules,” but if he had, the “King of the Bootleggers” would have figured… Read More