Mark Gillespie

December 20, 2017 – While the controversy continues to rage over the Republican tax reform legislation that received final Congressional approval Wednesday, the spirits industry… Read More

If you’re watching this while sipping a dram, raise a glass to the world’s farmers – because without the grain they grow, there would be… Read More

December 19, 2017 – The stories of friends deciding to open their own distilleries are almost legendary. For John Cooper and Herman Mihalich of Dad’s… Read More

December 17, 2017 – Guinness World Records has declared a Scottish hotel’s whisky bar as having the “largest whisky collection available for sale.” The Glenesk… Read More

Greg Metze spent years making whisky near the banks of the Ohio River, but he never really got the recognition he deserved because his distillery… Read More

George Washington’s original whiskey distillery at his Mount Vernon estate in Virginia operated from 1797 until shortly after his death in 1799. In 2007, the… Read More

This week, the New York Times marked the anniversary of the end of Prohibition with a special event at one of America’s few women-owned distilleries,… Read More

On the first Saturday each December, Stranahan’s Distillery in Denver releases its annual Snowflake limited-edition single malt whiskey. The release party has become more than… Read More

Colorado’s ski resorts wish they had lift lines as long as the one that stretched down Kalamath Street in Denver Saturday morning, when hundreds of… Read More

What’s it like to taste five rare whiskies worth $60,000? In our latest “One on One” tasting, we’ll sit down with Gemma Paterson of The… Read More

November 28, 2017 – On December 14, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission will hold a hearing and vote on the “Restoring Internet Freedom” rule making… Read More

Pulteney Distillery manager Malcolm Waring wasn’t born in Wick, Scotland, but there’s no place he’d rather be … three decades after getting his first job… Read More