Mark Gillespie

December 4, 2015 – In one of the largest investments for its Distill Ventures unit, Diageo will invest around 100 million Danish kroner (approximately $14.6 million… Read More

December 4, 2015 – Tomatin Distillery was named Distiller of the Year in the second round of Whisky Magazine’s annual Icons of Whisky Awards, which… Read More

December 3, 2015 – While most of the recipes in the Cocktail Collection come from whisky companies, this one comes courtesy of Italian coffee roaster… Read More

December 3, 2015 – Earlier this year, Glenfiddich lost its title as the world’s best-selling single malt Scotch whisky to The Glenlivet. Now, William Grant… Read More

December 2, 2015 – David Urquhart, widely credited with helping his family’s Gordon & MacPhail spirits business achieve worldwide prominence, has died at the age… Read More

This week, we’ll be talking about whisky and education. Not teaching people how to drink whisky, but how to make it! There aren’t many university-level… Read More

November 26, 2015 – After a series of delays, plans are finally on track for construction of Islay’s newest distillery. Jean and Martine Donnay have… Read More

November 24, 2015 – As all of Belgium remains under high alert while police and soldiers warn of a possible terrorist attack, a group of… Read More

This week, we’re at Canada’s oldest whisky festival…the New Brunswick Spirits Festival in Fredericton, New Brunswick. The festival is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year,… Read More

November 19, 2015 – Canadians are cheering the selection of Crown Royal’s Northern Harvest Rye as the 2016 Whisky Bible’s overall “World Whisky of the… Read More

November 18, 2015 – The term “5-wood” is normally used only by golfers, but it describes the latest release from India’s Amrut distillery, and technically,… Read More

November 16, 2015 – The holidays are bringing more new whiskies, with new releases announced from Dewar’s and Grant’s at both ends of the price… Read More