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August 14, 2013 – Willy Wonka’s “golden tickets” promised chocolate lovers a peek inside the Wonka candy factory in the movies, but whisky lovers with… Read More

Keith Batt never dreamed of distilling whisky when he and his family bought the Nant Estate in Tasmania, but the farm had lots of barley… Read More

August 1, 2013 – Bowmores from the legendary year of 1964 dominated the bidding at McTear’s during its July 31 whisky auction in Glasgow. In… Read More

The whisky world lost one of the legends this week with the passing of Buffalo Trace Master Distiller Emeritus Elmer T. Lee. Not only was… Read More

June 28, 2013 – A limited-edition collection of Springbank single malts led the bidding at McTear’s during its June 26 auction of rare whiskies and… Read More

The annual Islay Festival of Malt & Music gets underway this weekend, and they’ll be celebrating more than just whisky on Islay this week. Bruichladdich’s… Read More

May 24, 2013 – A bottle of The Macallan Anniversary Malt from 1983 led the bidding at this week’s McTear’s auction of rare whiskies in… Read More

May 21, 2013 – Bottles of whisky signed by Britain’s Prime Ministers often show up at auction, but a lot at the recent Tennants auction… Read More

April 30, 2013 – The first Bonhams whisky auction of the year in New York City saw vintage Macallans leading the bidding, with a 50-year-old… Read More

This week’s episode comes from Frankfurt, Germany…during a layover on my trip to visit the Amrut Distillery in Bangalore, India. However, we’re focusing on a… Read More

March 13, 2013 – A 1938 Macallan single malt bottled by Gordon & MacPhail sold for £4,000 ($6,033) at McTear’s on March 13, leading the list… Read More

Bruichladdich’s $90 million acquisition by Remy Cointreau was one of the biggest whisky stories of the year, and CEO Simon Coughlin joins us for this… Read More