Constellation Brands

It’s hard for some people to retire. Jim McEwan says he was pacing around his home on Islay “like a tiger” after retiring from Bruichladdich… Read More

The controversy over Beam Suntory’s sudden decision to change its plans for a Booker’s Bourbon price hike during the New Year’s holiday weekend left both… Read More

January 5, 2017 – Three business days into the new year is all it took for the first distillery deal to be announced in  2017,… Read More

December 30, 2016 – Every year is defined by the stories that shape it, for better or worse. Here’s our look at the stories that… Read More

A couple of weeks ago, we credited San Francisco’s Anchor Distilling with being the birthplace of the American craft distilling movement in 1993. While Anchor… Read More

December 8, 2016 – Smooth Ambler Spirits’ Old Scout was named the “Best Single Barrel Bourbon in the World” in Whisky Magazine’s 2016 World Whiskies… Read More

December 1, 2016 – Rémy Cointreau is making its second whiskey acquisition in recent weeks, with the announcement today that the Paris-based company is acquiring… Read More

Lagavulin Distillery is celebrating its 200th anniversary this year, and the Islay distillery hasn’t changed all that much over the years – at least on… Read More

Japanese whiskies have become harder to find as worldwide demand grows for them, but books about them are even harder to find. Longtime whisky writer Dominic… Read More

October 7, 2016 – $160 million is a lot of money, especially for a single distillery that has only been producing its own spirit for… Read More

October 4, 2016 – Constellation Brands has won the bidding for Utah’s High West Distillery in a deal valued at approximately $160 million (USD). According… Read More

This week, we’re on location with the first of two episodes from the Victoria Whisky Festival in Victoria, British Columbia. For the last several years,… Read More