Tourism has become a major part of the Scotch Whisky industry, with two million people visiting distilleries in both 2018 and 2019. 2020, the “Year… Read More
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Europe’s Whisky Tariffs Reach the “Terrible Twos” for U.S. Distillers
By Mark Gillespie June 22, 2020 – Two years ago today, the European Union’s 25% tariff on imports of Bourbon, Tennessee Whiskey, and other American… Read More
Global Scotch Whisky Exports Grow While Tariffs Cut Into U.S. Market
By Mark Gillespie February 11, 2020 – For years, the United States has been the most valuable export market for Scotch Whisky producers. A year… Read More
Climate Change’s Impact on Whisky & Farmers (Episode 801: January 12, 2020)
Over the course of this year, we’ll be looking at the many ways climate change could affect whisky makers – and whisky lovers. Since whisky… Read More
The Top Whisky Stories of 2019
By Mark Gillespie December 30, 2019 – The end of a year always brings with it reflections of the events that shaped the year. While… Read More
The Godfather of Australian Whisky (Episode 799: December 29, 2019)
There was no Australian Whisky industry to speak of in 1992 when Bill Lark persuaded the government to give him a license to distill whisky… Read More
Finding a Home in the World of Whisky (Episode 798: December 22, 2019)
Dhavall Gandhi could have been a highly sought after mergers and acquisitions expert, but he set that potentially lucrative career aside to pursue his passion… Read More
Clock Is Ticking on Tax Break for U.S. Craft Distillers
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
Distillers on the Hill (Episode 778: July 28, 2019)
It takes a lot to drag distillers away from their stills, but when the stakes are as high as the current debate over extending a… Read More
Whiskey’s High Wire Act (Episode 775: July 7, 2019)
The husband and wife team of Scott Blackwell and Ann Marshall opened High Wire Distilling six years ago in Charleston, South Carolina to make whiskey,… Read More
The Future of Whisky? (Episode 769: May 26, 2019)
This week’s episode is certain to arouse the ire of whisky purists. We’re looking at Glyph, a “molecular whiskey” that’s engineered in a lab instead… Read More
Dingle Whiskey: Oliver’s Dream Realized (Episode 768: May 19, 2019)
Oliver Hughes and his partners in Ireland’s Porterhouse Group opened Dingle Distillery in late 2012, just as the Irish craft distilling boom was beginning. Dingle… Read More

