International Wine & Spirits Competition

What do you call a distillery with no brands of its own? A contract (or custom) distiller creates whiskies for its clients, and many of… Read More

“Private Selection” bottlings are the rage today, and it almost seems like an arms race as bars and retailers try to outdo each other with… Read More

Back on the road again, and this episode comes from the New Brunswick Spirits Festival in Fredericton, New Brunswick! We’ll have highlights from the festival,… Read More

What we think of today as the boom in craft distilling started 20 years ago this year, when San Francisco brewer Fritz Maytag bottled the… Read More

This week, we’ll look at the business behind the whiskies we drink – and investors hope to profit from. More investors are looking seriously at… Read More

Every once in a while, you might want to step outside of your comfort zone and try something besides whisky. A WhiskyCast listener asked for… Read More

Ask a Scot about Ben Nevis, and you’re more likely to hear about the highest peak in Scotland than the whisky of the same name.… Read More

July 25, 2013 – William Grant & Sons, the family-owned company responsible for Glenfiddich, The Balvenie, and Grant’s whiskies, led trophy winners in the whisky… Read More

Scotch Whisky exports account for 80% of all Scottish food and drink exports each year, along with about 25% of all UK food and drink… Read More

Edwin Foote started his distilling career in the old Henry McKenna Distillery, and wound up as the Master Distiller at the legendary Stitzel-Weller and Old… Read More

What’s the most intense environment one could age a whisky in? A Kentucky rickhouse with 100-degree temperature swings and high humidity…maybe. How about a deep-sea… Read More

Irish Whiskey has been the fastest-growing segment of the whisky business for the last several years. William Grant & Sons acquired Tullamore Dew last year,… Read More