Ten years after Pernod Ricard left Kentucky with the sale of Wild Turkey to Gruppo Campari, the world’s #2 spirits company is back in the… Read More
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Pernod Ricard Returns to Kentucky with Rabbit Hole Acquisition
June 14, 2019 – Ten years after exiting the Kentucky whiskey business with the $575 million sale of Wild Turkey to Gruppo Campari, Pernod Ricard… 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
Poking the Bourbon Bear (Episode 766: May 5, 2019)
Let’s face it. When you think of American Whiskey, Bourbon is probably top of mind. After all, Congress declared it “America’s Native Spirit” 55 years… Read More
A New Generation at Michter’s (Episode 765: April 28, 2019)
Pam Heilmann has been making Bourbon for her entire career, but it was only in the last three years that she had the title of… Read More
Good Friends and a Dram of Whisky (Episode 763: April 14, 2019)
Lew Bryson and Martin Duffy take their whisky seriously…but not much else! When they joined us at the recent American Whiskey Convention in Philadelphia, the… Read More
A New Tune for Dewar’s (Episode 761: March 31, 2019)
Blending whiskies is both an art and a science, and Dewar’s could fairly be accused of focusing more on the science side in recent years… Read More
Bourbon…Not Just for the Boys Any More! (Episode 756: February 24, 2019)
There’s a long tradition of fathers and sons in whisky distilling, but Kentucky’s Jeptha Creed Distillery is one of the few distilleries where mother and… Read More
Amazon: Now Delivering Whisky Videos (Episode 755: February 17, 2019)
Amazon delivers almost everything…even whisky in some places. Now, Amazon Prime Video is delivering content for whisky lovers. We’ll talk with the Three Drinkers: Aidy… Read More
It’s Allta ‘Bout the Yeast! (Episode 753: February 3, 2019)
Glenmorangie unveiled its 10th Private Edition release this week in London, and we were there as Allta marked a new style of single malt for… Read More
A Breakup in the Irish Whiskey Business (Episode 752: January 27, 2019)
Even when things appear to be going well, there are sometimes undercurrents of trouble behind the scenes. That played out in Ireland this week after… Read More
About to Buy a Rare Whisky? It Could Be a Fake! (Episode 747: December 30, 2018)
2018 may go down in whisky history as the “Year of the Collector” as whisky collecting became popular not only among connoisseurs, but with investors… Read More