The global COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic took full hold on the whisky industry this week, as governments not only shut down bars and limited restaurants to… Read More
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Distillers Hoping to be Part of Coronavirus Solution While Fighting to Stay in Business
By Mark Gillespie March 19, 2020 – Chris Montana wrote an email Tuesday night to his team at Du Nord Craft Spirits that he’ll never… 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
U.S. Distillers Get One-Year Extension Of Federal Excise Tax Break
By Mark Gillespie December 21, 2019 – “As soon as the President signs, I will be raising my glass…I will not tell you what spirit’s… Read More
An Edinburgh Distillery’s Canadian Connection (Episode 797: December 15, 2019)
Holyrood Distillery became Edinburgh’s first malt whisky distillery in nearly a century when it fired up the stills for the first time last September, but… Read More
Distillers Turn Up Heat on Congress As Tax Deadline Gets Closer
By Mark Gillespie December 12, 2019 – Remember that New Year’s Eve deadline for extending the break America’s small-scale distillers currently get on their federal… Read More
Winner, Winner…Whiskey Dinner! (Episode 796: December 8, 2019)
Nicole Austin can be excused for walking on Cloud 9 the other night at Whisky Advocate’s WhiskyFest in New York City. The George Dickel master… Read More
The Queen of Canadian Whisky (Episode 794: November 24, 2019)
This week, we’re in Fredericton, New Brunswick for the 24th annual New Brunswick Spirits Festival! We’ll talk with one of the leading lights in Canadian… Read More
Support Grows For Extending Distillers’ Tax Break, But Still No Action
November 5, 2019 – There isn’t much that politicians on both sides of the aisle in Washington agree on these days., with one exception. There… Read More
Terroir in Whisky: Terrific Concept or Terrible Myth? (Episode 791: November 3, 2019)
Want to start an argument among whisky lovers? Just ask whether there’s “terroir” in whisky. Terroir is the French term for a “sense of place”… 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
Clock Ticking on Extension of Tax Break for Craft Distillers
August 1, 2o19 – Four months and 29 days may seem like a long time for most of us, but many American craft distillers are… Read More

