60 years ago, Bill and Marge Samuels dipped the first bottles of Maker’s Mark Bourbon in Loretto, Kentucky. They left the “e” out of “whisky”… Read More
Virginia Distillery Company
Virginia Distillery Faces SWA Lawsuit Over “Virginia-Highland” Whisky
July 9, 2019 – When is a “Highland” whisky not a “Highland” whisky? That’s the crux of a federal lawsuit filed Monday by the Scotch… Read More
Irish Whiskey’s Ups and Downs in 2018 (Episode 744: December 9, 2018)
Irish Whiskey continues to be one of the fastest-growing segments of the whisky business around the world, but the distilleries in Ireland and Northern Ireland… Read More
Back Home on Whiskey Row After 99 Years (Episode 732: October 14, 2018)
Old Forester released its final edition in the Whiskey Row series of limited-edition Bourbons this week, and the 1910 Old Fine Whiskey honors the brand’s… Read More
Virginia: A Place for Whiskey Lovers (Episode 722: September 2, 2018)
Virginia’s distilling history dates back to at least 1620, and while many whiskey lovers know about George Washington’s Distillery at Mount Vernon, it’s just one… Read More
Whisky is Too Important to be Taken Seriously (Episode 687: April 1, 2018)
Scotland’s Douglas Laing & Co. is celebrating its 70th anniversary in 2018, and for many of those years, the Laing family has taken a light-hearted… Read More
Betting on Irish Whiskey’s Future (Episode 683: March 4, 2018)
Irish Whiskey has been the fastest-growing segments of the global whiskey market for the last several years, and for many Irish entrepreneurs, it’s a long-awaited… Read More
Whisky & Chocolate: A Divine Combination (Episode 680: February 11, 2018)
With apologies to the legendary Scottish poet Robert Burns, “whisky and chocolate gang tegither!” Good whiskies and fine chocolates actually share many of the same… Read More
Distilling an Inner-City Revival (Episode 629: February 19, 2017)
Camden, New Jersey has a long manufacturing heritage dating back decades, but the city’s glory days ended decades ago – leaving behind empty buildings, crime,… Read More