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
Woodford Reserve
On the Road at Tales of the Cocktail (Episode 715: July 22, 2018)
This time around, we’re in New Orleans for Tales of the Cocktail, the annual gathering of bartenders and drinks industry leaders for a week of… Read More
A New Riff on Bourbon (Episode 712: July 8, 2018)
Ken Lewis has accomplished a lot of things in his life, from climbing Alaska’s Denali to owning one of Kentucky’s largest chains of liquor stores.… Read More
Bourbon Distillers Respond to Tariffs Targeting American Whiskies
July 3, 2018 – While the European Union’s new 25 percent import tariff on Bourbon, Tennessee, and other American whiskies has only been in effect… Read More
A Double Whammy for US Whisky Distillers (Episode 706: June 14, 2018)
Tax cuts that took effect at the start of 2018 encouraged many US whisky distillers to expand their facilities. Now, they’re caught in the middle… Read More
Whisky By the Generations (Episode 704: June 7, 2018)
With Father’s Day coming up, we’ll meet a Scottish woman following her father into the whiskey business. That’s right…whiskey. Jennifer Nickerson married her Irish farmer… Read More
Whiskey Trade Barriers Going Up as Trade Dispute Escalates
June 6, 2018 – This weekend’s G7 Summit in Quebec with heads of state from the world’s largest industrialized nations is likely to be one… Read More
A Whisky Trade War on the Horizon? (Episode 703: June 3, 2018)
Canada and the European Union are planning retaliatory tariffs on imports of Bourbon and other American whiskies after this week’s move by the Trump Administration… Read More
Becoming a Bourbon Badass (Episode 702: May 31, 2018)
Bourbon scares some people away…at first. Often, those who approach Bourbon gingerly develop a true passion for it, and become what Linda Ruffenach refers to… Read More
Wandering The Wonderful World of Whisky (Episode 686: March 25, 2018)
Rachel Barrie is known on Twitter as @TheLadyBlender, and she’s just winding up her first year as the master blender for Brown-Forman’s BenRiach, GlenDronach, and… Read More
Women in Whiskey, Sisters in Suds (Episode 671: December 10, 2017)
This week, the New York Times marked the anniversary of the end of Prohibition with a special event at one of America’s few women-owned distilleries,… Read More
Ten Years of Making Whiskey at Mount Vernon (Episode 665: October 29, 2017)
Distillers from around the United States gathered at Virginia’s Mount Vernon this week to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the restoration of George Washington’s Distillery… Read More