Category Archives: Spirits

Macallan Offers Chinese New Year Gift Box

Posted on January 10, 2018 by Donna Whitaker

Only 2,500 packs, celebrating the Year of the Dog, will be available in the U.S.  Each pack contains two bottles of Macallan Double Cask 12 years old.  Price:  $130.

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The Distillery Behind Scotland’s Most-Awarded Single Malt

Posted on January 10, 2018 by Donna Whitaker

Glenfiddich is part of the William Grant & Sons company, a family-operated business that owns The Balvenie, Tullamore DEW, and Hendrick’s Gin, among other spirits brands. Though superlatives regarding both awards and sales may be true, a visit to the Dufftown … Continue reading →

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International Scotch Day to Be Feb. 8

Posted on January 9, 2018 by Donna Whitaker

Ronan Beirne, Global Brand Marketing Director at Diageo said: “Last year we launched International Scotch Day and its huge success proved what we at Diageo already knew – the world loves

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CBrands Acquires Stake in The Real McCoy Rum

Posted on January 8, 2018 by Donna Whitaker

Constellation Brands acquired a minority stake in The Real McCoy, a copper pot distilled, American bourbon barrel aged rum.  Constellation will also handle distribution for the brand throughout

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Marianne Barnes on the ‘Old Fashioned’ Science of Making Bourbon

Posted on January 8, 2018 by Donna Whitaker

“I definitely think people underestimate the amount of science that it takes to make a glass of bourbon,” says Marianne Barnes, the master distiller at Castle & Key Distillery in Frankfort, Kentucky. Read more here, from Public Radio International.

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M.S. Walker Intros Sicilian Digestif to U.S. Market

Posted on January 4, 2018 by Donna Whitaker

M.S. Walker is introducing Amaro dell’Etna, a Sicilian digestif that has been produced near Mt. Etna in Italy for more than 100 years, into the U.S. market.

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