Johnnie Walker Scotch whisky distillery has rolled out a limited edition whisky dubbed the Johnnie Walker Blue Label Xordinaire. The new expression was launched exclusively for the travel retail sector and will become a permanent release. The whisky was bottled from only 1 of 10,000 casks of the Johnnie Walker reserved aged stock. Johnnie Walker […]
Whisky distillery, Bareface Canadian Whisky, has released the first expression in its recently launched Wilderness Series. The spirit is dubbed Matsutake 01 and is one of the world’s most unique whiskies made with unusual components. Ingredients include distinctive notes of Matsutake mushrooms, a natural fungi that grows in the Canadian forests and wilderness. “With each […]
Indian whisky brands have outperformed renowned distillery giants Diageo and Pernod Ricard. Indian spirits are changing the global whisky market and forcing established brands to reconsider marketing strategies and whisky components. No one expected the whisky distillery kings, Diageo and Pernod Ricard, to lose the throne. At least not to newcomers like India. This country […]
A mere six years after investing in the Dublin-based Irish whiskey-making Teeling Distillery, Bermuda-based Bacardi has taken majority control of the distiller. The percentage of Bacardi’s ownership stake was undisclosed but founders Jack and Stephen Teeling will continue to own a percentage of the business and run day-to-day operations. Bacardi initially invested in The Teeling […]
Balmoral Castle and Estate has released a special edition whisky honoring the 75th birthday of King Charles III. The 45-year-old single cask whisky was distilled at Royal Lochnagar and released in celebration of the King’s birthday. It was tasted by the King this year, before 253 bottles were released on November 14, 2023. On Tuesday, […]
After basking in an impressive reception in the UK market, Never Say Die has launched in the US drinks market. In September 2022, the UK-based Kentucky-owned distillery rolled out the straight bourbon into the UK. The whiskey was launched online. According to the distillery, a few thousand cases of the brand’s bottled whiskey are being […]
This is not a rags-to-riches story. It is an artistic journey of one of Colorado’s most unique single malt whisky from a home basement to a top-producing whisky distillery. Michael Myers, a former fashion photographer, named Distillery 291 after Alfred Stieglitz’s New York gallery. The distillery uses Colorado-grown grain to produce its whisky, in an […]