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Tennessee-based Uncle Nearest has purchased a vineyard in France and is expecting to launch a Cognac brand in 2024. The vineyard has been recently been owned by the Martell family.

Robbie Robertson - of "The Band" fame - has leapt from the grave to become the latest to join the celebrity-owned or associated whisky label parade in a collaboration with Vermont-based WhistlePig. Robertson - who died nearly three months ago from prostate cancer - had been working on the...

Japanese brand Fuji whisky is now available in the UK. Fuji is sourced from the Gojemba Distillery [at the base of the iconic Mount Fuji] and has three main whiskies in their core range lineup - Fuji Single Grain [$85/bottle], Fuji Single Malt [$95] and Fuji Single Blended [$80]

Dave Bautista has become the latest celebrity to join the whiskey parade of celebrities attaching their names to brands - in this case, San Antonio-based Devils River Whiskey. Bautista was a professional wrestler [retired in 2019] and gained additional fame in the "Guardians of the Galaxy"...

Buffalo Trace Distillery will open a store in London - their first-ever outside of the USA - in December 2023. The store will be located in the Covent Garden area of London and offer a selection of their brands as well as a pair of "tasting experiences" [Taste of Trace and Tradition and Change]...

Johnnie Walker - owned by spirits behemoth, Diageo, is making their latest blue label concoction - Johnnie Walker Blue Label Xordinaire - available in Singapore [for $400 per bottle]. After its debut in Singapore, Xordinaire will be available later in the year in other airports worldwide...

Jack Daniel's has opened a pop-up in London's Heathrow airport featuring their 45% alcohol by volume [90 proof] American single malt whiskey collection which debuted earlier this summer. The JD pop-up is currently scheduled to be open until October 22, 2023.

Islay distillery Lagavulin has released a 15-year-old single malt whisky specifically for this year's Islay Jazz Festival - which has begun and concludes tomorrow - and has spent time in Spanish Oloroso sherry casks as a nod to the Spanish jazz scene.

Titanic Distillers has their distillery up and running in Belfast - the first whiskey production in the city in 88 years.

New York-based Great Jones Distilling celebrates the life of iconic New York-based artist Jean Michael Basquiat with the release of Dinosaur Edition, Skull Edition and Straight Bourbon - all featuring Basquiat artwork on their labels.

Pernod Ricard - owner of Japanese whisky brand, Fuji - will distribute said whisky brand in Europe in a collaboration with the Kirin Japanese brewery, another P-R brand. Fuji is expected to be initially available in 13 European markets.

Irish whiskey behemoth brand Jameson has opened the bank account to become an official sponsor of the EFL [English Football League] through the 2026/27 season. This is Jameson's first-ever sponsorship of the EFL.

Diageo has doubled down in Dublin - opening a pair of bars in the Dublin airport - a cocktails-only bar dubbed Tailors Bar and, for the non-alcohol drinkers, an alcohol-free pop-up bar next to Tailors Bar which features non-alcoholic versions of some of the offerings at the Tailors Bar...

Buffalo Trace is collaborating with DP World Tour [aka European Tour] to sponsor the UK-based BMW PGA Championship, which is due to be held September 12-17, 2023 at Wentworth in Surrey. Buffalo Trace had already sponsored a pair of golf tournaments on the DP World Tour 2023 schedule - the...

Johnnie Walker has created a new blended whisky in their Black Label lineup - Bold Steps - designed specifically to attract the British South Asian community in a collaboration with the Diet Paratha South Asian community platform and with a label designed by British South Asian designer...

Famous English footballer David Beckham has finally called it quits in his nine-year collaboration with Haig Club whisky in order to - not surprisingly - join the massive parade of celebrities touting their own brand of whisky. Beckham originally entered the collab with Diageo-owned Haig Club...

That's mostly because it is his new whisky - as Stewart has officially jumped on board the celebrity bandwagon of creating a whisky with his name on it - in this case, a blended Scotch called Wolfie's Whisky, bottled by Loch Lomond Distillery, and available now in certain parts of the world and...

The Glenturret - aka Scotland's oldest working distillery - has a new fancy pants Lalique decanter for their limited edition Eight Decades single malt. The decanter in question was made in collaboration with Lalique by American artist James Turrell and to commemorate Turrell's 80th birthday...

Islay distillery Kilchoman is diving into the rum business with the impending building of a rum distillery in Barbados. Kilchoman recently received permission to build the rum distillery and will employ a former Mount Gay rum manager as lead on the project. No production date has yet been...

UK-based That Boutique-y Whisky has released a limited edition USA Series of whiskies with labeling depicting distillery "stars" styled as vintage baseball cards. The series of 10 includes bourbons, rye whiskies and American single malts - with names like Dad's Hat and Grapple.