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Luca Mariano Distillery Sold for $19.5 Million: Inside the Kentucky Bourbon Industry's Sharpest Fall from Grace A Kentucky bourbon distillery that spent years building toward a grand opening — only to collapse under the weight of tens of millions in debt just weeks after cutting the ribbon — has f

Crown Royal's Amherstburg Plant Finally Finds a Buyer — But the Full Story Is Messier Than the Press Release After months of political theater, union grief, border-town anxiety, and a whisky bottle theatrically poured out on live television, the Crown Royal bottling facility in Amherstburg, Ontari

Nashville's Happenstance Whiskey Moves Into New Jersey With Fedway Associates There are a lot of bourbon brands chasing shelf space these days, but few doing it on the terms that Happenstance Whiskey has set for itself. Happenstance is a 100% women-owned whiskey company out of Nashville, Tennessee

The Uncle Nearest Lawsuit Just Got a Whole Lot More Complicated What started as a straightforward — if brutal — secured lending dispute has exploded into something far messier, and far more revealing about the inner workings of one of American whiskey's most celebrated brands. The court-appointed

The Fall of an American Whiskey Icon: How Uncle Nearest Went from Billion-Dollar Darling to Courtroom Battleground For a few shining years, Uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey looked like one of the most remarkable success stories in the history of American spirits. Built on the recovered legacy of a fo

Washington Fires Back: The CANADA Act and the Fight to Reclaim America's Most Important Whiskey Market For more than sixteen months, a half-empty shelf at a Toronto LCBO has functioned as the most vivid symbol of a trade war that most bourbon drinkers never saw coming. Where Jack Daniel's and Mich

Same Company, Different Name, Same Playbook: The ASA Takes Another Swing at Capgroup Int There is a particular audacity to getting caught running misleading advertising, rebranding twice, and then getting caught again doing the very same thing. That is precisely where Capgroup Int Ltd finds itself

American whiskey makers just got caught in the middle of a fight that has nothing to do with the whiskey itself, and now they're bracing for another hit. President Trump has signed a proclamation putting a 50% tariff on spirits coming in from Canada, and the group that speaks for the U.S. distilled

Where Barrel Char Meets Baseball Chalk: Whiskey Thief and the Louisville Bats Redefine What a Night at the Ballpark Can Be There are cities in America where bourbon is a backdrop — a regional quirk, a tourist trinket, something poured at the hotel bar and promptly forgotten. Louisville is not one

Scotland's Whisky Tourism Boom Has a New Search Engine — And It Could Change How Americans Plan Their Scotch Pilgrimage For anyone who has ever tried to plan a serious whisky trip through Scotland, the process has always felt oddly primitive. You know the names — Glenfiddich, Ardbeg, Benromach, Ab