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Scotland's First Minister spent a week in India this month talking up investment, and somewhere in those meetings the conversation turned to bulk whisky. John Swinney raised how bulk Scotch whisky exports are being treated with the Indian government during a visit that ran from October 20 to 27, th

On paper, 2025 looks like a quiet year for whisky. According to IWSR data, the global category grew by about +1% in volume and +2% in value. Those are the kind of numbers that rarely make headlines. But the drinks-market analysts say the totals hide a much more uneven picture, one where gains are p

New York's Historic Move Against the "Angel's Share": WhistlePig Whiskey Faces Landmark Air Permit Mandate in the Adirondacks For generations, the evaporated mist that rises from whiskey aging warehouses has carried a romantic name inside the distilling world — the "angel's share." Barrelhouses ac

One Million Visitors, Two Years Running Irish whiskey distilleries and visitor centres drew about 1,040,000 visitors in the 12 months from June 2025 to June 2026, according to the Irish Whiskey Association. That is up roughly 30,000 on the previous year, and it is the second consecutive year above

When Rare Bottles Get Easier to Buy, Clubs Sell Something Else Louisville Business First reports that private bourbon clubs are offering exclusive access as shelf prices soften. The full article is behind a paywall and was not available for this piece, so what follows draws on its headline and on

A bottle of Scotch sold in the United Kingdom now carries a tax load that would make most retailers wince: 74 percent of the shelf price, by the Scotch Whisky Association's reckoning. The figure came out of Wednesday's UK Budget, where Chancellor John Healey confirmed another inflation-linked rise

Japan Drinks Fewer Imported Whiskies, and Pays More for Them Japan's imported whisky volumes fell in 2025, even as the category kept its place as the biggest part of the country's spirits imports. The figures come from Japanese customs data compiled by ProWine Tokyo for its market briefing ahead o

Louisville Gets Its First Scheduled International Flight Air Canada will begin seasonal nonstop service between Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport and Toronto Pearson on April 28, 2027. It will be Louisville's first regularly scheduled international passenger service. The route runs fou

Marvin R. Shanken, the publisher who built a media empire around wine, spirits and cigars, died on October 29, 2026, in New York City. He was 83. Reports say the cause was glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer. His company announced his death the same day, and the tributes started right

Two Senate Candidates, One Bourbon Argument Bourbon has become a talking point in Kentucky's U.S. Senate race. Republican Andy Barr and Democrat Charles Booker are competing for the seat held by Mitch McConnell, Kentucky's longest-serving senator and the longest-serving Senate leader in U.S. histo