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Twenty-Nine Industry Professionals Finish an Eight-Month Leadership Push Twenty-nine people from across the American spirits business have finished one of the industry's most closely watched development programs. The Distilled Spirits Council of the United States, known as DISCUS, announced the gr

When Diageo brass talk about "protecting the long-term competitiveness" of their business, it has a way of landing differently on the shop floor. At Cameronbridge — Europe's largest grain distillery, tucked away in the Lowlands of Fife, Scotland — those words have ignited a labor dispute that now t

England's New Whisky Shield Is Scotland's Headache: The Battle Over the UK's Most Consequential GI Decision in Years On September 11, 2026, the UK government did something it had never done before: it handed England its own legally protected whisky identity. The Department for Environment, Food an

Sazerac Eyes German Schnapps Icon Berentzen in Latest European Push The maker of Buffalo Trace bourbon and Fireball whisky is not slowing down. Sazerac Co., the privately held New Orleans spirits giant controlled by the Goldring family, is in active negotiations to acquire Berentzen-Gruppe AG, Ger

Over 42,000 Entries for 5,000 Bottles: The Okanagan Spirits Lottery That Captured a Nation's Attention Most lotteries promise life-changing cash. This one promises something that, for a growing number of Canadians, might feel just as good: a chance to buy a bottle of whisky. Not just any whisky —

BarrelPick.com Wants to Put You in the Distiller's Chair — and It Just Made That Easier Than Ever For most bourbon drinkers, the relationship with whiskey begins at a retail shelf. Someone else chose the grain, the still, the entry proof, the rickhouse location, and the day the barrel was deemed r

A Ban That Reaches Well Beyond the Border A U.S. ban on Canadian spirits and wine has now taken effect, and the people who feel it first may not be the ones in the middle of the political fight. Restaurants, bars, liquor stores and everyday customers are the ones getting pulled deeper into a trade

The big chain sports bars get most of the attention on game day. They have the parking lots, the TV commercials and the same menu from coast to coast. But ask a group of fans where they would rather watch a big match and plenty of them will name a local place instead. It might be a beach bar with s

Master of Malt Confirms Customer Data Breach in Supply-Chain Attack on BigCommerce One of the most trusted names in online spirits retail has been caught in the crossfire of a sophisticated supply-chain cyberattack. Online spirits retailer Master of Malt suffered a supply-chain breach after its e-

Ardnamurchan Just Put Single Malt Scotch in a Plastic Bottle — and That's a Bigger Deal Than It Sounds There is a particular kind of reverence that surrounds a bottle of single malt Scotch. The thick glass, the heft in the hand, the way light catches the amber inside — these are not incidental det