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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

England Gets Its GI: The Whisky War That's Shaking the UK Spirits Industry For more than a century, English whisky was little more than a footnote — a ghost category remembered mostly by historians and the occasional trivia buff. That era ended definitively on September 11, 2026, when the UK gover

Diageo's Cameronbridge Distillery Faces Nearly Three Weeks of Strikes as Job Cut Dispute Boils Over When the whisky runs dry, the whole world notices. For Diageo — the London-listed spirits titan behind Johnnie Walker, Buchanan's, Haig Club, and some of the most poured glasses in America — that sc

Alberta Craft Whisky Just Got Its Biggest Stage Yet — And the Timing Could Not Be More Charged Walk into one of Alberta's Costco liquor stores this fall and you'll find something that wouldn't have been there a year ago: a bottle of small-batch, locally distilled whisky sitting right alongside the

England's Whisky Finally Gets Its Name Protected — And It's a Bigger Deal Than You Think For most American whiskey drinkers, the phrase "English whisky" probably doesn't conjure the same romantic gravity as Scotch or Irish. But that's changing, and faster than most people realize. On September 11,

Last Call for Canadian Whisky: How Trump's Import Ban Reshapes What's on America's Shelves For decades, the relationship between American drinkers and Canadian spirits has been one of quiet, comfortable familiarity. Crown Royal in its distinctive purple bag has occupied prime real estate in home b

The Scotch Malt Whisky Society Crosses 40,000 Members — But a Cask Sales Drag Is Testing the Story For American whisky drinkers who have been tracking the global single-cask scene, the name Scotch Malt Whisky Society needs little introduction. For four decades it has operated as one of the most si