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How Fawn Weaver Lost the Whiskey Empire She Built
The Fall of "The People's CEO": How Fawn Weaver Lost the Whiskey Empire She Built There is a particular cruelty to watching someone be separated from the thing they created. For Fawn Weaver, that moment arrived quietly on June 1, 2026 — not with a press release or a public statement, but with a te
SMWS Owner Gets Tariff Relief as Trade Deals Shift Outlook
SMWS Owner Artisanal Spirits Catches a Break: Trade Deals, Tariff Relief, and a Hard-Fought First Half For anyone who has tracked the fortunes of the Scotch whisky industry over the past two turbulent years, the latest trading update from Artisanal Spirits Company — the Edinburgh-based owner of th
Uncle Nearest's Martha's Vineyard Property Sells After Legal Battle
Uncle Nearest's Martha's Vineyard Property Finds a New Buyer — But the Road There Was Anything But Smooth The story of Uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey has always carried a particular American weight — a brand built on the legacy of Nearest Green, the man history credits with teaching Jack Daniel how
RNDC Files Chapter 11: The Fall of a Spirits Giant
The Fall of a Giant: Republic National Distributing Company Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy For more than a century, Republic National Distributing Company sat at the beating heart of the American spirits trade — the invisible infrastructure between the distillery and the back bar, between the coo
Artisanal Spirits Company H1 2026: Brands Rise, Cask Sales Slip
Inside Artisanal Spirits Company's H1 2026 Results: Brand Momentum Collides With a Sluggish Cask Market For a company that has spent the better part of a decade staking its identity on ultra-premium, limited-edition Scotch whisky, The Artisanal Spirits Company finds itself at a genuinely interesti
Jake Norris Opens His Own Distillery in Arvada, Colorado
Howell Construction Completes Arvada Distillery for The Curated Barrel Project — and Colorado Whiskey Gets Its Next Chapter A new distillery has taken shape in Arvada, Colorado, and the man behind it has a resume that reads like a greatest-hits record for Rocky Mountain whiskey. Howell Constructio
Brown-Forman CEO Lawson Whiting Retires After 27 Years
The End of an Era in Louisville: Lawson Whiting Steps Down as Brown-Forman CEO After nearly three decades inside one of America's most storied spirits companies, Lawson Whiting has decided to call it a career. Brown-Forman Corporation announced that Whiting has decided to retire from his role as P
Tariffs on Scotch Are Gone, Here's What Changes
The price you pay for a bottle of Scotch, or the tab you run up at your favorite bar, is about to look a little different. President Trump has moved to remove Section 301 tariffs on Scotch whisky and other UK whiskies, and the industry groups that represent the people who make, sell, and pour these
Trump's 50% Tariff on Canadian Whisky Reshapes Trade
A Trade War Poured Neat: Trump's 50% Tariff on Canadian Whisky Changes the Game The U.S.-Canada spirits trade, once a model of continental cooperation, has entered its most turbulent chapter yet. The Trump administration announced that a 50 percent tariff on Canadian goods — including whisky, wine
US Tariff Removal Transforms Scotch Whisky's Future
Scotch Whisky Gets Its Moment: The US Tariff Removal That Changes Everything For more than a year, the Scotch whisky industry watched one of its most important commercial relationships deteriorate in real time. American importers absorbed cost shocks. Scottish distillers saw order volumes shrink.
