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The Tariff Is Gone — But Don't Hold Your Breath for Cheaper Scotch The 10% tariff on Scotch whisky entering the United States is officially history. The levy lifted at 12:01 a.m. Eastern on July 24, 2026, and the first duty-free shipment left Scotland within 48 hours. Governments on both sides of

The Macallan Makes History as Scotland's First Distillery to Earn Wildlife Estates Scotland Accreditation In the long and storied world of Scotch whisky, most milestones involve the liquid itself — a rare age statement, a record auction price, a new distillery rising from the peat. The landmark ac

There is a long tradition in American business of showing up in person when something important is on the line. Letters get filed. Emails get skimmed. But a person standing in a congressional office, talking about the grain he buys, the people he employs and the town he operates in, tends to stick.

Last Call in California: How Big Money Is Killing Craft Distillery Delivery For anyone who spent pandemic lockdowns discovering small-batch bourbon from a California craft distillery — boxes dropped at the door, a hand-stamped label, something made fifty miles away by someone who actually knew you

Kentucky to Canada: How the Great Booze Ban Became a Bargaining Chip in the Most Consequential Trade Fight in a Generation For American bourbon and whiskey producers, Canada has long been more than a neighbor — it has been a lifeline. Millions of cases of Tennessee whiskey, Kentucky bourbon, and c

Aperol Is Carrying Campari's Weight as Wild Turkey Stumbles in a Broken Bourbon Market There was a time, not so long ago, when bourbon could do no wrong inside a corporate spirits portfolio. A bottle of Wild Turkey on the balance sheet was a license to print money. Premium American whiskey was the

A Midwest Craft Distillery Steps Into the National Spotlight: Pound & Penny Spirits Names BLACK BAND Its Exclusive Bourbon Partner In a move that underscores the growing appetite among craft spirits producers to pair serious production credentials with sophisticated commercial muscle, Pound &a

Beyoncé Buys Out Moët Hennessy, Takes Full Ownership of SirDavis American Whisky Two years after arriving on shelves with enough celebrity firepower to sell out cocktail kits within hours of launch, SirDavis American Whisky is entering an entirely new phase — one defined not by a luxury French con

India's Food Safety Regulator Drops the Hammer on Diageo — and the Ripples Reach Every Bottle on the Shelf For decades, the global spirits industry has treated India as the great frontier — a billion-plus consumers, a rapidly expanding middle class, and a domestic whisky culture so enormous it dwa

CaskdAI Is Here: A Purpose-Built Artificial Intelligence for Scotch Whisky Collectors Just Changed the Game The Scotch whisky world has always rewarded the patient, the well-informed, and the obsessive. Knowing the difference between an Oloroso-matured Speyside expression and a refill hogshead bot