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A New Round Of Tariff Relief Lands In Ireland President Trump has announced plans to lift tariffs on Irish whiskey while visiting Ireland, marking the latest move in what has become a broader rollback of trade barriers affecting the spirits industry. The announcement did not come out of nowhere. I

The group of major players guiding spirits policy in the United States just got a new name on its roster, and it's one that's been around a lot longer than the trade association itself. Disaronno International USA has signed on as a director member of the Distilled Spirits Council of the United Sta

Johnnie Walker just gave whisky drinkers and pop music fans a reason to pay attention to the same bottle. The world's best-selling Scotch whisky brand has unveiled a new limited edition design for its flagship Black Label, and this one carries the fingerprints of global superstar Sabrina Carpenter.

Every fall, a small corner of the whiskey world holds its breath, and this year is no different. Old Rip Van Winkle Distillery and Buffalo Trace Distillery confirmed on September 10 that the 2026 Van Winkle Whiskey Collection is finally making its way to store shelves, bars and restaurants across t

Glen Moray Doubles Down on Golf: Speyside Distillery Locks In the Senior Open Through 2029 In the world of spirits marketing, few partnerships carry the kind of cultural weight that comes from aligning a single malt Scotch whisky with major championship golf. Glen Moray, the Elgin-based Speyside d

Ireland's Whiskey Boom Has a Dark Side — and It's Creeping Up the Walls Walk through the Irish countryside near a whiskey maturation warehouse these days and you might notice something unsettling clinging to the walls of farmhouses, coating the bark of trees, and shadowing road signs in a thin, da

West of Tradition: How Westland Distillery's New Documentary Reframes the Entire American Single Malt Conversation There's a particular kind of ambition that doesn't announce itself loudly. It just keeps showing up — in the fields, in the stillhouse, in the barrel room — year after year, doing the

Larrikin Bourbon Co. Brings the Australia Series to the 2026 Kentucky Bourbon Festival — and It's as Wild as It Sounds There are craft bourbon releases, and then there are moments that make you stop and genuinely ask whether what you're reading is real. Larrikin Bourbon Co.'s Australia Series fall

Starlight Distillery's 10-Year Mizunara Reserve: The Rarest Bottle to Come Out of Southern Indiana When a craft distillery pulls a decade-aged bourbon from a single cask of centuries-old Japanese oak, limits the release to 250 bottles, and puts it through a lottery, it tends to get people's attent

Pernod Ricard Cuts Its Growth Outlook as the American Spirits Market Sours The world's second-largest spirits company has delivered a blunt message to investors and industry watchers alike: the American party is over, at least for a while. On August 27, 2026, Paris-based Pernod Ricard reported res