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Scotch Whisky Makes History in Argentina With Landmark Geographical Indication — And Now It's Turning One For decades, anyone wandering the aisles of a Buenos Aires liquor store could find bottles that traded freely on the cachet of Scotland without bearing much legal obligation to actually be fro

From the Parking Lot to the Bottle: How Blue Lot® Bourbon Became West Virginia's Own There is a particular kind of authenticity that cannot be manufactured by a marketing team or conjured in a boardroom — the kind that comes from years of shared experience, from Saturday afternoons spent in the co

Bardstown Bourbon Company Takes Tropical Seriously: The Story Behind the Victoria Pineapple Barrel Finish There is a particular challenge embedded in the very chemistry of American whiskey that most distillers have simply learned to live with: the near-impossibility of coaxing genuine tropical fru

Luca Mariano Distillery Sold for $19.5 Million: Inside the Kentucky Bourbon Industry's Sharpest Fall from Grace A Kentucky bourbon distillery that spent years building toward a grand opening — only to collapse under the weight of tens of millions in debt just weeks after cutting the ribbon — has f

The Kentucky Bourbon Hall of Fame's 2026 Class Is Its Most Diverse Yet — and One Name Will Surprise You Every September, the bourbon industry gathers its legends, its lifers, and its rising voices to honor the people who have bent the arc of American whiskey history. This year, the Kentucky Distil

Isle of Harris Distillery Drops Its Signature Single Malt — A Decade in the Making There is a particular weight to the phrase "ten years in the making" when it comes from the remote edge of the Outer Hebrides, where time moves differently and the Atlantic winds shape everything from the barley in

Crown Royal's Amherstburg Plant Finally Finds a Buyer — But the Full Story Is Messier Than the Press Release After months of political theater, union grief, border-town anxiety, and a whisky bottle theatrically poured out on live television, the Crown Royal bottling facility in Amherstburg, Ontari

Scotland's Most Ambitious Mashup: Kingsbarns Distillery Opens a Putting Green and Sets Its Sights on Golf's Global Faithful There is a moment every golfer knows — the round is done, the bag is off your shoulder, and the only thing standing between you and a proper dram is the walk from the 18th gr

Nashville's Happenstance Whiskey Moves Into New Jersey With Fedway Associates There are a lot of bourbon brands chasing shelf space these days, but few doing it on the terms that Happenstance Whiskey has set for itself. Happenstance is a 100% women-owned whiskey company out of Nashville, Tennessee

Port of Leith Distillery Puts Scotch Whisky in a Can — And It Might Actually Be Brilliant There is a moment in any whisky lover's Saturday afternoon — somewhere between the second pour and the third — when the idea of carrying that experience somewhere else sounds genuinely appealing. Maybe it's a