Finding a Home in the World of Whisky
Dhavall Gandhi could have been a highly sought after mergers and acquisitions expert, but he set that potentially lucrative career aside to pursue his passion for making whisky. After a stint at The M...
23 Dec 201959min
An Edinburgh Distillery's Canadian Connection
Holyrood Distillery became Edinburgh's first malt whisky distillery in nearly a century when it fired up the stills for the first time last September, but to trace its origins, you'd have to travel mo...
16 Dec 201957min
Winner, Winner...Whiskey Dinner!
Nicole Austin can be excused for walking on Cloud 9 the other night at Whisky Advocate's WhiskyFest in New York City. The George Dickel master distiller had just received the magazine's Whiskey of the...
9 Dec 201945min
Designing Distilleries for Scotch Whisky's Next Century
There's an old saying that "form follows function." It's the idea that a building's design should fit its intended purpose, and over the years, that's been the way whisky distilleries were designed by...
2 Dec 20191h 9min
The Queen of Canadian Whisky
This week, we're in Fredericton, New Brunswick for the 24th annual New Brunswick Spirits Festival! We'll talk with one of the leading lights in Canadian Whisky, Canadian Club's Tish Harcus, on WhiskyC...
24 Nov 201954min
A Throwback to the Early Days of Scotch Whisky
Scotch whisky history was built on the backs of farmers who worked their fields three seasons of the year and spent the winters turning their grain into whisky. While distilling is a full-time job tod...
18 Nov 201955min
India's Single Malt Whisky Pioneers...15 Years Later!
15 years ago, two Indian entrepreneurs took a few bottles of their single malt whisky to Glasgow, just to see if it would stand up to blind tastings by Scotch Whisky lovers. Rick Jagdale and Ashok Cho...
11 Nov 201959min
Terroir in Whisky: Terrific Concept or Terrible Myth?
Want to start an argument among whisky lovers? Just ask whether there's "terroir" in whisky. Terroir is the French term for a "sense of place" where the local environment plays a role in developing sp...
3 Nov 201956min
