Saturday, February 1, 2014

Diageo to cut costs by £200m as China growth slows


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Diageo to cut costs by £200m as China growth slows
BBC News - Whisky, especially Scotch whisky, has been seen as a particularly attractive luxury item among China's elite in recent years. Sales in emerging ...

Partying at full kilt for Robert Burns

Partying at full kilt for Robert Burns
Crain's Chicago Business (blog) - 28 featured Nicholas Pollacchi, a gregarious whisky master and founder of the Whisky Dog, a Scottish company that shares the joys of whisky tasting ...

Diageo presses case for Scotch interests

Diageo presses case for Scotch interests
Financial Times - Diageo, the world's biggest producer of Scotch whisky, is lobbying the Scottish and UK governments ahead of September's referendum on ...

Spencerfield Spirits releases The Feathery Scotch


The Spirits Business
Spencerfield Spirits releases The Feathery Scotch
The Spirits Business - Spencerfield Spirit Company, the group behind Edinburgh Gin and Sheep Dip whisky, are to release a no-age-statement Scotch whisky named The ...

Brown-Forman Travel Retail to offer whiskey tutorials in Orlando


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Brown-Forman Travel Retail to offer whiskey tutorials in Orlando
MoodieReport - Brown-Forman Travel Retail will highlight the importance of wood and barrels in whiskey-making at the IAADFS Duty Free Show of the Americas this ...

Charity holding whiskey tasting evenings in Bromsgrove and Droitwich


Bromsgrove Advertiser
Charity holding whiskey tasting evenings in Bromsgrove and Droitwich
Bromsgrove Advertiser - SP. A BROMSGROVE charity raising money for multiple sclerosis is holding two whiskey tasting evening. JAYs, which raises money for research into ...

Thomas Magee's whiskey bar: An Eastern Market classic in the making

Thomas Magee's whiskey bar: An Eastern Market classic in the making
Crain's Detroit Business (blog) - Olson opened Thomas Magee's Sporting House Whiskey Bar in Eastern Market located at 1408 E. Fisher Fwy., sandwiched between the former home ...

Bar Jackalope Japanese whiskey bar opens in back room of Seven ...

Bar Jackalope Japanese whiskey bar opens in back room of Seven ...
Los Angeles Times - Bar Jackalope, a Japanese whiskey bar also featuring American bourbons, ryes and Scotch, has soft-opened in the back room of Seven Grand in ...

Introducing Belle Meade Bourbon | The Charlottesville 29

Introducing Belle Meade Bourbon | The Charlottesville 29
The Charlottesville 29 (Charlottesville29) - Belle Meade Bourbon, now available in Charlottesville, arrives with a good story behind it. Brothers Andy and Charlie Nelson are reviving a ...

Beam Selects Franklin County To Build 600000 SQ. FT. Distribution ...

Beam Selects Franklin County To Build 600000 SQ. FT. Distribution ...
MarketWatch - "The Bourbon industry is a key driver of our economy in the Commonwealth, and Beam is certainly on the forefront of that growth," said Congressman ...

Bourbon Affair tickets go on sale Friday


Montreal Gazette
Bourbon Affair tickets go on sale Friday
Business First of Louisville - The Frankfort-based Kentucky Distillers' Association is hosting the five-day showcase of the bourbon industry in Louisville and surrounding areas ...

The Canadian Whisky Portable Expert | Uncrate

The Canadian Whisky Portable Expert | Uncrate
Uncrate - It might not get as much attention as its cousins Bourbon and Scotch, but Canadian whisky is actually every bit as worthy of your time....

Know About the Different Types of Whiskeys


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Know About the Different Types of Whiskeys
iDiva.com - Canadian Whisky - It has perhaps the most diverse definition of all of the above as it must taste like Canadian Whisky. It will generally be a multi-grain ...

Seven Grand DTLA Whiskey Society: Cedar Ridge & Charbay ...

Seven Grand DTLA Whiskey Society: Cedar Ridge & Charbay ...
213 Nightlife (scotty) - If you haven't heard, Golden State Cocktail Week is rocking Downtown right now, and with so many Master Distillers and Brand Ambassadors in town, ...

Rye Style: Bulleit Whiskey Speak Easy Series | Marketing magazine

Rye Style: Bulleit Whiskey Speak Easy Series | Marketing magazine
Marketing magazine (Marketing) - Campaign: Bulleit Whiskey Speak Easy Series. Client: Diageo Australia. Agency: One Green Bean. Background. To mark the arrival of Bulleit Rye in ...

'Girl drinks': Women and whiskey


Baltimore Post-Examiner
'Girl drinks': Women and whiskey
Baltimore Post-Examiner - It has pronounced us all done talking about the fact that women drink whiskey. Yeah, sorry, HuffPo. I'm not done talking about it. Until I order drinks ...

Whiskey and Wine Event on February 21

Whiskey and Wine Event on February 21
Chicago Tribune - Bolingbrook Golf Club will host their inaugural Whiskey & Wine Tasting event on Friday, February 21 from 6:00 to 9:30 p.m. The event will feature live ...

Social's Small Batch Bourbon Dinner: Whisk(e)y ... - Bite and Booze

Social's Small Batch Bourbon Dinner: Whisk(e)y ... - Bite and Booze
Bite and Booze (Jay Ducote) - Typically speaking, my Whisk(e)y Wednesday posts consist of reviews of bourbons, Scotches, Irish whiskey, and more whiskeys and whiskies from ...

You're Invited to a Bourbon Party at the Antiques and Garden Show ...

You're Invited to a Bourbon Party at the Antiques and Garden Show ...
Nashville Scene (Chris Chamberlain) - This year, there will be no vino for me because the show is throwing a soiree they call "A Bourbon Party: Bourbon + Southern Food + Gardens ...

Fresh from the Bourbon Trail

Fresh from the Bourbon Trail
Ozaukee Press - out a barrel of Kentucky's finest bourbon for Weinrich and have it shipped back to ... Bourbon Trail to find a barrel that would fit Weinrich's palate.

Diageo First-Half Sales Growth Trails Estimates Amid China Slump


Telegraph.co.uk
Diageo First-Half Sales Growth Trails Estimates Amid China Slump
Businessweek - A Diageo Plc employee holds a glass of whisky during a tasting at the company's new Johnnie Walker House in the Gangnam district of Seoul.

Betty toasts 103 happy years


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Betty toasts 103 happy years
Mansfield Chad - A glass of whisky a day keeps the doctor away according to 103-year-old Betty Shimeld. Betty celebrated more than a century of happy memories on ...

Phil MacHugh: Haggis, whisky, tartan and a cold can of Irn Bru ...


Scottish Daily Record
Phil MacHugh: Haggis, whisky, tartan and a cold can of Irn Bru ...
Scottish Daily Record - Haggis, Whisky, Tartan, Highland dancing and Irn Bru – if there was ever a time to bring out the proud Scot in me it was over the weekend.

You've gotta love the IrishYou've gotta love the Irish

You've gotta love the Irish
Sonoran News - You've gotta love the Irish ... If you find me a parking place I will go to Mass every Sunday for the rest of me life and give up me Irish Whiskey!"

The Whiskey Boom

The Whiskey Boom
Roll Call - But the newly christened Whiskey Room just opened to the public Jan. 24. ... and Dublin native James Costigan, the bar's resident Irish whiskey guru.

Teeling to build €10m Irish whiskey distillery


The Spirits Business
Teeling to build €10m Irish whiskey distillery
The Spirits Business - The Teeling Whiskey Company (TWC) has revealed plans to build a €10million distillery in Dublin, bringing distilling back to the Irish city for the first ...

Duncan Taylor Scotch Whisky Tasting February 12th, 2014

Duncan Taylor Scotch Whisky Tasting February 12th, 2014
WhiskyIntelligence.com (admin10) - The Vancouver whisky club 'Companions of the Quaich' invite you to enjoy a unique opportunity to sample Duncan & Taylor premium whiskies...

Jim Beam® Partners With Mila Kunis For Its First-Ever Global ...


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Jim Beam® Partners With Mila Kunis For Its First-Ever Global ...
MarketWatch - ... Canadian Club Whisky, Courvoisier Cognac, Teacher's Scotch Whisky, ... Knob Creek Bourbon, Laphroaig Scotch Whisky, Kilbeggan Irish Whiskey, ...

Claremont's Vom Fass' whisky class among February offerings

Claremont's Vom Fass' whisky class among February offerings
San Bernardino Sun - For those of you (21 and older, of course!) who have missed out on the previous Scotch whisky classes at Claremont's Vom Fass, you've got another ...

Spirit of romance

Spirit of romance
Stuff.co.nz - Almost 100 years ago, a young apprentice from a Japanese sake company was sent to Scotland to study the art and science of whisky making.