UPDATED, 8:01 p.m. EST, to include trade agreement correspondence.
With “bourbon” becoming a strong buzzword, foreign distilleries are using the term in ...
My first book, Camera Boy: An Army Journalist's War in Iraq, will be going out of print soon. (Buy a copy now before some asshole charges $400 for a used signed...
UPDATED: 5/23/14 9:20 a.m.: Comments from Jefferson's Reserve founder Trey Zoeller at the bottom of the page. Jefferson's was one of the brands reported to the ...
In late March, Avión Tequila’s PR firm, Allison Brod PR, sent a media pitch claiming “consuming tequila has some serious health benefits.” The pitch offe...
On the plane to San Francisco, I pondered the past year in bourbon and the trends that could impact my beloved category. We’ve seen age statements drop like f...
For Whisky Advocate, I wrote an in-depth feature about the famous--some would say infamous--distillery in Lawrenceburg, Indiana. You can read an online exclusiv...
The Tennessee General Assembly is considering a new law that allows used barrels in Tennessee Whiskey production.
Current Tennessee law (passed last year) st...
Finding sources is not as easy as it sounds.
I write for several audiences that range from stay-at-home consumers to liquor trade reps who know more about th...
How would you like to buy something for 20 times what it cost three years ago?
Thanks to demand, the three-tier system and ultra greedy retailers, that’s w...
The Distilled Spirits Council of the United States (DISCUS) found Dewar’s in violation of Provision 24 of the Code of Responsible Practices for its sexist “...
