Truffle Hunting for Whisky History (Episode 965: August 14, 2022)
Andrew Welford is described as a “truffle hunter” for whisky history, but his best find to date didn’t sell for a penny. In fact, he donated an original John Walker & Sons shares ledger from 1944 that he found on eBay to Diageo’s corporate archive in Scotland. We’ll talk with him and Isabel Graham-Youll of Whisky.Auction, who helped bring together the book with its new home. In the news, the Kentucky Bourbon Benefit auction to help the state’s flooding victims is underway with bidding already exceeding $250,000. We’ll have that story and much more, including a Major League Baseball team Read More »
Rapid growth continues in Bourbon Country as Four Roses announced it will be adding $23M in 17 new rickhouses in Bullitt County, KY at its Coxs Creek warehousing campus. The colossal addition will equate to 776,000 total square feet of new housing for all those lovely barrels of liquid joy, bringing each new rickhouse to […]