Tariffs Targeting Canada and Mexico Paused for 30 Days
Just hours before tariffs were to take effect on both sides of the U.S.-Canadian border, President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau reached… Read More
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Diageo to Cut Operations at Stitzel-Weller
Diageo has announced plans to close its bottling operation at the Stitzel-Weller Distillery campus in Louisville this April, with 33 workers to lose their jobs.… Read More
Trump To Impose Tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China
In a White House briefing this afternoon, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said President Donald Trump’s pledge to impose import tariffs on goods coming into the… Read More
Glenglassaugh to Go Silent For Most of 2025
In what may be the first of many distilleries to slow down their production plans because of lagging sales, Brown-Forman has decided to shut down… Read More
Canadian Whisky, Tequila to Be More Expensive With U.S. Tariffs
As expected, President Donald Trump announced plans to impose 25 percent tariffs on all imported goods from Canada and Mexico on his first day in… Read More
Brown-Forman to Cut 12% of Staff, Close Louisville Cooperage
In another sign that tough times are ahead for the Bourbon industry, Brown-Forman today announced plans to cut 12% of its global workforce, meaning approximately… Read More
Heaven Hill Worker Dies in Warehouse Accident
A rickhouse worker died Thursday morning in a fall at Heaven Hill’s main campus in Bardstown, according to the Nelson County Sheriff’s office. The worker… Read More
TTB Issues Final Standard for American Single Malt Whiskey
After more than seven years of lobbying, the Treasury Department’s Tax & Trade Bureau has finally issued a formal “standard of identity” for American Single… Read More
Kentucky Distillers Set New Production Records
At a time when Bourbon inventories are spiking and sales are slowing, it comes as no surprise that Kentucky’s Bourbon distillers set new records for… Read More
Waterford’s Reynier: “I’ve Got Myself to Blame”
“I’m not going to point the finger at anybody or moan or blame anybody, it’s my business plan, it was my project and my idea,… Read More