Felipe Schrieberg

1 week ago | forbes.com | Felipe Schrieberg

The Scotch whisky industry is happily celebrating a long-awaited free trade deal between the U.K. and India worth many billions of pounds. The newly signed UK-India Free Trade Agreement may also mark a significant milestone for the Scotch whisky industry, promising substantial growth in one of the world's largest whisky markets.

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Felipe Schrieberg

10 hours ago UK and India sign a 'landmark' trade agreement after years of tough negotiations LONDON (AP) — Britain and India announced Tuesday that they have agreed on a hard-wrought free trade agreement that will slash tariffs on products including Scotch whisky and English gin shipped to India and Indian food and spices sent to the U.K. The deal comes more than three years after … 1 day ago Inside the rise of American Single Malt and the push for true terroir in whiskey It’s been about...

2 weeks ago | forbes.com | Felipe Schrieberg

The world of Scotch whisky cask investment has always been high risk and also plagued by misinformation and riddled with fraudsters who had landed on whisky after running other types of commodities scams. Now, sister Scotch whisky cask investment firms Cask 88 and Braeburn Whisky have gone bust. Though neither company responded to a request for comment, multiple sources that worked with both companies, including former employees, confirmed that both have folded.

2 weeks ago | forbes.com | Felipe Schrieberg

An Garda Síochána - the Irish national police - issued a stark warning to the public about the rise of so-called "whiskey fraud," urging victims to come forward and highlighting the role such scams may play in supporting organised criminal activity, reports The Irish Times. In recent years, the tally of investment scams involving casks of Scotch whisky and also Irish whiskey has grown.

1 month ago | forbes.com.au | Felipe Schrieberg |Katia Damborsky |Michael Swartz

Published on March 28, 2025 This morning, the BBC broke a story (now on the front page of its website) about Scotch whisky cask investment fraudsters. The investigation uncovered scams totalling several million pounds where victims were sold overpriced or non-existent casks of Scotch whisky, with some casks fraudulently resold multiple times.