Whisky Advocate

3 weeks ago | whiskyadvocate.com | Jake Emen

Brothers Andy and Charlie Nelson resurrected their family distilling legacy by launching Belle Meade bourbon in 2012 and opening Nelson’s Green Brier Distillery in Nashville two years later. The accolades piled up, and Constellation Brands took a minority stake in 2016, and then acquired majority control in 2019. A few years later, the brothers left the company and their namesake behind. But at the end of last year, they quietly regained the rights to Belle Meade, returning ownership to the family.

Sep 25, 2024 | whiskyadvocate.com | Jake Emen

The Glenlivet, founded in 1824, is celebrating its 200th anniversary with the unveiling of its oldest whisky ever. The 55 year old The Glenlivet Eternal Collection, First Edition (42.2% ABV) has been matured for more than half a century, or about a quarter of the distillery's existence. There are only 100 bottles of this sherry cask-finished single malt available for sale, each priced at $55,000. For Glenlivet cask master Kevin Balmforth, offering a whisky of this age was no sure thing.

Jun 4, 2024 | whiskyadvocate.com | Jake Emen

The most fun way to learn about whisky is to visit a distillery, particularly in a renowned place like Scotland or Kentucky. But whisky’s flavors also often take root in other parts of the world, notably the great wine regions that supply distillers with their casks. Fortified wines—wines to which a distilled spirit, usually brandy, has been added—in particular often play a starring role, with sherry being foremost, alongside port and madeira.