PappyGate Hits the Screen in Netflix's "Heist"

Nearly four years after Toby Curtsinger was released from prison
after serving just 30 days of a 15-year sentence, he's telling
his side of the "PappyGate" saga. Curtsinger, his wife Julie, and
eight other people were indicted in connection with the thefts of
thousands of dollars' worth of whiskey from Buffalo Trace and
Wild Turkey distilleries, but Toby Curtsinger was the only one
who served any time in prison. He's always maintained that he
wasn't responsible for the 2013 theft of nearly 200 bottles of
Pappy Van Winkle whiskies, and his story is part of the Netflix
documentary series "Heist." We'll talk with "Heist" director Nick
Frew on WhiskyCast In-Depth. In the news, tickets for this year's
Kentucky Bourbon Festival are sold out, but some Bardstown
residents don't see that as a good thing. Whisky events in Europe
are starting to require attendees to show proof of Covid
vaccination or negative tests, and the push for sustainability
has whisky makers looking to the forests.