New Zealand's Whisky Boom

It's been a year since we took WhiskyCast to New Zealand for the
first time to do the show from Whisky Galore's DramFest in
Christchurch just before the Covid-19 pandemic shut down
worldwide travel. Since then, more distilleries have come on line
in New Zealand, with 19 distilleries now making whisky. Now, the
distillers have come together to create a set of standards
defining New Zealand whisky - with an eye to both protecting the
whisky and the country's indigenous culture. Tash McGill of
Distilled Spirits Aotearoa (New Zealand's original name) joins us
this week on WhiskyCast In-Depth to share that story. In the
news, there's a cease-fire in the trade war between the U.S. and
Europe, though American whiskey makers are still taking fire from
tariffs on their exports. We'll have that story and much more,
including the unique method of an award-winning master blender
and March's Whisky Club of the Month.