A Whisky Still Knows No Gender

The last decade was one of progress for women in the whisky
industry, with more women than ever working as distillers and
blenders. The real change is that women distillers are rarely
viewed as a novelty now compared to the past, and we'll hear from
three of them this week. Recently retired Michter's master
distiller Pam Heilmann, Jeptha Creed's Joyce Nethery, and Widow
Jane's Lisa Wicker were panelists at a recent Bourbon Salon
discussion with Bourbon Hall of Fame historian Michael Veach at
Louisville's Oxmoor Farm, and we'll have part of their
conversation on WhiskyCast In-Depth. In the news, local officials
have given the green light to Diageo's plans for reviving the
Port Ellen Distillery, while the backers of another proposed
Islay distillery went back to the drawing board to overcome local
objections to their project.