How to get whisky into America with Importer Howard Sacks
About this episode
Howard Sacks discusses his journey as a whisky importer in the U.S. and the challenges he faces.
We met Howard a year ago up in Dornoch and when he contacted us to let us know he was coming back, we had to meet up for a couple of drams. We managed to sneak a recording in on Saturday morning in Diggers before the Independent Whisky Festival in Leith. It was an early start, but we still managed some 'breakfast drams'. Howard talked us through how he started out as a Whisky Importer in the U.S, the challenges of getting whisky into America, how he selects the brands he works with, and why he decided to look at Independent Distilleries and Bottlers rather than going main stream. This is a fascinating insight and the drams were fantastic too.
Topics covered
- whisky importation
- independent distilleries
- whisky brands
- challenges in whisky industry
- whisky tasting
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