One of the few Black-owned operations in the spirits industry, the Tennessee distillery had grown rapidly before unraveling in recent years. By Clay Risen The nearly yearlong courtroom drama ...

JONESBOROUGH, Tenn. (WJHL) – A distillery in Tennessee’s oldest city is celebrating America 250 with a specially made whiskey as part of the TN250 initiative. Tennessee Hills Distillery was selected ...

Add WDRB as a preferred source on Google to ensure that local news and weather from WDRB appears more often in Top Stories when relevant to your search. LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — Sazerac will soon have ...

Buffalo Trace owner Sazerac has launched its first Tennessee whiskey. The move follows the company’s 2016 purchase of a distillery in Newport n Tennessee from Avery’s Trail Distilling Co. The new AJ ...

Sazerac has announced the debut of its new Tennessee Whiskey, AJ Bond. The new release was crafted by master distillers Allisa Henley and the late John Lunn, and named in their honor. More whiskeys ...

Sazerac got into the Tennessee whiskey business back in 2016 when it purchased the Avery’s Trail Distillery in Newport, Tennessee, where the Popcorn Sutton brand was made. Master distiller John Lunn ...

A nondescript warehouse in La Vergne is the secret home to a new spirits company that is ready to turn the Tennessee whiskey world upside-down. AJ Bond is a subsidiary of Sazerac, the New ...

Singer-songwriter and guitarist Chris Stapleton has been on the music scene for decades. Serving as a vocalist for two bands -- the four-piece rock group The Jompson Brothers and the bluegrass outfit ...

Great whiskey takes time — time to grow the oak trees for the barrel, time for the corn and other grains to grow and be harvested, time to distill and years in the barrel to change from clear ...

After a troubled, headline-grabbing year, Tennessee whiskey brand Uncle Nearest could be looking at the end of the line if a buyer isn’t found as soon as possible. The company, currently under a court ...

On Wednesday, Sazerac Company formally announced the name of its Tennessee whiskey operation — AJ Bond Distillery — as it prepares to launch its first Tennessee whiskey in summer 2026. The move marks ...

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