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Ireland's Worst Journalist™

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Magda Zzzz. gave Whiskey & Wealth Club 1 star. Check out the full review... Scam artists is an understatement. Do your research on these people and don’t let the fake revi ...

Uh oh www.trustpilot.com/reviews/6981...

03.02.2026 06:12 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Starting to think the planned whiskey distillery they have been spouting on about for more than a decade is in fact not going to happen

archive.is/rQclT

*and probably never was

27.01.2026 19:18 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0
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Powerscourt Distillery to exit receivership Powerscourt Distillery set to exit receivership and receive a significant cash injection as they reach deal with Altiva Management Inc.

Powerscourt Distillery has been sold out of receivership www.irishwhiskeymagazine.com/news/industr... The Receiver will now seek to sell the remaining bulk Whiskey, which includes Whiskey acquired from Cooley Distillery a number of years ago.

23.01.2026 08:51 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Whiskey & Wealth Club Ltd

and yet it lives www.asa.org.uk/rulings/whis...

21.01.2026 10:25 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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We refuse to be cheap feed: Cork oat grower calls for Irish grain mandate Growing a large area of winter and spring cereals and beet for livestock farmers, the O'Regans are one of the larger scale tillage operators in Munster

'Tillage farmers are similarly disgusted by whiskey and beer being made in Ireland primarily from imported grain. Currently, use of Irish grain is not required in an Irish Whiskey Geographical Indication registered with the European Commission.'

www.irishexaminer.com/farming/arid...

05.01.2026 10:41 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Seems a tad odd that he might take on more debt to buy assets out of a business he led into collapse but I guess that's capitalism.

05.01.2026 09:49 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Too much released too young but it was definitely getting better. I'd say the stock will be cheap as nobody seems to want to buy any right now.

05.01.2026 09:47 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Agree on that. I'd imagine Reynier will get the casks for peanuts as nobody seems interested in it. So we might have a lot more whisky-terroir chat down the road...

05.01.2026 09:46 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

Mark Reynier, founder of collapsed distillery Waterford Whisky, is bidding to buy €12 million worth of bulk spirit from the company’s receivers, according to industry sources, writes Barry J Whyte -
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04.01.2026 09:41 — 👍 16    🔁 2    💬 5    📌 0
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Could China Become the World’s Next Major Whisky Producer? - Vino Joy News With 50 whisky distilleries in operation, China’s whisky ambitions are racing ahead of consumption. Will the next major whisky producer be China?

Could China Become the World’s Next Major Whisky Producer?
vino-joy.com/2025/12/18/c...

18.12.2025 08:11 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 1

I live on a back road to Dungourney and this morning it was like the fall of Saigon out there, people just trying any old back road they could find to get into Midleton and past the Two Mile.

16.12.2025 12:01 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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World Spirits Report 2025: Irish whiskey - The Spirits Business There’s much optimism about whiskey from the Emerald Isle, with exports and distillery visitor numbers returning to growth.

'While the category’s biggest market is in decline (US exports fell by 3.5% last year), there are pockets of opportunity for the category in emerging places such as Mexico and India.' www.thespiritsbusiness.com/2025/12/worl...

16.12.2025 11:59 — 👍 10    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Revenues rise at Drumshanbo Irish gin maker despite new US tariffs

Revenues rise at Drumshanbo Irish gin maker despite new US tariffs www.businesspost.ie/companies/re...

15.12.2025 09:33 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Any GND stuff I've had is decent, for its age. I think his woes are reflective of global trends but also the category burned through a lot of consumer goodwill by selling us five year old whiskey for 80 euro+ a bottle.

13.12.2025 06:47 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Plans lodged for new micro-distillery development in Leitrim The planned micro-distillery will be at Ballyshannon, Co Leitrim, if planning permission is granted by Leitrim Co Council

Plans lodged for new micro-distillery development in Leitrim
www.ireland-live.ie/news/leitrim... The planned micro-distillery will be at Ballyshannon, Co Leitrim, if planning permission is granted by Leitrim Co Council

13.12.2025 06:43 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Speculators sour on Irish whiskey with John Teelings’ Great Northern Distillery taking a hit

Speculators sour on Irish whiskey with John Teelings’ Great Northern Distillery taking a hit www.businesspost.ie/companies/sp...

12.12.2025 11:04 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Ilona gave Whiskey & Wealth Club 1 star. Check out the full review... I purchased six casks from Whiskey and Wealth Club in December 2020 and the experience was grea ...

'I purchased six casks from Whiskey and Wealth Club in December 2020 and the experience was great. Unfortunately, in May 2024 I made the mistake of purchasing another three casks for £17,070- and everything went downhill from there.'

www.trustpilot.com/reviews/692c...

01.12.2025 08:09 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
John Varghese – Reviews

This guy's review keeps getting taken down, and he keeps putting it back up and today he has updated it again www.trustpilot.com/reviews/68f2...

30.11.2025 14:16 — 👍 7    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Would have thought IDL would have TM on anything Marrowbone Lane related, but seemingly not www.moneycontrol.com/news/busines...

18.11.2025 13:37 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Cork’s Franciscan Well brewery to cease production in new year | BreakingNews The closure will impact 15 staff members, the company confirmed.

Molson Coors-owned Franciscan Well brewery in Cork docklands set to close www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/cork...

17.11.2025 18:53 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Karyn Haggerty – Reviews

Auchentoshan no less www.trustpilot.com/users/691661...

14.11.2025 08:51 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Misty in east Cork.

09.11.2025 09:08 — 👍 24    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

Bypassing paywalls is killing journalism but we gotta do what we gotta do

09.11.2025 09:08 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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09.11.2025 03:12 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 1
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US distiller in €6m bid to rescue collapsed Waterford Whisky Tennessee Distilling Group is in talks about the Irish whiskey firm, which has been in receivership since November of last year

US distiller in €6m bid to rescue collapsed Waterford Whisky www.thetimes.com/world/irelan...
Tennessee Distilling Group is in talks about the Irish whiskey firm, which has been in receivership since November of last year

08.11.2025 20:25 — 👍 8    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 1
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Don’t Buy Scotch Whisky Casks As An Investment. Here’s Why. A stream of misinformation and a lack of transparent data means the general public should stay away from this high-risk and unregulated sector.

'In several cases, former fraudsters and 'speculation cowboys' who had previously run scams and high-risk schemes in commodities like wine, property and energy have now pivoted to whisky' www.forbes.com/sites/felipe...

08.11.2025 11:56 — 👍 9    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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UK and US still in talks on steel and whiskey tariffs The UK is still in talks with US president Donald Trump's administration for a deal to address US tariffs on steel and whiskey, according to the British Consul General in Chicago.

UK and US still in talks on steel and whiskey tariffs www.independent.ie/business/wor...

05.11.2025 06:28 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

When you can see firms abandoning their carefully curated Trustpilot accounts you know the jig is up. Most of the cask investment entities I know of have quietly wound down and are moved on to other scams.

04.11.2025 16:38 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Be wary of whisky cask 'investments' - Which? Banking on Scotch can leave a bad taste in the mouth – and a hole in your wallet

Which? magazine on whisky cask 'investments' www.which.co.uk/news/article...

04.11.2025 13:13 — 👍 9    🔁 2    💬 2    📌 0
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Joeri gave Whiskey & Wealth Club 1 star. Check out the full review... Invested last year 2024 in an offer of the Donn Craft Whiskey, including a purchase back agreem ...

Ah well www.trustpilot.com/reviews/6908...

04.11.2025 06:32 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0