NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Thursday, Sept. 28, 2017 — The Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority has approved incentives for a $150 million distillery project for the Bardstown area proposed by a subsidiary of the same company that owns Stolichaya Vodka. According to documents released Thursday, Strigiformes LLC plans a distillery, rickhouses, visitor […]
John Hayes, left, and Elizabeth McCall, both of Brown-Forman, accept the Hall of Fame award on behalf of Chris Morris from Eric Gregory, center, president of the Kentucky Distillers’ Association. (Click images to enlarge.) Judy Shapira, center, widow of Harry J. Shapira, and Cynthia Torp, right, accept the Hall of Fame award presented posthumously to […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Monday, Sept. 11, 2017 — Tickets are still available for the “Half Pint of Whiskey Trivia with a Shot of Humor” luncheon, noon to 2:30 p.m., this Friday, Sept 15, 2017, at Wickland, the Home of Three Governors, 550 Bloomfield Rd. in Bardstown. Local author and historian Dixie […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Thursday, Sept. 7, 2017 — The Bardstown Bourbon Company announced Wednesday expansion plans that will make the distiller one of the largest in the world. In a press release, David Mandell, the president and CEO of Bardstown Bourbon Co., said the company plans to double its capacity […]
Community News Thursday, Sept. 7, 2017 — Beyond the Bourbon, Art Crafted by Distillery Employees, is currently a special exhibit at Bardstown for the Arts/The Gallery on Court Square. Employees of six distilleries chose to submit artwork. The Artist Reception and Awards Ceremony will be held 5 to 6:30 p.m. Thursday, September 14, at […]
Community News Thursday, Sept. 7, 2017 — Speakeasy Bourbon Style, a new original play sponsored by Heaven Hill Distillery set in the 1920’s with connections to our own community, makes its debut 7-9:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017 and and Thursday, Sept. 14th at The Gallery on Court Square. The event will feature a […]
J.L. Ritchie, 78, of Bardstown, died Sunday, July 16, 2017, at Audubon Hospital in Louisville. He was born June 17, 1939, in Nelson County. He was a retired supervisor for the Nelson County School Bus Garage. He was a member of Mud-Dobber’s Four Wheeler Club, and a lifetime member of Bardstown Baptist Church where he […]
By SYLVIA HORLANDER Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Sunday, June 4, 2017 — The Commonwealth of Kentucky’s 225th birthday was toasted Thursday, June 1st in an appropriate style with the appropriate beverage — the commemorative 1792 Small Batch Bourbon for The Commonwealth produced here in Bardstown by the Barton 1792 Distillery. Elected officials, tourism representatives, […]
