{"podcast":{"title":"WhiskyCast","slug":"whiskycast-538427","podcast_index_feed_id":538427,"rss_url":"https://whiskycast.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://whiskycast.com","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/4/a/4/7/4a47f40ac52d1bf388c4a68c3ddbc4f2/WhiskyCast_logo_NEW2K-20221107-1qpiryzfz8.jpg","author":"CaskStrength Media","episode_count":1170,"summary":"Each week's episode features the latest whisky news, a calendar of upcoming events, and interviews with whisky experts. For more information, links, and a complete archive of past episodes, visit www.whiskycast.com.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-23T06:18:05.891910+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/whiskycast-538427"},"episode":{"title":"Charting a New Course for Starward Whisky","slug":"charting-a-new-course-for-starward-whisky","published_at":"2026-02-02T21:58:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/whiskycast-538427/charting-a-new-course-for-starward-whisky","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/whiskycast-538427","url":"https://whiskycast.com","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/whiskycast/WhiskyCast_20260201.mp3?dest-id=35929","summary":"Starward Whisky founder David Vitale stepped back from the Australian whisky maker's day-to-day operations several years ago, but after Diageo's Distill Ventures incubator unit pulled its support for Starward and other distillers last year, Vitale was faced with a dilemma. With his board wanting to seek a buyer for Starward, Vitale decided he was the best potential buyer for the business. Vitale has now bought out Diageo and his former partners, and is charting a new course for the distillery that involves slower, steadier growth. We'll talk with David Vitale on this week's WhiskyCast In-Depth. In the news, whisky makers in the U-K have been hit with an excise tax increase that will drive up the price of a dram, while China has agreed to reduce its import tariffs on Scotch Whisky.","meta_description":"Starward Whisky founder David Vitale stepped back from the Australian whisky maker's day-to-day operations several years ago, but after Diageo's Distill V…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1629,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/whiskycast-538427/episodes/charting-a-new-course-for-starward-whisky/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/whiskycast-538427/charting-a-new-course-for-starward-whisky.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}