From the Bluegrass
Stories about Kentucky and the things it makes: bourbon and horse country, makers and recipes, plus the news behind the products in our catalog. New stories every day.
Events
From a barn market in Bowling Green to a castle in Versailles, here is where to shop Kentucky makers this month, plus a few local gifts you can order from home.
News
A Kentucky Derby winner gets his redemption, Europe keeps its grip on the Turf, and a two-day crowd of 81,604 fills Keeneland. Our recap of the 2026 World Championships.
Maker spotlight
Kentucky-grown soybeans, limestone water and retired bourbon barrels: the story behind Butchertown's soy sauce brewery and the pantry staples it inspired.
Maker spotlight
A woman-founded candy company that still stirs its cream candy by hand in copper kettles, and whose story reached a New York stage this year.
Bourbon
On Nov. 7, 1996, a 'river of fire' destroyed seven rickhouses and Heaven Hill's original distillery. A new $325 release blends in whiskey that survived it.
Bourbon
Two scientists, two brothers who rebuilt Brown-Forman, the man behind the modern Bourbon Trail, a bestselling writer and a state senator join bourbon's highest honor.
Events
Fourteen championship races, an advance-only crowd capped at 43,000 a day and an estimated $100 million for central Kentucky. Here is the weekend at a glance, plus how to bring a little of Lexington home.
Bourbon
Willett's Kentucky-only Old Bardstown Bottled-in-Bond beat bottles costing many times more at the 2026 International Wine & Spirit Competition. Here is the story, and the other bottles landing on shelves this fall.
Agriculture
A dry, hot September sped up harvest across the Commonwealth, and many growers report their best corn yields ever. The harder number for farmers is the margin.
Maker spotlight
Two substitute teachers, a marble slab called Edna's Table, a $50 loan and a chance remark at a 1936 celebration. The story behind Kentucky's most famous candy.
Recipe
A Louisville chef, tired of serving ham and eggs to a ballroom full of late-night dancers, built an open-faced turkey sandwich in 1926. A century later it is Kentucky's signature dish.
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