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The Kentucky Bourbon Trail (sometimes informally shortened to "the Bourbon Trail") is a program of the Kentucky Distillers' Association (KDA) to promote the bourbon industry in Kentucky. The KDA has registered the phrase ''Kentucky Bourbon Trail'' as a trademark. ==History== The ''Kentucky Bourbon Trail'' was launched in 1999 by the KDA. At the time, it included seven of the eight distilleries in the region.〔 〕〔 〕 In 2008, an eighth distillery, the Tom Moore Distillery, joined the Trail program.〔 〕 However, the Tom Moore Distillery was then purchased by the Sazerac Company the following year, and at the end of that year both the Tom Moore Distillery and the Buffalo Trace Distillery, which was also owned by the Sazerac Company, withdrew from the KDA. The two Sazerac distilleries continue to host public tours, and a Sazerac spokesperson stated that they still feel that they are "very much a part of the Bourbon Trail", but stated that Sazerac wishes to promote its distilleries independently of the KDA.〔 In August 2012, the Town Branch Distillery was added to the trail, bringing the number of distilleries to 7.〔Chris Snyder, (Alltech's Town Branch Distillery in Lexington added to Kentucky Bourbon Trail ), Lexington ''Ace'' weekly newspaper, August 16, 2012.〕 The Heaven Hill Evan Williams distillery in Louisville was added in May 2013, expanding the primary tour program to include eight destinations.〔 In 2014, The Bulleit Experience at Historic Stitzel-Weller Distillery joined the Kentucky Bourbon Trail, raising the number to nine destinations. In October 2012, the KDA announced that it would expand the Kentucky Bourbon Trail program to include a new "Craft Tour" of seven artisan distilleries.〔(Bourbon Trail launches new tour of artisan distilleries ), ''Lexington Herald-Leader'', October 12, 2012.〕〔(Craft distilleries across the state added to Kentucky Bourbon Trail experience ), ''The Lane Report'', October 12, 2012.〕 The Craft Tour expanded to include eight distilleries in December 2013.〔(Kentucky Distillers Association Welcomes Danville's Wildterness Trace Distillery ), KDA, December 5, 2013.〕 2012 had the highest-ever rate of completion for participation in the trail.〔(Kentucky Bourbon Trail tour shatters completion record — with three months left to go ), ''The Lane Report'', October 9, 2012.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kentucky Bourbon Trail」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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