Whisky Unfinished

About Whisky Unfinished

Whisky Unfinished is an intimate podcast that blends exceptional Scotch whisky with authentic conversation. Hosted by Rickesh Kishnani, a serial entrepreneur and investor with nearly two decades of experience across technology, finance, and the whisky industry, each episode features one remarkable guest and four carefully curated drams. The format is simple but powerful: no scripts, no predetermined narrative, just two people having a genuine conversation. Episodes explore the stories behind successful businesses, the realities of fundraising and investing, entrepreneurial journeys, cultural shifts reshaping industries, and the human side of building something meaningful. Guests include founders, investors, business leaders, and visionaries from around the world. Topics range from building the world's first private equity whisky fund to conversations about gender, economics, and how different cultures approach business and commerce. Each dram is selected intentionally—whether to mark a milestone, celebrate a success, or simply enhance the dialogue. The whisky is never incidental; it's part of the story. Whisky Unfinished attracts an audience of entrepreneurs, investors, business professionals, and people curious about the stories behind the businesses shaping our world. If you value authentic conversation, genuine insights, and the kind of dialogue that only happens when you slow down and actually listen, this podcast is for you. New episodes drop every Thursday at 6:00 PM HKT.

Publisher

Rickesh Kishnani

Category

education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

12 Mar 2026

Latest episode

29 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

17 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   29 Oct 2026

   The Crazy Experiment That Took Wine to the Ocean Floor

   Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Whisky Unfinished, Rickesh Kishnani (Whisky Chief) sits down with Bojan Radulovic, an experienced sommelier and wine industry professional, to explore one of the most unusual wine experiments ever attempted - tasting wine 300 metres beneath the sea. With over 20 years of experience in the wine industry, Bojan has taken his passion for wine to extraordinary depths. From developing an underwater wine documentary to descending in a submersible and tasting win...

2. 

   22 Oct 2026

   From Banking to Lobsters - Alex Schultz on why he left Goldman Sachs

   Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Whisky Unfinished, Rickesh Kishnani (Whisky Chief) sits down with Alex Schultz, founder of Turnberry, to discuss his journey from investment banking to building an international seafood trading and logistics business. After moving to Hong Kong, Alex realised that the corporate path wasn't the future he wanted. Instead, he took a chance on entrepreneurship, entering a completely unfamiliar industry and learning how to build a business from the ground up. F...

3. 

   15 Oct 2026

   The Man Who Made Rare Whisky Meant to Be Opened

   Send us Fan Mail Season 2 of Whisky Unfinished continues with Kam Daswani. Rickesh Kishnani sits down with Kam - co-founder and Managing Director of Dram Good Stuff and Keeper of the Quaich - to talk about collecting, rare whisky, luxury, and why some bottles are meant to be opened rather than stored away. From watches and private events to Macallan 40, rare single casks and the growth of Dram Good Stuff, Kam reflects on how he helped turn extraordinary whisky into something people could ac...

4. 

   8 Oct 2026

   Ashley Dudarenok on China, AI & the Long Game

   Send us Fan Mail This episode of Whisky Unfinished is a little different. No whisky. No tasting. Just a conversation about what happens when you commit early, go deep, and let time do the work. Rickesh Kishnani sits down with entrepreneur, China digital expert and author Ashley Dudarenok to talk about entrepreneurship, personal brand, AI, China’s digital transformation, consumer behavior, community, and why some of the most valuable things in business take years to build. Ashley reflects o...

5. 

   1 Oct 2026

   How Eddie McDougall The Flying Winemaker Took Wine Around the World

   Send us Fan Mail Eddie McDougall didn’t build his career around one vineyard, one country, or even one continent. He became The Flying Winemaker - travelling across the world making wine, discovering emerging regions, and eventually taking that journey to television. In this episode of Whisky Unfinished, Rickesh sits down with Eddie to talk about how a winemaker from Australia and Hong Kong built an international wine brand, turned his global travels into a television series, and helped bri...

6. 

   24 Sept 2026

   How Macallan Became a Luxury Icon with Ken Grier

   Send us Fan Mail How did a quirky Speyside malt, used mostly for blending, become the benchmark for luxury whisky? Ken Grier, creative director of The Macallan from 1998 to 2018, tells the story from the inside. In the Season 2 opener, Rickesh Kishnani (The Whisky Chief) and Ken taste four whiskies: a Glen Fraser 21 Year Old independent bottling of Macallan, a 40 Year Old Edrington blend distilled in 1976, a Macallan-inspired sherried single malt made by David Robertson and Andy Simpson, and ...

7. 

   18 Jun 2026

   Whisky Unfinished Special Episode - Singapore Office Opening

   Send us Fan Mail “People don’t want to be treated as an account. They want to be treated as a person.” This is a special episode of Whisky Unfinished - filmed in Singapore for the very first time. Not part of the regular season format, this episode marks the beginning of a new Singapore chapter for Casks of Significance, with Joseph joining the team and leading the presence on the ground. Rickesh sits down with Joseph for a conversation about whisky, trust, relationships, leadership, and w...

8. 

   14 May 2026

   20 Years Around Bankers, Billionaires & Presidents | Scoring a Hibiki 21 YO

   Send us Fan Mail EP10 - Paris Shepherd: Asia's Private Banking World, Myanmar, Vietnam & a Whisky Education Paris Shepherd spent 25 years in Asia running financial media businesses at the centre of the region's private banking and wealth management industry. He was Managing Director at Asian Private Banker, where he grew the publication and events business from five to 45 people, and later served as Managing Director of Citywire Asia. Before that, he spent nearly a decade at Euromoney, pr...

9. 

   7 May 2026

   He Cashed in his Wife's Life Insurance. Then was Forced to Dump Out 700 Litres of Beer - Luke Yardley from Yardley Brothers (The Beer Episode)

   Send us Fan Mail EP9 — Luke Yardley: Craft Beer, Whisky Prototypes & the Art of Flavour Luke Yardley co-founded Yardley Brothers with his brother Duncan in 2015, starting with a homebrew setup in a Lamma Island living room and selling beer from a shack on the side of a hiking trail. Today, Yardley Brothers is one of the most respected craft breweries in Asia, known for its sour and barrel-aged program and a relentless focus on flavour innovation. In this episode, Rickesh Kishnani sits dow...

10. 

    30 Apr 2026

    The Morgan Stanley Exit That Built Asia Bankers Club with Kingston Lai Scoring a Strathmill 28 YO Whisky

    Send us Fan Mail EP8 - Kingston lai: The Morgan Stanley Exit That Built Asia Bankers Club In Episode 8 of Whisky Unfinished, Rickesh Kishnani sits down with Kingston Lai, Founder of Asia Bankers Club. Before building the Club, Kingston was an Executive Director at Morgan Stanley Hong Kong, where he worked across institutional sales and distribution before making the leap from corporate banking into entrepreneurship. The conversation traces the unusual origin story of Asia Bankers ...

11. 

    23 Apr 2026

    When To Fire A Customer - Scoring A Yamazaki (NAS) With Cristiane Ross - Group Head of Customer Experience, Pure Group International

    Send us Fan Mail EP7 - Cristiane Ross: When to Fire a Customer, the Link Between EX and CX, and What 20 Years in Hospitality Taught Her Cristiane Ross is the Group Head of Customer Experience, Corporate Sales, and CSR at Pure Group International in Hong Kong - one of Asia's leading premium fitness and wellness brands. She pioneered the customer experience function at Pure Fitness in 2010 and has spent two decades building loyalty strategies across hospitality, fitness, and corporate sectors. ...

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    16 Apr 2026

    Hiring Lessons From a Legend (From Whisky to Luxury Industries) - Guarav Glen More - Admark Asia President

    Send us Fan Mail EP6 - Gaurav Glen More: 2,000+ Hires, 20 Years, and What He Really Looks For Gaurav Glen More has spent over two decades placing executives at the top of Asia's most respected organisations - Apple, LVMH, Gucci, and hundreds more. He is the President of AdMark Asia Group and a long-standing member of the Entrepreneurs' Organization. In this episode, Rickesh Kishnani sits down with Gaurav over four exceptional drams — Arran 27 Year Old Sherry Hogshead, Ichiro's Malt Joker Card...

13. 

    9 Apr 2026

    Fitness Expert: The Health Mistakes Quietly Aging You Faster - Beth Wright from B-Fit The Wright Way

    Send us Fan Mail S1 E5 — Beth Wright, Functional Medicine Nutritionist / Author /Speaker / Hormone Expert / Award-Winning / NGO Board Member & Advisor/ Former Corporate Lawyer /Ex-Julius Baer Beth Wright is a Hong Kong-based certified functional medicine nutritionist and founder of B-FIT the Wright Way, specializing in empowering high-achieving women particularly those 40+ to balance hormones, achieve sustainable fat loss, and optimize health through personalized nutrition, fitness, lifes...

14. 

    2 Apr 2026

    The Three Mistakes That Kill Entrepreneurs (And How to Avoid Them) - David McCann AOP Capital

    Send us Fan Mail S1 E4 — David McCann, CEO, AOP Capital Thursday, 2 April 2026 · 6:00 PM HKT David J. McCann is an Irish entrepreneur and SFC-regulated finance professional based in Hong Kong, where he founded and leads AOP Capital - a merchant bank and family office firm focused on private equity, wealth management, and East-West investment opportunities. With over 15 years in Hong Kong and decades of entrepreneurial experience across the US, Australia, and Asia, he actively shares insi...

15. 

    27 Mar 2026

    The Dark Side of Whisky Investing - Hil Tse Timeless & Tasty

    Send us Fan Mail S1 E3 - Hil Tse, Founder, Timeless and TastyThursday, 26 March 2026 · 6:00 PM HKT Hil Tse started Timeless and Tasty in 2016 with no contacts, no backing, and no roadmap. She knocked on doors, built relationships from scratch, and grew one of Hong Kong's most trusted independent whisky businesses entirely on her own. In this episode, she and Rickesh Kishnani open six rare cask samples and cover the whisky fraud scandal that rocked the industry, what it is really like to...

16. 

    19 Mar 2026

    Why Would Anyone Send WHISKY to the MOON? - David Peng Chief Strategy Officer, AstroHub

    Send us Fan Mail S1 E2 - David Peng Why would anyone send whisky to the moon and what does that have to do with the next great investment opportunity? In Episode 2 of Whisky Unfinished, Rickesh Kishnani sits down with David Peng - 35-year veteran of Asian asset management, President of BluFin Advisory, and Chief Strategy Officer at AstroHub - for a wide-ranging conversation about long-horizon investing, commercial space, and what it really means to bet on something most people think is too ...

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    12 Mar 2026

    No One Had Ever Created a Whisky Fund… So We Did - Li Tan, Co-Founder of Rare Whisky Holdings

    Send us Fan Mail S1 E1 - Li Tan In the debut episode of Whisky Unfinished, Rickesh sits down with Li Tan — his business partner of 13 years and Co-Owner of Rare Whisky Holdings — to talk about how they built one of Asia's most ambitious whisky investment funds from scratch. They cover the moment the idea became real, what it actually takes to build a whisky fund, and why the asset class is more compelling than most people realise. And of course — they taste. The drams poured in this ep...

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