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Ian Wisniewski
Ian Wisniewski is a food, drink and travel writer and broadcaster specialising in spirits.
He contributes to various publications, including Whisky Magazine, and has written 8 books on drinks, including Classic Malt
Whisky. He is a regular visitor at malt whisky distilleries in Scotland, and also distilleries in various other countries, as he is fascinated by the production process. He is also chairman of the white spirits judges for the International Spirits Challenge, and frequently conducts tutored tastings.
David Stirk
David Stirk started hosting tastings over a decade ago before working for Whisky Magazine and writing ’The Malt Whisky Guide’ and ’The Distilleries of Campbeltown’. He has spent time working in several distilleries and travelling the world as a Brand Ambassador for Wm Cadenhead Ltd. He nows runs his own whisky company www.creativewhisky.co.uk and is co-owner of The Chester Whisky & Liqueur Co Ltd www.chesterwhisky.com. David has contributed to each edition of The Malt Whisky Yearbook.
Gavin D Smith
Gavin D Smith is one of Scotland’s leading whisky writers and Contributing Editor to www.whisky-pages.com He hosts whisky presentations and tastings and produces feature material for a wide range of publications, including Whisky Magazine, The Malt Advocate and Whisky Etc. He is the author of more than 20 books, including Whisky, Wit & Wisdom, The A-Z of Whisky, Worts, Worms & Washbacks, The Secret Still, The Whisky Men, Ardbeg: A Peaty Provenance and Goodness Nose (with Richard Paterson). Most recently he has collaborated with Dominic Roscrow to produce a new edition of the iconic title Michael Jackson’s Malt Whisky Companion. He is a Keeper of the Quaich and lives on the Fife coast in Scotland.
Charles MacLean
Charles MacLean has spent the past twenty-five years researching and writing about Scotch whisky and is one of the leading authorities.
He spends his time sharing his knowledge around the world, in articles and publications, lectures and tastings, and on TV and radio. His first book (Scotch Whisky) was published in 1993 and since then he has published nine books on the subject, his most recent being Charles MacLean´s Whiskypedia, published in 2009. He was elected a Keeper of the Quaich in 1992, in 1997 Malt Whisky won the Glenfiddich Award and in 2003 A Liquid History won ’Best Drinks Book’ in the James Beard Awards.
Ian Buxton
Keeper of the Quaich and Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Distillers, Ian Buxton is well-placed to write or talk about whisky, not least because he lives on the site of a former distillery!
Ian began work in the Scotch Whisky industry in 1987 and, since 1991, has run his own strategic marketing consultancy business. In addition, he regularly gives lectures, presentations and tastings on whisky and writes regular columns for Whisky Magazine, the Scottish Field website, and various other titles. He is a co-author of the recent Eyewitness Companion to Whisky (Dorling Kindersley) and is currently working on a history of John Dewar & Sons and a history of Glenglassaugh Distillery. He established the World Whiskies Conference in 2005 and, with Neil Wilson, also established Classic Expressions to reprint facsimile editions of rare whisky classics.
Dominic Roskrow
Dominic Roskrow is a freelance whisky writer and former editor of Whisky Magazine, which he edited for four years. He writes regularly for Whisky Magazine and Malt Advocate, has columns in magazines in America, China and Ireland and has contributed to leading drinks titles such as Harpers Food & Wine, Imbibe, Decanter and Morning Advocate. He is the business development director for The Whisky Shop chain, and his business is based at the company’s shop in Norwich. He has been writing about drinks for 15 years and is the author of Whiskies: From Confused to Connoisseur published by Harper Collins, and the new Collins Gems Whisky, published in 2009. He is currently working on updating Michael Jackson’s Companion to Whisky, for publicaton in March 2010. He lives in Norfolk, home of England’s first malt whisky distillery, and is married with three children.
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