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  • drinks
    • Alcohol in Space
    • Alcohol + sugar + cream = Cream Liqueur
    • Alcohol + Tech
    • Beer and Football
    • Best Examples of Alcohol Flavoured Foods
    • Craft Watch
    • Disgusting Drinks from Around the World
    • Do you recognise these ‘Fictional’ Drinks brands from Hollywood films and TV?
    • Drink Books
    • The Celebrity Liquor Index
    • The Drinks brands in the Dragon’s Den
    • The Drinks Industry Rich List 2020
    • The Most Popular Alcohol Subscription Boxes
  • Whisky
    • How to Plan your own Whisky Festival
    • How to Buy a Scotch Whisky Cask…
    • How to start your own Whisky Club…
    • The Auld Art of Coopering
    • Facebook Whisky Groups
    • Interesting Facts & Figures about Scotch Whisky
    • Scotch Whisky Videos
    • The Scotch Whisky History Timeline
    • The Top Whisk(e)y Podcasts
    • Whisky Maps
    • Whisky Websites
    • Whose own label whisky is it anyway?
  • Gin
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    • Facebook Gin Groups
    • The Top 20 Gin Botanicals
    • The New Gin Brand Bingo Game
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    • Latest Drinks Industry Jobs
    • Drinks Jobs Board
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Stephanie Jordan, wine and spirits consultant and co-founder of Avallen Calvados

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Jassil Villanueva, 5th generation Brugal Maestra Ronera

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Darryl McNally, Director of Irish Whiskey at Dublin Liberties Distillery

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Alasdair Day, the Co-founder of R&B Distillers and Isle of Raasay Distillery

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Shonna Milliken Humphrey, food writer and author of 'Gin', part of Bloomsbury's 'Object Lessons' series

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Robert Fleming, Master Distiller at Tomintoul Distillery in Speyside, Scotland for over 30 years

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Robin Honhold made a name for himself creating cocktails, building venues, developing products and running projects around the world alongside one of the World’s most awarded bartenders - Ryan Chetiyawardana aka Mr Lyan.

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Ron Welsh, the Master Blender and Strategic Inventory Manager for Beam Suntory

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Billy Walker from The GlenAllachie Distillery and son Alistair Walker, from independent bottler Alistair Walker Whisky Co.

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Liam Manton and Mark Smallwood, co-founders of Didsbury Gin

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Jason Barber, co-founder of Black Cow Vodka and West Dorset dairy farmer

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John Campbell, Laphroaig Distillery Manager and the 1st 'Ileach' (native of Islay) in its history

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Colin Hampden-White, photographer, drinks writer, producer and TV presenter of 'The Three Drinkers Do Scotch Whisky' on Amazon Prime Video

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Dr. Kirstie McCallum, Head of Whisky Creation and Stock at the Glen Turner Company

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David Robertson, co-founder of Holyrood Distillery in Edinburgh and also Rare Whisky 101

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Isabel Graham-Yooll, Auction & Private Client Director at www.Whisky.Auction

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Alice Lascelles, the award winning journalist, author, presenter and drinks expert

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Jackie Fast, the former BBC The Apprentice star, entrepreneur, investor, business book author and more recently the founder of Canadian ice wine brand REBEL Pi

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Carin Luna-Ostaseski, the founder and CEO of Scotch whisky brand start-up SIA

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John McCheyne, The Scotch Malt Whisky Society (SMWS) Master Brand Ambassador

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Alan Mahon, the Brewgooder founder

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Marshall Farrer, Senior Vice-President, Managing Director of GTR at Brown-Forman

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John Peterson, a drinks industry legend

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Stewart Hainsworth, the Group CEO of Halewood Wines and Spirits

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Ingvar Ronde, the creator, owner and editor of the Malt Whisky Yearbook

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John McDonnell, Managing Director International at Tito's Handmade Vodka

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Erik Juul-Mortensen, the long-standing Tax Free World Association (TFWA) President

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Sarah Zhang, producer, host and lifestyle influencer in China

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Mrs. O Around the World, one of the Top Travel Bloggers based in the UK

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Chris France, one of the founders and director of BeerHawk.co.uk

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David Gluckman, the man behind Baileys and many other brands

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Andrew Watson, the co-founder of the global airport app FLIO

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Nestor Sanajko, Global Client Business Development at The Advantage Group

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Anshuman Vohra, the founder and CEO of BULLDOG Gin

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Matthew Fergusson-Stewart, Chief Marketing Officer at The Whisky Store in Singapore

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Gordon McCallum, Junior Brewer at Timothy Taylor's

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Lindsay Brown, Marketing Manager at VisitScotland

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Annebeth Wijtenburg, Communications Manager at the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC)

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Ludo Ducrocq, Global Head of Ambassador Advocacy at William Grant & Sons at the time of our chat (currently the Director of Education & Advocacy at The Glenmorangie Company)

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Callum A. Fraser, the Glenfarclas Distillery Manager

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Anna Twitchin, The Cruise Blogger

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Airport Planning Expert Gordon Hamilton

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One Red Kite, the team behind the Free Travel Retail Jobs Board

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Jean-Philippe Aucher, the Travel Retail Director at the STOLI Group

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