Odin van Ejik is the Founder of iStill, one of the world’s leading distillery manufacturers, with over 1000 distilleries around the world. iStill have a long history of supporting the Craft Distilling Expo and this year we are proud to say they are our platinum sponsors. iStill not only provide Read more…
Samantha Smith is the owner of Niche Alcohol Supplies. Falling in Love with the GIN EVA range of gins from the Mediterranean island of Majorca is what bought us into the industry. What an experience and we just love the industry and all the amazing people. The passion and infectious creativity Read more…
Jaye Iwanowski is the Director of Identity Drinks Brands Ltd. Those in her network, are familiar with my infectious passion and enthusiasm for working in the spirits industry. A few decades in, she has successfully driven the brand equity of products such as Plantation rum, Crystal Head vodka and Funkin, she possesses an irrefutable network Read more…
Kathy Caton is Co-Founder of Brighton’s first (legal!) distillery, bringing the multiple award-winning Brighton Gin to the city and beyond. Brighton obsessive with a passion for good food, drink, arts and culture. When not making gin, she can be found broadcasting and podcasting – currently live on BBC Radio Sussex Read more…
Scott Allen of Allen Associates is a Chemical Engineer and MD. Allen Associates provides Chemical & Process Engineering Design, Whisky Distilling Solutions, Bespoke System Design, Project Implementation Support and Process Safety Compliance.
Daniel Szor is the Founder of Cotswolds Distillery. Cotswolds Distillery founder Daniel Szor was born and raised in New York City and has spent most of his professional life living in Paris and London, specialising in the sales & marketing of currency investment management services. Now he enjoys being the Read more…
Richard Foster is the Founder of Exploring English Whisky, a community of whisky adventurers supporting and exploring the English Whisky scene that offers membership packages and run the English Whisky Festival, heading to Birmingham for the 19th November 2022.
Millie Milliken is an award-winning drinks and hospitality journalist. She is a freelance drinks writer as well as Community Manager for drinks-industry charity, The Drinks Trust and is 2022 IWSC Spirits Communicator of the Year. Previously, she was deputy editor at Imbibe UK and associate editor at SquareMeal. She also Read more…
Alex James is the Founder of London to Lima Spirits, a distillery based in the Lima Province of Peru. Pure Andean Spring water, Peruvian botanicals and Pisco are the keys to this Gin and it is handcrafted from Grape to Glass. Before founding London to Lima some eight years, he Read more…
Steph DiCamillo is the founder of Cocktails By Mail and Wine & Such. She is an experienced Advocacy Manager with a demonstrated history of working in the wine and spirits industry. She is skilled in drinks strategy, educational tool creation, activation development, and consumer messaging, with the ability to focus Read more…
Dimple Athavia is the Founder of All Things Drinks, an online platform selling a curated collection of spirits, wines and drinks related products. She has an extensive knowledge in consumer trends, and is educated in Viticulture and Oenology and WSET Diploma level wines of the world education, with International Retail Read more…
Sarah Miller is a spirits writer and judge. She founded Gin a Ding Ding around 5 years ago and has built a solid following with through her extensive reviews. Founding of Gin a Day May, she wanted to spread a bit of joy and positivity and that has grown into a lovely Read more…
Rachel Sutherland is Liquid and Innovation Manager at Warner’s Distillery. With a keen interest in science, Rachel is a self confessed spirits geek and loves conducting experiments to gain a deeper understanding of spirit production process. She has spoken for the Craft Distilling Expo on a number of occasions and Read more…
Rosie Milsom is Head of NPD (New Product Development) at Atom Brands, with a demonstrated history of working in the spirits industry. Self-confessed packaging geek and flavour enthusiast, delighted by beauty, functionality and taste. Rosie has more than eight years of dedicated service at Atom, taking ideas from simple concepts Read more…
Matthew Pauley is a Assistant Professor in Distilling at ICBD Heriot Watt and Distillery Consultant. He is carrying out research funded by the Gin Guild. It is part of industry leading work concerning the sensory performance of gin in association with the Scotch Whisky Research Institute. By using techniques usually Read more…
Ian Wisniewski is a food, drink and travel writer and broadcaster, specialising in spirits, particularly whisky and especially Scotch whisky. He is the author of three books on whisky, including Classic Malt Whisky, and contributes to various publications including Whisky Magazine, Whisky Quarterly and Malt Whisky Yearbook, and was a contributor to Michael Jackson’s encyclopaedic book, Whisky. Read more…
Emma Stokes, otherwise known as Gin Monkey, is one of the UK’s longest running gin and cocktail bloggers with over ten years experience in the industry. Founder of World Gin Day, her extensive work has recently been recognised by Gin Magazine, who awarded her a Gin Icon Award.
Andy Arnold-Bennet is the Co-founder of Shed 1 Distillery, along with his wife Zoe. Shed 1 are a wonderful example of craft distillation and as well as producing good spirits they are heavily involved in sustainable and ethical practices, as well as community work.
Bernadette Pamplin is a spirits writer, judge and consultant. She set up her blog www.undertheginfluence.com in 2015 and has since developed a real passion for spirits, judging for various awards such as World Gin Awards, IWSC, the Spirits Masters and the ADI’s International Spirits Competition in San Francisco. She writes regular articles for Gin Read more…
