Ian Buxton is well-placed to write or talk about whisky and drinks. A former Marketing Director of Glenmorangie, Scotland's long-time favourite single malt, he lived for many years Perthshire on the site of a former distillery. Today he's a resident of the Malvern Hills from where he conducts a love affair with Scotland's national drink (and the occasional G&T)! Ian began work in the Scotch Whisky industry in 1987 and, since 1991, has run his own consultancy business working for an number of world-leading distilled spirits companies and brands. Ian was elected a Keeper of the Quaich in 1991, the highest honour of the Scotch Whisky industry, and is a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Distillers and a member of the Gin Guild. He founded the World Whiskies Conference and was its Conference Director for 6 years before resigning in 2011 to concentrate on writing.He has been an occasional member of the international tasting panel for Whisky Magazine's 'World Whisky Awards' He writes regular blogs for Master of Malt, the leading UK e-commerce retailer and in addition, he contributes to a number of other trade and consumer titles in the UK and internationally. He advised the SWA and the National Archives of Scotland on the 2009 Homecoming exhibition Whisky and the Scots for which he also wrote the accompanying monograph. In 2002 his book Scotch Whisky: History, Hints and Tips appeared and subsequently he was one of the principal co-authors of Eyewitness Whisky and World Whisky for DK Publishing. 2010 saw three new books by Ian: The Enduring Legacy of Dewar's; Glenglassaugh: A Distillery Reborn and 101 Whiskies To Try Before You Die (Hachette) - the latter now available in Chinese, French, Hungarian, Czech and Portuguese (for Brazil). In 2011, he edited and contributed to the official history of Cutty Sark, Cutty Sark: The Making of a Whisky Brand and wrote the history of Glenfarclas for their 175th anniversary - Glenfarclas: An Independent Distillery, which he subsequently revised and updated for the company's 185th anniversary in 2021. 101 World Whiskies to Try Before You Die was published in July 2012 and followed by 101 Legendary Whiskies (2013). Fully revised editions of 101 Whiskies to Try Before You Die were published in 2013, 2016 and 2019 and the 5th edition is currently in preparation for 2022. His best-selling 101 Gins to Try Before You Die was published in August 2015 and has been translated into both French and Spanish, followed by Gin: The Ultimate Companion in 2021. * Editor and author of "Introduction & Appreciation" to facsimile reprint of Aeneas MacDonald's Whisky (2006, revised and re-printed 2016 and in a new fully illustrated edition in 2018) * Author of The Enduring Legacy of Dewar's; Glenglassaugh: A Distillery Reborn and But The Distilleries Went On (Morrison Bowmore) * Co-author (with Professor Paul S Hughes) of The Science & Commerce of Whisky for the UK's Royal Society of Chemistry
