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Gavin D Smith is one of the world's leading whisky writers and authorities on the subject. Editor, author and journalist, he contributes feature material to a wide range of specialist and general interest publications. He is also the author of more than 20 books, including The A-Z of Whisky, Worts, Worms & Washbacks, Whisky Wit & Wisdom, The Secret Still, The Scottish Smuggler, The Whisky Men, Whisky: A Brief History, Ardbeg: A Peaty Provenance and Goodness Nose (with Richard Paterson). Gavin provided tasting notes and editorial material for the 6th edition of Michael Jackson's Malt Whisky Companion (2010), and his latest book - 'Discovering Scotland's Distilleries' - was    published in the spring of 2010 by GWP. Gavin is proud to be a Keeper of the Quaich, and he is in demand for consultancy work, hosting of whisky-related talks and tutored tastings. See www.whiskytasting.co.uk. As contributing editor to whisky-pages.com Gavin has the happy task of sampling on your behalf all new whiskies that land on his desk, as well as keeping you up to date with happenings across the world of whisky. He also visits distilleries all over Scotland and beyond to give you the inside track on your favourite drams, how they are made, and the people who make them.

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