Spirit Communicator Of The Year 2017 nominations

The Spirit Communicator of the Year award was created in 2016 due to such strong entries from both categories. This award is sponsored by Chivas Brothers, and is here to recognise an individual or organisation whose communication skills have made an exceptional contribution towards promoting and increasing public awareness in spirits, in the last 12 months.

Potential communicators must work in one or more of the following:
- Publishing (books, reviews, biographies and autobiographies
- Journalist (specialist press, special feature collections, newspaper, magazine and digest articles)
- Radio, television and film (writing, presenting, producing and directing)
- Online (social media, blogging, website)
- Wine consumer education

Potential communicators will have probably spent many years of their professional life associated with spirits - although only their promotional work or special projects from the last year (2016) will be considered for the 2017 trophy.

We will be collecting nominations from people all over the spirits industry until the 5th February 2017. Nominees will then be sent a form asking them for more information about themselves, and why they should win. Nominees do not have to provide information, but if they do not, they cannot be considered. A panel of experts in the field will discuss the candidates and decide on a winner.

The winner will be invited to a tasting at the IWSC Spirits Tastings on the 26th July 2017.