A native of Burgundy, France, raised in the countryside, Flavien Desoblin is Owner and COO of two unparalleled lounges in Manhattan: Brandy Library in TriBeCa, and Copper & Oak on the Lower East Side. Since 2015, He also owns Da Marcella, an Italian restaurant in Manhattan. Brandy Library alone boasts one of the greatest and most comprehensive collections of brandies and whiskies in the world, while its little sister touts its own impressive assortment.

Peggy Noe Stevens has spent over 30 years defining herself as a Master Bourbon Taster and spirits expert. She holds the distinction of being the only woman inducted into both the Bourbon and Whisky Magazine Halls of Fame. She has been called the "Oprah of whiskey entertaining" and has represented Kentucky for such notables as Julia Child, Bobby Flay and the Prince of Spain.

Jack Sotti is an Award winning bartender and hospitality professional. Born and raised in London. Jack cut his teeth owning and operated award winning venues in Melbourne, London, Auckland. In a quest to understand global cocktail culture Jack took a year pilgrimage around the world in 80 bars. After being crownd World Class Bartender of the Year Australia and placing third Globally, Jack went to work for Diageo, first as Tanqueray Brand Ambassador and later as Head of Brand Advocacy of the UK. Now Jack leads the creative drinks agency Supernacular aiming unlock the future of drinking.

Ivy Mix is Co-Owner of Leyenda, her pan-Latin inspired cocktail bar in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn and Fiasco! Wine + Spirits, her bottle shop in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. Leyenda has won many awards and has been recognized as being one of the best bars in America by Eater, GQ, Thrillist and others. She published her book, Spirits of Latin America, in Spring of 2020. With a long history of working in bars throughout the Americas, Ivy has been recognized by many within the culinary and cocktail industry as being one of the best bartenders in the country and in 2015 was named American Bartender of the Year at Tales of the Cocktail's Spirited Awards and in 2016 was named Mixologist of the Year by Wine Enthusiast.

Dave Broom was born in Glasgow and has spent the past 30 years writing, teaching and training about spirits. The author of a dozen books, his most recent, "The Way of Whisky: A Journey into Japanese Whisky' was awarded the John Avery prize at the Andre Simon Awards in 2018. Prior to that, 'Whisky: The Manual' was awarded Best Spirits Book at the Spirited Awards in 2015, while his 'World Atlas of Whisky' has been called "a landmark publication". A third edition of the last is underway.

As well as regular radio and TV work, in 2018/9, he wrote and presented the award-winning whisky documentary 'The Amber Light.' He had previously done the same for the film on Cuban rum, 'Cuba in a Bottle' [2016].