Regarded as one of the World's leading spokespersons on the subject of distilled spirits…

One of the world’s fifteen  Masters of Whisky, Steve is also a writer and chef. In 2003 he received the Spirits Ambassador to the World Award. He has been a Judge at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition since its inception in the year 2000 and a presenter for Bon Appetit magazine’s “Wine & Spirits Focus”. He also judges for the International Wine and Spirits Competition in London. He is on the Board of Directors of the US Bartenders Guild Master Mixologist program.  

Steve has also served as contributing editor of Patterson’s California Beverage Journal, The Tasting Panel Magazine. He produced a segment weekly on the Food Guy and Marcy Show, a nationally syndicated food, wine and entertainment radio program with Guy Fieri and Marcy Smothers. He is a frequent guest on radio and television and has been seen on the Discovery Channel, Food Network, MSNBC, and CBS Market Watch and many publications. He also writes an internal industry-only newsletter, “The Liquid Archaeologist”© and is a contributor to the drinks website, www.thebar.com .  

He is the longest serving Brand Ambassador for Johnnie Walker® and the Classic Malts of Scotland® Selection of single malts. He also represents Bulleit® Bourbon, George Dickel Tennessee Whisky®, Bushmills® Irish Whiskey and Crown Royal®. In 2010 he was created “Keeper of the Quaich”, one of the highest honors in the Scotch Whisky Industry. In 2011 he received Whisky Magazine's Icons of Whisky America, for innovator of the year.