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Colin Hampden-White

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Colin is a presenter on The Three Drinkers on Amazon Prime, Chairman of the Circle of Wine Writers and a Keeper of the Quaich. Having started his career at the Scotsman, he worked at The Times and FT, and became the founding editor of Whisky quarterly magazine.

In his spare time, he is a fine art photographer working with Condé Nast and is represented by the Rebecca Hossack gallery in London. He has exhibited all over the world including the National Portrait Gallery. He has won the Louis Roederer Award for Artistry and the Born Digital award for photography.

Recent contributions

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emma walker master blender at johnnie walker, edinburgh, scotland
Features

Stepping up to the biggest whisky blending job in the world

There’s change afoot for the world’s best-selling Scotch, as Dr Emma Walker takes over from Dr Jim Beveridge as Johnnie Walker master blender. Colin Hampden-White meets them both to ask what the role truly entails and what changes, if any, fans of the dram can expect to see next
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02
whisky decanter
FeaturesThe Collection

How should you store whisky, Cognac and other spirits?

There are countless storage solutions for wine, but spirits collectors are often left to fend for themselves. Colin Hampden-White offers some handy hints
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The Macallan Anecdotes of Ages Collection
Features

The rise and rise of whisky at auction

With whisky having established itself as a fixture in the world's auction salerooms in recent years, Colin Hampden-White asks what's next – and considers which bottlings are likely to prove long-term investments
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04
Man holding glass of Bowmore whisky
Columns

The whisky world is changing – it’s time others caught up

Whisky commentator Colin Hampden-White takes issue with wine writer Andrew Jefford’s depiction of the whisky ‘magi’
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