Charnelle Martins grew up endlessly curious, a quality that drove her journey to becoming head distiller at Third Eye Distillery in Goa, India. She explains how the OurWhisky Foundation’s Atonia Programme taught her that distilling is a mix of skill and soul, and how she hopes women in whisky will no longer be seen as exceptions or novelties.

Our monthly news roundup for June brings with it Pride initiatives, allyship and inclusivity panels, new leadership roles for women, a collaboration with the Women’s Euros and more.

Twenty years after joining the whisky industry under the tutelage of the legendary Jim Swan, Glenmorangie and Ardbeg master blender Gillian Macdonald reflects on how her career can be boiled down to a ‘sliding doors moment’.