Emma Cookson is one of Australia’s most influential whisky communicators, named Communicator of the Year in the 2023 Icons of Whisky awards. Born in California, she moved to Australia at a very young age. Her career in drinks started with bartending in Melbourne, where she met people from various distilleries and began falling in love with whisky. She worked at a speciality whisky bar before getting a university degree in whisky, gaining experience in tasting and learning about a
