Bernadette Pamplin is a spirits writer, judge and consultant. She set up her blog www.undertheginfluence.com in 2015 and has since developed a real passion for spirits, judging for various awards such as World Gin Awards, IWSC, the Spirits Masters and the ADI’s International Spirits Competition in San Francisco. She writes regular articles for Gin Magazine, Distiller Magazine and Spirits Beacon whilst maintaining and building her own site into a business, as well as other projects. Having grown her site and social media organically, she loves to champion smaller home grown distilleries.