Nate Ganapathi
Whiskey Expert, Critic & Collector
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Nate Gana is the founder of the IWSC USA Spirits Competition. He is widely regarded as an authority on whisky collecting globally. His Instagram account (@nategana) is one of the largest in the world for whisk(e)y. His articles in Food and Wine Magazine and Forbes about whisk(e)y collecting have garnered millions of reads across the globe. Nate is a judge in the San Francisco World Spirits Competition, and hosts private tastings for Google, Netflix, Nike, Facebook, Instagram and many more Fortune 500 companies.