Glenfiddich Blog

Born in Pitlochry in Perthshire in the Highlands of Scotland in 1953, Ian Millar joined William Grant & Sons Ltd in 1998 as Distilleries Manager for the company's flagship Glenfiddich and Balvenie Single Malt Scotch Whisky distilleries.

Ian has over 30 years experience in Scotch whisky, having worked for a number of distillers in various technical and production roles, including bottling, mashing, distillation and warehousing. He was previously distillery manager at the Bladnoch, Mortlach, Blair Athol, Dalwhinnie, Linkwood and Glen Elgin Distilleries before joining William Grant & Sons.

He has also served on the company's nosing panel and is an active member of his local community in Dufftown, where he conducts regular nosing and tasting sessions for enthusiastic locals as part of his role as Vice Chairman of Dufftown 2000 and co-organiser of Dufftown Whisky Festivals.

Ian is married to Anneke and has two children and currently lives in Speyside, near to the Glenfiddich Distillery.

Thanks to the growing success of Glenfiddich, Ian is spending an increasing amount of time spreading the word about Glenfiddich in many countries around the world.

When not nosing and tasting Glenfiddich, or working on his numerous community projects, Ian likes to spend his free time playing golf and walking his dogs in the beautiful Highland countryside that surrounds his home.