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Timing issues and the noticeable absence of South Africa meant that this category could have been stronger. Particularly conspicuous by its absence was Kavalan, though it is likely to be in next year, as is Drayman's of South Africa.

The absence of those distileries meant that this section of the awards was dominated by Amrut in India - nothing wrong with that, because I'm a big supporter of the distillery and there's a very strong chance that it would have dominated the category anyway. The whiskies entered were the standard 46% unpeated Amrut - the weakest of the four core bottlings - and Fusion, which is a great and award-winning whisky but one that has already received a great deal of coverage.

Amrut has much, much more to offer and having visited the distillery this year and tasted new whiskies still in the cask, as well as tasting the distillery's next release at The Whisky Show in London in the first week of October, I can vouch that the quality is still very much on the upward curve.

This year's awards also came too late for new Indian whisky exporter Paul John, which released a single cask offering at the Whisky Exchange in October and will follow it up with a peated whisky in early 2013.

For these reasons this category will be a very strong one. For now, though, Amrut deservedly retains its crown

WIZARDS OF WHISKY ASIAN AND AFRICAN DISTILLER OF THE YEAR

WIZARDS OF WHISKY ASIAN AND AFRICAN DISTILLER OF THE YEAR

  • Amrut Distillery
WIZARDS OF WHISKY ASIAN AND AFRICAN WHISKY

WIZARDS OF WHISKY ASIAN AND AFRICAN WHISKY

  • Amrut Fusion
GOLD MEDAL WINNERS

GOLD MEDAL WINNERS

  • Amrut Fusion
SILVER MEDAL WINNERS

SILVER MEDAL WINNERS

  • Amrut Unpeated
  • Three Ships 10 yo

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Dominic Roskrow

About the editor

Dominic Roskrow is the former Editor of Whisky Magazine and now his own freelance business. In addition to writing The World Whisky Review he edits Whiskeria for the Whisky Shop chain, runs the online W Club, and covers world whisky for The Whisky Advocate. He is a director of The Whisky Tasting Club and has written for titles including the Times, Daily Telegraph and Spectator in the UK and The Daily in america. His recent books include 1001 Whiskies To Try Before You Die and The Whisky Opus which was published in September 2012.

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