Natasha Swords

About the Author Natasha Swords

Natasha Swords is an accomplished editor and writer with 20+ years of creative composition, reporting and management. She hails from Dublin Ireland where she held the position of Editor at Jemma Publications. Natasha honed her editorial skills by delivering engaging content on a wide range of topics, before finally focusing on the alcohol beverage and cannabis industries. She is Editor-in-Chief at Bonfort’s Wine and Spirits Journal as well as Drink me Magazine, where she leads all editorial content from story-idea generation to commissioning freelance writers and photographers. She also heads up CannEpoch, a lifestyle publication for the newly cannabis curious.

In 2018, Natasha launched Bonfort’s Wine and Spirits Journal from inception, as well as the Bonfort’s Lifetime Achievement Award, a top-tier industry event connecting leading brands with key buyers.

Steeped in the alcohol industry media, she was previously editor of Off-License Magazine, California Beverage News and Patterson’s California Beverage Journal (now Tasting Panel Magazine), and ran corporate communications for a number of alcohol supplier companies including TGIC (now Guarachi Wine Partners) and distributor, TITAN Wine and Spirits.


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Drink Me Tries Barrel Char In A Jar

Barrel Char in A Jar delivers specialty types of toasted and charred wood for aging and flavoring liquor. Spirits enthusiasts can order “Barrel Char in a Jar” kit that comes complete with tools and glassware to age their own whiskey, vodka, rum, gin, tequila or any other type of alcoholic …

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Is KEEL The First Sessionable Vodka?

As sessionable beverages overtake market share in the beer category in the form of hard seltzers, it’s interesting to discover KEEL Vodka which is evolving the spirits space into the same consumer approach. The brainchild of two lifelong friends, KEEL Vodka has a low ABV (23.8%), less calories than other …

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