{"id":813,"date":"2024-01-12T00:35:43","date_gmt":"2024-01-11T22:35:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pure-whisky.com\/2024\/01\/12\/about-me\/"},"modified":"2024-04-08T10:57:19","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T08:57:19","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pure-whisky.com\/en\/2024\/01\/12\/about-me\/","title":{"rendered":"About me"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Ines Zager<\/h3>\n<p>I have been traveling the world for over 18 years on the hunt for the most exciting bottles for my ever-growing private collection. When Covid-19 hit in 2020 and face-to-face interaction was no longer possible, I started my Instagram whisky blog, which now has more than 4,000 followers, to keep in touch with the whisky community and occasionally hosted private Zoom tastings. That&#8217;s also how I found out about the possibility of investing in barrels and started buying barrels for fun.<\/p>\n<p>With a growing barrel portfolio and network, having reached midlife and, like so many, struggling with the meaning of life, I decided to go full risk in 2023. I scaled back my career as a lawyer specializing in environmental, permitting and energy law, working for large energy companies, to part-time to fulfill my lifelong dream of working in the whisky industry. That&#8217;s why I founded my own company, which is strictly committed to my personal values.<\/p>\n<p>Until then, as a mother of two boys and a secure, well-paid job that I also enjoyed, I hadn&#8217;t been brave enough to start something new. Today, in my forties, with almost 20 years of professional experience, a long list of personal and professional successes and failures, I have now gained the confidence to do what I have always wanted to do.<\/p>\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_233193513\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"822\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/pure-whisky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/blog_uber2.webp\" class=\"attachment-original size-original\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_233193513 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n<h3> <\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Our Whisky Foundation<\/h3>\n<p>I&#8217;m overwhelmed by all the support and encouragement I&#8217;ve received from the whisky industry and community, some of it unexpected. I can&#8217;t thank everyone here by name, but I will certainly mention one or two exciting episodes and the people involved in my blog very soon.<\/p>\n<p>Special thanks go to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ourwhiskyfoundation.org\">http:\/\/www.ourwhiskyfoundation.org<\/a>, which promotes women in whisky worldwide. I was incredibly lucky to become part of this incredible community as a mentee. I was joined by the wonderful Racheal Vaughn Jones, Marketing Director of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.compassboxwhisky.com\">http:\/\/www.compassboxwhisky.com <\/a> <\/p>\n<p>I no longer feel like an outsider in a very old, traditional industry. Thank you so much, girls!<\/p>\n<p>I am really looking forward to taking you all with me on my journey. Slainte!<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have been traveling the world for over 18 years on the hunt for the most exciting bottles for my ever-growing private collection. 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