Shelley Sackier 

Shelley is Reservoir Distillery’s Director of Distillery Education and author of Make it a Double—From Wretched to Wonderous: Tales of One Woman’s Lifelong Discovery of Whisky. Shelley has spent 25 years in the spirits industry, educating, researching, and publishing extensively on the subject of whiskey.

In addition, Shelley is managing and developing the Virginia Heritage Grain Project, tasked with studying the use of the nation's oldest grains in the spirits industry. The program is funded through the Virginia Spirits Board Research and Education Grant Program.