Blake Ragghianti honed his craft at the Siebel Institute of Technology in Chicago and under his mentor, the late David Pickerell—legendary former Maker’s Mark Master Distiller and widely hailed as the “Founding Father of American Craft Distilling.”

He went on to study advanced distillation at Scotland’s renowned Heriot-Watt University. A passionate traveler, Ragghianti has gathered distinctive recipes from Mexico, Canada, Italy, the Caribbean, and across the United States.

His limited-edition, small-batch spirits have earned national and international awards and routinely sell out before release. After launching several successful regional distilleries, he now devotes his attention to the spirits he loves most, drawing on a decade of meticulous research and development.