Mike Gerrard
Award-winning Travel and Drinks Writer
I’ve written for people including National Geographic, The Times, American Express, Google, Microsoft, Waitrose Drinks, The Huffington Post and BBC Travel.
My awards include:
A Travelex Award for Best Travel Consumer Magazine Feature
A British Guild of Travel Writers Award
Two Awards for Excellence from the Outdoor Writers and Photographers Guild
A Benjamin Franklin Award in the USA for a guidebook to Paris
One of the Press Gazette’s 50 Most Influential Travel Journalists in the UK
AITO Online Travel Writer of the Year
Shortlisted for AITO Travel Blogger of the Year
Drinks
Drinking In the History of Cognac
Getting a Taste for Cognac in Jarnac
Patron Tequila Distillery Tour
A visit to the Patron Distillery in Jalisco, Mexico, to see how one of the world's best-known tequilas is made.
Metaxa Mixology in Athens
A visit to two of the best cocktail bars in Athens where the bartenders are getting creative with the traditional Greek spirit, Metaxa.
Denver’s Leopold Brothers Distillery
A visit to see the outstanding Leopold Brothers Distillery in Denver, Colorado.
On the Tequila Trail.pdf
I was lucky enough recently to take the Tequila Trail in the state of Jalisco in Mexico. While there I visited legendary distilleries such as Patron and Don Julio, as well as distilleries like El Tesoro, Herradura, Altos, Cazadores, and a new distillery, Volcan de mi Tierra.
Travel
Meeting the Oyster Man of Loch Fyne
Meet the Mob in Las Vegas
Award-Winning Scottish Hotel
On Sharkwatch in Scotland
In Flanders Fields the Poppies Blow
Scallops in Scotland
Chef All at Sea
Country House Comfort in Perthshire
Drive Scotland in a Classic Car
Peace and Panna Cotta in Dunkeld
Waitrose Drinks Xmas 2017 cover and story.pdf
My travel feature on Iceland for Waitrose Drinks magazine in the UK.
Waitrose Drinks Summer 2018 Kentucky Feature.pdf
My feature on Kentucky for Waitrose Drinks magazine in the UK.
A 600-mile walk to a singing river
On a trip to the neighboring towns of Florence and Muscle Shoals in Alabama, I felt privileged to be introduced to Tom Hendrix. Tom had the most powerful and moving story to tell, which I was delighted to share with readers on BBC Travel.
Gip’s backyard shack of blues
On a visit to Birmingham in Alabama I was lucky enough to be there on a Saturday night and got taken to Gip’s Place. It was an amazing experience to visit what is one of the last juke joints in the USA. I was so bowled over by it that I knew I had to write about it, and fortunately sold the story to BBC Travel.