Christian Schrade

Fine spirits sommelier, whisky consultant and founder of the Idea Distillers

Telephone: +49 6252 60 30 377

Email: c.schrade@idea-distillers.de

„If you want to be successful in the premium segment, you need a lot more that just some colorful images. Here it’s all about substance. People want to know how their craft spirit is made. And, above all, they want to know who makes it. We help our clients to tell their own very special story.“

TELLING SPIRITED STORIES

Christian Schrade is convinced that each and every whisky tells a story. In fact, that’s also the motto of the whisky events he holds under the name ‘Heart of the run’. A journalist and communications expert, he discovered his passion for unique craft distillates – and the people who make them – already in 2006. Since that time, the 34-year-old regularly travels to faraway distilleries and into extraordinary aromatic spheres – always in search of new experiences for the spirit and the palate.  Rendering into words spicy heath notes or descriptively putting a spotlight on elegant citrus fragrances – this is something that motivates him day after day when he’s planning a distillery launch for a client or writing an articles for the new distillery’s website.

His clients don’t just benefit from his wealth of experience as a journalist and press spokesman who can communicate with media representatives on their behalf, organize interviews and jot down a press release in a jiffy. He also has an impressive network of journalists, bloggers, marketing heads and service providers in the manufacturing process – and he can broker contacts for clients in a targeted way.
For the Idea Distillers he is, beyond this, also largely responsible for strategic communication planning and execution. He not only devises the concept – with a message and a storyline – but is also called on for the complete handling of industry congresses. Moreover, he can persuasively translate a whisky or gin taste profile into a new packaging design.