About D. Prior Publishing

I’m Diana, and I make tasting journals, logbooks and quiz books for whisky, gin, coffee, wine and beer. D. Prior Publishing is the name I publish them under.

I live in Fife, Scotland, with my family. I’m originally from Germany, but I’ve been in the UK for 20 years now, so I’m "nearly local".

My favourite smells are gorse, fresh sea air, freshly roasted coffee beans, and the storage room at Lindores Abbey Distillery, where all the barrels are kept.

For a lot of people, tasting is all about the tasting. For me it’s partly about systems too. I like organising things, working out how the pieces fit together, and getting something to run smoothly. A journal, a flavour wheel, a website: it’s the same itch.

Naming what you smell isn’t easy. Faced with a mostly empty card, it’s easy to feel a bit lost. So the journals and logbooks come with prompts, a few hints to get you started. Experienced tasters probably don’t need them, but if you’re just beginning, they might make it easier.