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Priyanka Blah
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i. Biography
From media writing in college to work across education, strategy, and service, Priyanka Blah has built a drinks career that treats listening as a professional tool. Writing desks, tasting rooms, and industry platforms have each shaped the same skill set: reading the room, understanding how hospitality is spoken, and knowing how the business of drinks is sustained.
The Path
Global sales at a British craft spirits brand was the first arena where Priyanka’s trade perspective took shape. That role sat between brand building and commercial reality, and it left her with a practical view of how a bottle moves through the market and into drinks culture. From there, her work expanded beyond sales into the wider disciplines of education, standards, and strategy. That range now defines her position in the industry. As the founder of The Dram Attic, South Asia Chair and Academy Chair of World’s 50 Best Bars, and Global Brand Strategist of Hapusa Gin, Priyanka works across writing, bartending conversations, and strategic thinking without separating one from the other.
The Work Today
Academy Chair for World’s 50 Best Bars, Global Brand Strategist for Hapusa Gin, and director of education at Bar Convent Berlin: the titles place Priyanka Blah in three different parts of the drinks ecosystem. One role sits with recognition and standards, another with brand direction, and another with teaching and knowledge-sharing. Taken together, they point to a career built on the visible work and the structural work of the trade. Her view of hospitality is grounded in how service plays out in real time. “The best bartenders are extremely perceptive and trained to understand people’s tastes early in the conversation. Allow questions. Ask questions. Treat it like a warmup round of tennis. And wait for the final serve.” It is a practical read on bartending: attentive, conversational, and paced to the guest. The move into Hapusa Gin followed the same logic of alignment and conviction. As she put it, “I was very loyal to the brand before meeting the founders and master distiller so when they asked me to join them to oversee brand strategy, it was an easy decision to make!”
In Their Words “The best bartenders are extremely perceptive and trained to understand people’s tastes early in the conversation. Allow questions. Ask questions. Treat it like a warmup round of tennis. And wait for the final serve.” “I was very loyal to the brand before meeting the founders and master distiller so when they asked me to join them to oversee brand strategy, it was an easy decision to make!”
Acclaim
Priyanka's honors include Bar World 100 Most Influential.
Profile updated July 2026
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What is Priyanka Blah's current role?
As of 2026, Priyanka Blah is Founder of Dram Attic.
Where did Priyanka Blah work before?
Priyanka Blah's earlier career included British craft spirits brand.
What recognition has Priyanka Blah received?
Bar World 100 Most Influential.
