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Matt Pietrek

Matt Pietrek (born 1966) is an American spirits and drinks writer, publisher, and rum historian. His 2022 book, ''Modern Caribbean Rum'' won the Tales of the Cocktail Spirited Award for Best New Book on Drinks Culture, History, or Spirits. Pietrek writes regularly for his Rum Wonk and Cocktail Wonk web sites.

With his wife, Carrie Smith, he operates Wonk Press LLC, a publisher of books for his books and other authors in the spirits, drinks, and lifestyle space.

Previously, he was a computer specialist and author specializing in Microsoft Windows and wrote several books on the topic. Between 1993 and 2001 he wrote the column "Under the Hood" in MSJ (and subsequently) MSDN Magazine. Between 2004 and 2011 he worked at Microsoft on Visual Studio and Hyper-V. Provided by Wikipedia