{{Short description|American writer (born 1978)}} thumb|Fred Minnick '''Fred Minnick''' is an American wine and spirits writer.

Minnick began professionally writing about wine and spirits in 2006. He helped found ''Bourbon+'', which covers the bourbon industry.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Riber |first1=Blake |title=Fred Minnick Announces Bourbon Plus |url=http://bourbonr.com/blog/fred-minnick-announces-bourbon-plus/ |website=Bourbonr.com |publisher=Bourbonr |access-date=18 September 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bourbonplus.com/#mission |website=BourbonPlus.com |access-date=18 September 2018|title=Bourbon Plus Magazine }}</ref> Since 2013, Minnick has worked with the Kentucky Derby Museum to present the popular Legends Series of Bourbon.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Kimberl|first1=Maggie|title=Legends Series 2017 Kicks Off With Fred Minnick|url=https://www.alcoholprofessor.com/blog/2017/02/03/legends-series-2017-kicks-off-with-fred-minnick/|website=The Alcohol Professor|publisher=The Alcohol Professor|access-date=1 December 2017}}</ref>

Minnick wrote ''Whiskey Women: The Untold Story of How Women Saved Bourbon, Scotch & Irish Whiskey'' (Potomac, October 2013).<ref>{{cite web |title=2013 Foreword INDIES Winners in Women's Studies (Adult Nonfiction) |url=https://www.forewordreviews.com/awards/winners/2013/womens-studies/ |access-date=30 October 2018 |publisher=Foreword Reviews |language=en}}</ref>

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