Sommer K. Walker: Luxury Spirits Strategist

“Time is the master of taste.”

Sommer K. Walker, CSS, is a global luxury strategist and master educator stewarding some of the rarest spirits in the world. Known for transforming rarity into revenue, she brings over two decades of experience building multi-million-dollar portfolios in prestige markets across Asia, Europe, and the U.S. 

Two decades of distribution, importing, compliance and brand building. 

As the voice behind Luxury Distilled, Walker explores the unwritten language of cultural prestige. Her editorial lens centers on scarcity, ritual, legacy, and restraint—favoring silent codes over spectacle. She is also a champion of female-led ventures, serving as advisor and mentor to emerging founders in luxury, wellness, and heritage-based consumer goods.

A Certified Spirits Specialist and Chevalier of the Chaîne des Rôtisseurs, Vice Echanson -Walker blends classical education with contemporary cultural intelligence. Her studies include:

• Equity & Venture Capital (Bocconi, Milan)
•  Sustainability & ESG (Oxford) 
• Luxury Brand & Hospitality Strategy (SDA Bocconi, HK Poly U) 
• Connected Leadership (Yale) 
• Chinese Market & Culture (Nanjing University)
   

As Vice Echanson with La Chaine Des Rotisseurs I steward Culinary, and spirit standards grounded in restraint, dignity and the long view. I believe true luxury doesn’t scream—it whispers. My frameworks, including The Rarity Code™ and The Almost Theory ™, form the philosophical foundation behind the Luxury Distilled ethos: a call to remember that taste, like legacy, is best built in silence.  I write to reveal the invisible systems that create taste and trust.