Well, I don’t know about you, but I’m ready to say a fond farewell to the somewhat random, and intense…
If the various pandemic lockdowns has showed us something, it was the power of enforced creativity. Folks with plenty of…
Well, despite being interesting times, there is no sign that the Australian spirits industry shows any sign of decline. If…
I’ve also had a big soft spot for my dear readers and over 1000 subscribers of my website. Many of…
Parallel to the emergence of hundreds of spirit brands in the recent years in Australia has been the introduction of…
Imbue: to inspire or permeate. On the outer fringes of Melbourne, Mel and Mick Sheard create in small batches a…
A few years ago I had the pleasure of taking the road less travelled whilst driving about Tasmania. The tiny…
Looking to create a unique Australian expression of gin, the team at the Headlands Distilling Company have pushed the Australian…
We know that Japan has started producing some superb gins recently, bringing they renewed attention to detail and mastery of…
So to complement my list of cocktail recipes published recently I’ve come up with this year for clients and special…
I’ve long been a fan of the gins from France. For many of us, that country, so famous for so…
OK, this will be a first for the Martini Whisperer and perhaps for you. A non-alchoholic gin. Well, not exactly,…
There has honestly never been a better time to be a gin drinker. Walk into a well stocked bar,…
One of the perks of being the Martini Whisperer is that every so often something exotic in a bottle comes…
Australia’s capital, Canberra, was designed as a garden city. Nature amongst the houses, lakes, trees everywhere, kangaroos on the front…
They call New Mexico the Land of Enchantment. Having spent a month there last year in 2016, I can see…
I believe that to get where a craft gin is coming from, you have know something of its place of…
Every culture has a distinct approach to spirits, and gin in particular. Their culture of drinking, crafting distilling and culinary…
Vermouth is still having a moment. With a new appreciation of it’s complexity and versatility, there is also a market…
Carving a niche in the booming craft gin market in Australia is becoming a challenge I think. I suspect there…
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