Across the ditch from Australia a new wave of craft gins is emerging. Globally, the gin craze shows no sign of slowing down any time soon, and some estimates put the number of gins in the world at well over 6,000, and growing weekly. In keeping with this global trend, a craft distilling scene has
Time for a bit of an update for you, sorry it’s been a while between drinks friends. The headline news of news of late is that I’m now the owner of Australian Gin Day! This is an annual celebration each November 18 of all things Aussie gin, and it had previously been run / owned
Well, I don’t know about you, but I’m ready to say a fond farewell to the somewhat random, and intense year that was 2022. I do hope you feel you are in a better place than when you started, I do, but one had to struggle to get here at times, and so I love
If you follow me on my social channels you’ll know that dogs feature large in my life and so when this distillery from Auckland in New Zealand contacted me to receive a sample of their range I was delighted: gin and dogs on one label, what’s not to love? I’ve been fortunate to have a
I don’t know about you, but I still can’t get used to the idea that it’s February already. I hadn’t got quite done with January frankly, still feel a few weeks behind schedule…. But what it does mean though is that my monthly updates of the lists are due and I’ve compiled these for well,
The judging team, image courtesy of New Zealand Spirits Awards In March this year, I had the honour of being one of the judging panel for the inaugural New Zealand Craft Spirits Awards that was held in Wellington. Along with founder of Limeburners Distillery in Western Australia, Cameron Syme, I was also one of the
The Kiwis are a long way from most places, and I think that’s fostered their self-reliance, global world view, and a pursuit of excellence in pretty much everything. In March 2019, I had the honour of being a guest international judge at their inaugural craft spirits awards in Wellington- you can read about that experience
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