The not-for-profit membership body for the gin industry, The Gin Guild, has appointed two new directors – Sophie Best and Andrew Parsons (both pictured) – to its board.
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Kathy Caton MBE talks to Oliver Catchpole about selling the ‘spirit of Brighton’.
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Malfy Gin and Missoni have unveiled the second launch of their collaboration – a limited-edition bottle of Malfy Originale Dry Gin designed by Missoni creative director Alberto Caliri.
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Independent St Andrews-based gin and whisky distiller Eden Mill has announced a new iteration of its Golf Gin, which will use botanicals foraged from the world-famous Old Course.
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Family-owned specialist drinks importer, distributor and retailer Amathus Drinks introduces The Gardener Gin, the latest creation from Brad Pitt and the Perrin Family in collaboration with master distiller Tom Nichol.
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According to IWSR data, while gin encounters challenges in certain markets, the category continues to evolve and innovate.
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UK gin brand Renais, founded by the actress Emma Watson and her brother Alex, has announced a partnership with British distributor Proof Drinks, with a view to on trade expansion.
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Award-winning gin producer Elephant Gin has opened the doors to its new state-of-the-art distillery, complete with an immersive visitor experience.
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Craft Gin Club, the UK’s biggest gin subscription service, has had a strong start to its first-ever crowdfunding campaign, passing its initial £500,000 funding goal within two days of launch on the Seedrs platform.
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Looking beyond London Dry, Henry Jeffreys tracks down the British gin brands on the hunt for growth with new points of difference.
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Arbikie Highland Estate has completed the latest stage of its plan to be the world’s first green hydrogen-powered distillery with the installation of a new 1MW wind turbine to provide renewable energy.
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The fully-independent gin business, Masons of Yorkshire, is leading a search for the next ‘bartending star’ in the North of England.
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According to market research by Shepper, the UK’s on-trade and hospitality outlets prefer to serve leading gin and tonic brands as their house products instead of supporting local and small-batch counterparts.
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The new director general of The Gin Guild has been inducted at London’s Guildhall alongside more than 20 new members from distilleries and brands in the UK, Italy, Estonia, Finland, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands, India and the USA.
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The past two years have been tough for everyone and Britain’s gin distillers are no exception. The various lockdowns and general uncertainty hit the industry hard and, while retailers and direct sales helped alleviate the shortfall, “the on-trade could never be replaced by home consumption”, according to Nick Cook, director-general of the Gin Guild.
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Gordon Ramsay has joined forces with Eden Mill to launch a gin range, marking the Michelin chef’s first step into the UK spirits market.
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Bibendum CEO Michael Saunders has joined Didsbury Gin as a non-executive director.
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The Western Cape High Court has reserved judgement on Vinpro’s urgent interim interdict application that would afford the Premier of the Western Cape the power to adopt deviations to the national ban to enable off- and on-consumption sale of alcohol in the province.
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Sales of gin in the retail sector have continued to soar during the pandemic, up 30% over the past 12 months.
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The premium gin market is being threatened by unscrupulous distilleries bastardising the term 'craft', according to a leading niche brand.
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