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The Isle of Harris Distillery Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you won’t have escaped the seemingly unstoppable rise of Scottish gin. One brand that seems to encapsulate the ethos of championing not just local produce but a sense of community is the Isle of Harris Gin, in that very distinctive blue bottle, used, when empty, for a variety of different purposes, including many restaurants for serving table water as evidenced by our own editor on more than one occasion. The Isle of Harr...

Limited-edition release Menagerie captures the wilder side of Scotch whisky

Villa Maria launches organic wine range EarthGarden New Zealand winery Villa Maria has launched its first organic wine range, EarthGarden. The new range is designed to meet a rising global demand for sustainable produce, and forms part of the winerys commitment to converting 100 per cent of its vineyards to be organically managed by 2030. New Zealanders will be the first to get their hands on the EarthGarden range, which will be available online and in-store nationwide from 1 March. A UK l...

Chase Distillery becomes official supplier to the British and Irish Lions

Gin Magazine Awards 2021 winners announced The best and brightest in the world of gin have been commended in the Gin Magazine Awards 2021. For the first time the awards were announced virtually, in a broadcast streamed on Facebook via their presenter, Gin Magazine. Comprising three parts, the Gin Magazine Awards are designed to commend the best people, places and products in the gin industry: the Icons of Gin, celebrating people and places; the World Gin Awards, recognising the best produc...

Audemus Spirits teams up with Michelin-starred chef for new releases Frances Audemus Spirits has launched two limited-edition products for the UK and European markets. The Cognac-based creator of Pink Pepper Gin collaborated with Michelin-starred chef Anne-Sophie Pic and sommelier Paz Levinson on the new releases, Fractal 2.0 and Anne-Sophie Pic Gin. Born from an experimental process, Fractal 2.0 seeks to shift away from defined spirits categories and is part of a limited-edition series of h...

Glen Scotia calls for photos of Campbeltowns whisky-making heritage Glen Scotia is calling for people around the world to share their photographs of Campbeltown that capture the peak of its whisky industry. A bustling hub of whisky production in the 19th and early 20th centuries that once boasted more than two dozen distilleries, there are now just three whisky distilleries in Campbeltown, including Glen Scotia. In a bid to revive the memory of Campbeltowns Victorian whisky-making heyday, Gl...

Agave spirits are gaining popularity in the UK - could now be the time for craft producers to shine?

Tanqueray is latest gin brand to launch non-alcoholic spirit alternative

Canned cocktails and wine maker enlists help of communications firm