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According to awards judge and Massey University food science professor Joanne Hort​, to scoop double gold “the product has to be excellent”. “A double gold means that all the judges felt it was exceptional, and it would have to have scored high in all aspects of flavour, mouthfeel, balance and finish.” Hort also said it wasn’t surprising to see such a small-scale operation topple the gin giants. “It shows that a lot of hard work, care and attention and craftsmanship has gone into the choice of ingredients, the product sensory concept itself and setting up the process to achi...

STACY SQUIRES/Stuff The Spirits Workshop was set up in 2016 by four former dairy industry workers, including Anthony Michalik, above. It started with four mates sitting around having a drink, bouncing ideas off one another. The Spirits Workshop brands Curiosity Gin and Divergence Whisky are the joint brain-children of four former dairy industry workers, Rod Quin​, Bernard May​, Sam Tobeck​ and Antony Michalik​. The quartet subsided their various management roles at Westland Milk Products in 2016 and took a leap of faith by buying a whisky distillery, with the hope of running their ow...