One of my local gins also happens to be one of my favourites. South West London’s Graveney Gin has its home in Tooting Market, and it’s there where you’ll find their small but perfectly formed gin bar.
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Giniversity Botanical Gin
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Deep in the heart of Western Australia’s wine country you’ll find Margaret River Distilling Co, one of the distilleries I profiled in my previous blog. It’s not the sort of place you expect to find a distillery, nestled between vineyards and surrounded by karri trees, but we made sure to stop by on our way through the town.
Ginvent 2017
DrinkAdvent calendars are one of the best things about Christmas. That build up of excitement each day that gets you out of bed when it’s dark and rainy outside. There’s not much that can beat chocolate at doing that, but gin just might…
Top 6 gins of Western Australia
DrinkIn a few weeks I’m off to Perth, Western Australia, to see some friends and soak up some winter sun.
When I think of Australian gin I tend to think of the likes of Four Pillars, and others from Victoria, New South Wales and Tasmania. Western Australia, however, can more than fight it’s corner as, while it lacks in the quantity of distilleries, it more than makes up for with quality of gin. Several of their distilleries have achieved top accolades from the global spirit community.
One Time Gin: Red Leaf Gin launch
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Half of the UK’s gin production is on the smallest scale: a passionate person, and maybe a couple of friends, making gin by hand exactly the way they want to.
Gin Journey, Notting Hill
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Mention the idea of hitting 5 bars in an afternoon and the mind immediately conjures up visions of students or a stag do. Gin Journey has less in common with that, and far more with an afternoon of prolonged wine tasting spread over several venues. Or at least that’s what I told myself.
Junipalooza 2017
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On Sunday we visited the Tobacco Dock in East London for this year’s Junipalooza event. Unfortunately we missed celebrating World Gin Day itself there on the Saturday but we were able to benefit from the Sunday’s slightly longer session which meant we could fit more gin in! Every cloud.