The owners of Not Gin ltd previously owned a wine bar on the South Devon coast. Like many of their customers they became more health conscious, increasingly mindful of what they were eating and drinking. With their backgrounds in hospitality, working in top hotels in Europe and the Middle East, they

Over 60 years of Industry knowledge and expertise are the foundations of the Paragon Brands Distribution model, all aimed at meeting the growing demand for premium and craft alcohol brands that offer something different to the UK drinks sector; from globally sourced unique drinks with authenticity a

‘Distilling in Wales was a lost art…’ …but in the late 1990s, in a pub in a small post-industrial Welsh valley town, a group of friends drank and chatted about establishing the first whisky distillery in Wales in over a century. They dreamt of creating a whisky as pure and precious as Welsh gold, re

Père Magloire is the market leader for Calvados in France and throughout the world. Making Calvados requires several steps, each requiring know-how, passion and specific skills. Everything begins in the orchard where more than 60 specific apple varieties are grown. After the harvest, the apple are m

Like so many others, the distillers here embrace the sea’s immense power…its swells, ebbs and flows…to do something remarkable. Their home in Wick, nestled on the most northerly shores of Scotland, is entirely shaped by its maritime past. Ever since their distillery doors opened in 1826, and to this

Quiquiriqui Mezcals are all Single Estate (Palenque) handcrafted spirits produced in Mexico. Founded by Melanie Symonds in 2011 and made in partnership with Families in Mexico, Quiquiriqui works to support the communities and lands from where its made.

Rude Mechanicals – like so many great nights, stories and mistakes – starts with wine. After several combined decades working in the wine industry the Rude Mechanicals team were keen to scratch another itch and have a go at producing the other drinkable stuff they’d been sipping, but never had chanc

From the smooth cobblestones of St Ives, to the wild cliffs of Zennor, St Ives Liquor Co captures Cornish spirit in each and every bottle. With a century’s worth of food industry experience under their aprons, St Ives’ Thompson family have truly earned their connoisseurs’ stripes – with the aw

After pursuing successful careers elsewhere, Angus and Howard find themselves back in Devon and meet up to discuss their business aspirations. With Angus’ burgeoning interest in the distillation of spirits and Howard’s desire to build a company in Devon with exceptional products, Salcombe Distilling

In 1887 the owners of Sánchez Romate Hermanos began to make a unique, different brandy for their own consumption. The quality soon earned increasing fame and the winery decided to market it with the name Cardenal Mendoza. Whenever they speak about their proud history, they always begin with their r

António Cuco founded the Sharish Gin Distillery in 2013, situated in the village of Monsaraz, in the heart of the Alentejo wine region, one of Portugal’s finest. The former school teacher grows the oranges and lemons on his own estate and together they form the base line along with the locally grown

Sharphams thousand year old farm consists of five hundred acres owned by the Sharpham Trust. The house, designed in 1770 by Sir Robert Taylor, overlooks the fields and wooded slopes above the River Dart, two miles downstream of the ancient market town of Totnes. Our aim today is to farm successfully