Isle of Wight Distillery's B Corp take on summer: island-grown bergamot, grapefruit and wild-foraged coastal rosemary layered onto their award-winning Mermaid base. Rock samphire underneath for the sea air. Bright, citrus-forward, built for August G&Ts. A bottle that earns its sunshine.
The fifth limited release from Lesley Gracie's Cabinet of Curiosities. Inspired by 17th century Parisian stone-fruit eaux-de-vie served with gin and rose, apricot and peach take centre stage over Hendrick's signature cucumber-rose base. Fruit-forward, theatrical, unapologetically decorative. Juniper purists need not apply.
An abandoned Finnish cheese factory, a distillery built around 100% rye, and four locally foraged botanicals including sea buckthorn, cranberries and meadowsweet. Voted World's Best G&T Gin at the IWSC in both 2015 and 2025. Ten years apart, same verdict.
Founder Miguel Ângelo Nunes planted his first medronho orchard on the wild Rota Vicentina trail in 2007, and launched gin there in 2018. Alentejo lemon, dune juniper and rosemary, all hand-picked along the Portuguese coast. Named after the region's Pata Negra black pigs. The Atlantic in a glass.
Brad Pitt, the Famille Perrin (of Château de Beaucastel and Miraval) and ex-Tanqueray master distiller Tom Nichol walk into a copper still on the Côte d'Azur. Thirteen organic botanicals including pink grapefruit, bitter bigarade orange, figs and mimosa from Cap d'Antibes. Certified organic, deeply Provençal, built to last.
The first gin ever made in Guatemala, named after Xibalbá, the Mayan underworld. Built on Mesoamerican botanicals (pericón, bay leaf, black pepper, allspice, cardamom), distilled in copper stills and housed in a jade-mask bottle with hieroglyphic branding. Pre-Columbian memory, modern spirit.
Dr Dre and Snoop Dogg's first pure spirit, named after the 1999 track that needs no introduction. Vapor-distilled in copper pots, built around tangerine, jasmine and coriander, housed in a honeycomb bottle designed by Ini Archibong. West Coast gin the way you'd expect: smooth, self-aware, made for sipping outside.
PJ Rigney's Shed Distillery in Co. Leitrim pairs oriental gunpowder tea with eight pot-still and four vapour-infused botanicals, then folds in California oranges picked up on a San Francisco trip. Juniper and green tea underneath, pulpy orange on top. An Irish gin that travels far.
Eight generations of a London distilling family, back with a gin that puts flavour front and centre. Japanese yuzu for zing, white strawberries for sweetness, juniper quietly holding the line. Bottled at 41.3% from the City of London Distillery. A summer spritz looking for its bottle.
Emma and Alex Watson's family project, distilled from upcycled pressed grape skins and lees from their father's Chablis vineyard. Add Kimmeridgian stone distillate, Grand Cru grape essence, linden flowers and acacia honey. Solar-powered stills, mushroom packaging, carbon-neutral. Chablis in gin form, and it actually tastes of the terroir.
Five friends (Margot Robbie among them), five years, 59 iterations, one final gin. Distilled at Lord Byron in Byron Bay with native wattleseed, pink peppercorn, wax flower, hibiscus and a hint of oyster shell for salinity. Made for sessions. Best with soda, ice, grapefruit, ocean optional.
