$85.00
Black Robin Gin is inspired by the extremely rare and endangered black robin (Petroica traversi), which is found only on the remote Chatham Islands of New Zealand.
Black Robin Gin is a premium gin that combines traditional exotic botanicals with native New Zealand Horopito, one of the world's most ancient flowering plants. The spicy citrus flavour gives exceptional delicacy and balance, creating a distinctive, mellow texture with a refreshing unique fragrance with an elegant and refined finish.
A percentage of our profits will be donated to the Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand, an organisation dedicated to the preservation of the blue duck for future generations.
A rare bird, a rare gin - and a rare opportunity to drink responsibly and help save this endangered species from extinction.
Black Robin Gin has been awarded a Silver Medal at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition. With over 1,400 spirits being entered in its 14th year, this years competition was judged by 40 leading experts from around the world.
Black Robin painted by Andrew Barns-Graham.
43% ALC/VOL
$79.00
Blue Duck Vodka is inspired by the extremely rare and endangered blue duck (Hymenolaimus malacorhynchos). It is unique to New Zealand, and is confined to white-water rivers in the country's remote mountain regions.
This is a premium vodka that is handcrafted, batched-distilled in a reflex copper pot still and is blended with the purest water in the world. Seven distillations refine the vodka to produce a velvety smooth texture and a highly distinctive and incomparable taste.
A percentage of our profits will be donated to the Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand, an organisation dedicated to the preservation of the blue duck for future generations.
A rare duck, a rare vodka - and a rare opportunity to drink responsibly and help save this endangered species from extinction.
Blue Duck Vodka has been awarded a Double Gold at the prestigious San Francisco World Spirits Competition. In its 14th year and with over 1,400 entries, Blue Duck Vodka was unanimously judged to be of gold quality by all 40 judges. Also Blue Duck Vodka has won another gold at the Top Fifty Vodka Awards in the United States.
Artwork painted by Andrew Barns-Graham.
43% ALC/VOL
$39.00
A delicious gin perfect on it's own, over ice, or with your favourite tonic. The palate is so delectable that it seems as if you are drinking something other than a gin.
We are enjoying this with an East Imperial Grapefruit soda.
"We want to change the perception of Gin away from the mother’s ruin to something that is lively and pleasant and can be enjoyed over Ice." Blush
$12.00
This premium Gin is crafted in Martinborough in a 200 litre copper still, in the classic ‘distilled dry gin’ tradition. Made with pure Rimutaka Mountain Range Spring Water, hand-zested NZ grown navel oranges, Yen Ben lemons and hints of native botanicals, including leaves of the peppery native Kawakawa plant.
The double distillation process results in a softer, more refined, and more approachable spirit. This distinctive and complex gin is smooth and fresh and combines herbal, citrus, and spicy characteristics, with a subtle delicacy.
Each batch has its own subtle flavour, which may best be appreciated in a dry martini, a refreshingly flavoursome G&T, or on the rocks.
42% ALC/VOL
$90.00
Inspired by the team at Wellingtons 'Hawthorne Lounge' and crafted from the same ten botanicals used in their original Lighthouse Gin. Each batch is distilled twice, reducing it to 57% ABV, producing a spirit that packs a punch while retaining its silky smooth alcohol character. The intensity of the botanicals lifts it to bold new heights.
This makes a truly exceptional Pink Gin, Dry Martini or G&T.
$65.00
$85.00
A meeting of liquid and people. An artisan dry gin with a New Zealand slant. Combining craft with conviviality.
The perfect combination of botanicals, 12 unique notes. Each complementing the other, dancing together on the tongues of the beholder. Measured. Precise.
Exclusive batches lovingly handcrafted. Skilfully blended. A precise magic. Crystal clear Southern Alps waters, and exotic botanicals, collaborating artistically in a hand beaten 19th century John Dore copper still. Botanical fusion.
The result? The finest gin.
40% ALC/VOL
$120.00
Scurvy & Gunpowder Proof. A navy strength gin with the additional flavours of lime peel and gunpowder green tea. 57% abv.
Non-chill-filtered this evocation of old-fashioned gin production methods renders a spirit with a distinctly jaundiced hue. They take their inspiration from the Royal Navy's regulation measure of Vitamin C for all hands, as well as the parallel history of the East India company and its globe-spanning trade in tea as an adjunct of Empire (with the might of the RN in a supporting role).
Most excellent with grapefruit juice for a 'Salty Sea Dog', it also pairs well with oloroso sherry.
$55.00
"The complex and robust flavour that is the signature of S & O's Gunpowder Rum is arrived at through a hands on process - the secret of which is known by only one person."
But what we can tell you about are the ingredients used to bring this truly unique spirit to life...
Made in extremely limited numbers from a very interesting blend which includes; Chillies, Black Gunpowder and Calumet.
Ahoy me hearties!!
$85.00
By day they are two unassuming Wellington bureaucrats who move unnoticed, hidden within the shadows of the nine-to-five, their identity concealed by spreadsheets and government policy; but...by night their passion for fine things is awoken and from the depths of Wellington's 1st gin distillery they create the finest of craft gins. Gins of the people, by the people, for the people.
The Bureaucrat is a distillation of ten carefully selected botanicals, delivering the traditional juniper and coriander followed by an audacious hit of heady cinnamon, finishing with delicate yet complex nutty profiles and undertones of aniseed and sweetness. It is a complex beast, bold and unique, a gin full of character.
$82.00
Born of the belief that whisky is a living cultural icon to be shared, Thomson Whisky started life unearthing rare and precious stocks of whisky, making them available to enthusiasts once more. Now with a new distillery in operation North West of Auckland, the team are also helping to insure the longevity of New Zealand’s whisky making tradition.
Two Tone refers to the two kinds of cask used for the maturation of this whisky; European oak which formerly held New Zealand red wine and American white oak used exclusively for whisky. Find sea air and caramelised fruits on the nose, followed by red berries, apricot and spice on the palate.
In place of an age statement the infinity symbol marking this bottling is symbolic of the marriage of casks.
40% ALC/VOL
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