🥇 Award-Winning Gins: Gold for Our Pinot Noir Gin at the IWSC 2025!

We’re over the moon to announce that our premium Pinot Noir Gin has just won Gold at the IWSC 2025 spirits competition - one of the most prestigious global awards in the drinks industry.

But that’s not all we also won medals for:

Rose Gin - Silver Medal
Lemon Verbena Gin - Silver Medal
Winter Gin - Bronze Medal

These accolades celebrate our passion for creating contemporary, naturally flavoured gins that are rooted in nature, crafted in small batches, and packed with seasonal botanicals. Having our gins recognised internationally is a real testament to our approach to distilling premium spirits sustainably.

🏆 What is the IWSC? Why It Matters

The International Wine and Spirit Competition (IWSC) is the gold standard for judging wines and spirits globally. Founded in 1969, it attracts entries from top craft distilleries, global producers, and emerging artisans alike.

Every entry is blind-tasted by panels of expert judges including master distillers, spirits buyers, and bar professionals - and scored out of 100 points.

The IWSC Gin Awards Scoring System:

Gold (95–97 points) – Exceptional quality and character
Silver (90–94 points) – Excellent spirits that show great balance
Bronze (85–89 points) – Well-crafted with distinct personality

Only about 12% of spirit entries win Gold. That places our Pinot Noir gin among the top tier of the world's best gins in 2025.

🍇 A Closer Look at Our Award-Winning Gins

🌟 Pinot Noir Gin – Gold Medal

Crafted by infusing our base botanical gin with Pinot Noir grapes grown in our Edinburgh Glasshouse, this gin offers rich berry notes, subtle tannins, and a smooth, earthy finish. It’s bold, balanced, and beautifully expressive. Read more here.

🌸 Rose Gin – Silver Medal

Delicate floral layers give an aroma and taste of turkish delight with brown sugar notes. This naturally flavoured premium gin features the petals of the apothecary roses that grow in our Distillery Garden. Find out more about our Rose Gin here and about the rose harvest here.

🍋 Lemon Verbena Gin - Silver Medal

Hand-harvested Lemon Verbena, lemon Melissa and lemon thyme from our Garden are distilled and blended with Juniper, Coriander, Angelica Root, and Winter Savory to create a gin that is naturally fresh in fragrance. Read more about our Lemon Verbena Gin here.

❄️ Winter Gin – Bronze Medal

This luxury gin represents all the taste and aroma we associate with Christmas and the colder months of the year. We achieve this by using distilled Cinnamon, Ginger and Cardamom blended with the core botanicals of our base gin to create a gin that is naturally warming on a cold winters day. Deeply comforting and complex, perfect for colder months. Find out more here.

🌿 Why These Medals Matter for Gin Lovers & Retailers

Winning an IWSC medal is more than a badge — it’s an industry seal of excellence. It tells gin enthusiasts, mixologists, and trade buyers that what’s in the bottle has passed rigorous expert evaluation.

Whether you’re searching for the best gin of 2025, stocking your bar with award-winning spirits, or looking for a unique artisan gin from the UK, these medals offer a trusted guide.

📈 Competition Takeaways

If you’re after premium botanical gins, try our Pinot Noir gin, now officially a Gold medal gin at the IWSC 2025 in addition to all the other awards garnered since its launch in 2023.
Love flavoured gin with a fresh twist? Discover our Rose or Lemon Verbena gins now silver winners and seasonal bestsellers.
For something cozy and characterful, our Winter Gin offers a warming profile that’s perfect for colder evenings.

🎉 Join Us in the Celebration

We’ll be updating our labels and packaging to feature these medal wins, and there’ll be some exciting tasting events and releases soon. Be sure to follow us on social media or sign up to our newsletter for first dibs on limited-edition runs.

Thank you to the IWSC judges - and to you, our customers - for supporting small-batch, craft gin made with purpose and passion.

→ Shop our award-winning gins here.
→ Learn more about the IWSC competition here. The IWSC is the most respected global wine and spirits community, renowned for their expertise, influence and personal approach.