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The original York Gin shop has won the title of the best shop in the city for 2022.The shop won the Best Shop category at the Visit York Tourism Awards at York Racecourse on 3 March.It previously won the title in 2020.The shop is in the Grade 1 listed Sir Thomas Herbert's House on Pavement opposite the famous Shambles.Since opening in 2019, the shop has become an iconic feature of York, with thousands of visitors a week, and photos of the shop appearing on countless social media accounts.York ha …

St Leonard's Hospice, York does incredible work for people with life limiting illnesses.DONATE HERE - thank you! But it depends on a constant stream of donations to keep this amazing work going.The hospice's current fundraising drive is the 'Accumulator Challenge' (from 12 Feb to 13 March) - and York Gin are delighted to be joining in.How you can helpYou can donate here or follow us on social media for details of our special fundraising events. These include a Leg-Waxing Challenge, a 2 …

Funny gin quotes, gin puns and gin jokes - all the best ones are here. For example:- Education is important but gin is importanter. - I make gin disappear - what's your superpower?- PLEASE DRINK GIN RESPONSIBLY. Don’t spill it.If, after reading them, you're in such a great mood you want to buy some of our gin please visit our online gin shop - as well as collecting gin one liners, we really do make some of the world's best gins and beautiful gin gifts. No joke! ‘I exercise s …

York is a city of outlaws - Guy Fawkes was born here. Dick Turpin was hanged here.It’s even home to the super-strength York Gin Outlaw which comes with a warning: 'Drink, with ice, tonic … and care!'Now - for one night only - one of the UK’s baddest drag queens will be celebrating all that’s naughty, villainous and defiantly outrageous about York and its outlaws.Cabaret superstar Velma Celli, ‘a true icon of drag’, who's wowed audiences from New York to London and beyond, will host an evening of …

Gin-loving train travellers on the country’s East Coast mainline have a new reason to stop at York station - gin tastings.The hour-long events in the station’s York Gin shop on the main concourse include tasters of six different gins and two full G&Ts.Experts teach tips on tasing gin like a pro and share gin’s amazing stories and legends. They’re billed as ‘fun, fascinating and delicious’.More info and bookYork is almost equidistant from London Kings Cross and Edinburgh Waverley on the East …