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Yorkshire gins and gin distilleriesYorkshire gins are among the best in the world.There are dozens of Yorkshire gin companies. But of all the gin distilleries Yorkshire calls its own, which are the best?Who makes the best Yorkshire gins?Some Yorkshire gin companies like Masons, York Gin and Slingsby, are winning the highest international awards.Yorkshire gin makers really are now some of the leading lights in the English craft gin industry and the world's premium gin industry.For example, most g …

Gin isn't vodka - because it must have a particular taste (juniper) to be classified as gin. Vodka is defined as being a spirit without a definite aroma or taste.Gin is made from a neutral spirit that is then distilled with juniper berries (and usually other botanicals) which give gin its particular flavour profile. Vodka is also made from neutral spirit but (apart from flavoured vodkas) nothing is added to change its flavour profile.So while they can start from the same neutral spirit, gin take …

York Gin has been chosen to help kick off a national campaign to celebrate the role small businesses play in the economy.The Small Business Saturday UK 2021 campaign launched on 27 August with a 100-day countdown to 4 December the official Small Business Saturday.York Gin is one of just 100 impressive small businesses from across the UK to mark the official countdown to this year’s Small Business Saturday UK.York Gin was selected to be part of the campaign’s prestigious Small Biz 100 line-up, wh …

Stylish racegoers at the Welcome to Yorkshire Ebor Festival are in with the chance of winning bottles of York Gin, made only three miles from York Racecourse.York Gin are sponsoring all four days of the festival’s Fashion Lawn – with beautiful gin hampers containing large bottles and other York Gin goodies on offer for the smartest racegoers.Visitors to the racecourse’s main restaurants can already enjoy a York Gin and tonic, in addition to sampling it in the Edwardian Weighing Room – the l …

Do any gins have a Latin motto? Yes: York Gin Roman Fruit's Latin motto is: Veni, Vidi, Bibi - I came, I saw, I drank.York was founded by the Romans in AD71. Over 2,000 years later, we created a gin to celebrate this fact.The gin's motto is a twist on Julius Caesar’s slightly more famous boast, ‘Veni, Vidi, Vici’ (‘I came, I saw, I conquered’).You can buy a bottle of York Gin Roman Fruit in our online shopThe History of York Gin Roman FruitWe plundered Ancient Roman Britain to bring hi …