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The York Gin shop on Pavement in the historic centre of the city has been shortlisted for a major prize.The shop - in the 16th Century Sir Thomas Herbert's House on Pavement - is up for Retailer of the Year at the Visit York Tourism Awards 2023.The shop holds the title of Shop of the Year from the city's 2022 awards.We're absolutely delighted to be up for the award again.Fellow finalists are Potions Cauldron, Antiques Centre York & Avorium. The awards ceremony will take place at the cit …

Stradivarius Gin to be won by best-dressed punter as famous horse attempts record at city’s racecourseYork Gin have made a unique ‘Stradivarius Edition’ bottle of gin to mark the famous racehorse’s attempt to win for a seventh time in a row at the city’s Ebor Festival on Friday.The bottle of York Gin London Dry has a specially-printed label in the horse’s famous yellow and black colours. Engraving is by York's PurePalletsYork Racecourse is asking fans to come along wearing outfits inspired by th …

York Gin has had a Yorkshire Day to remember - with all four gins we entered into the Great Taste Awards winning stars in the prestigious tasting competition.York Gin London Dry won two stars, described as ‘above and beyond delicious’. Only around 9% of entries were awarded a Great Taste two stars.York Gin Old Tom, Outlaw Navy Strength and Chocolate & Orange gins each won a star for their ‘fantastic flavour’. The results announcement on 1 August coincides with Yorkshire Day. Over 14,000 products …

We’re taking the unusual step for a gin company to advise you to lay off the G&Ts on Monday and Tuesday.With temperatures in York due to hit up to 39C, we’re advising you all to concentrate on keeping as cool as possible and hydrated.Alcohol makes you sweat more, it makes you wee more - neither helps with hydration.So our advice is: take a couple of days off the booze - and enjoy a double on Wednesday when it’s all over and it's raining!One of York Gin’s founding directors, Emma Godivala, sa …

York Gin - which suffered a major break-in at its distillery in late June - is back up and running. After a ‘monumental’ effort at the Poppleton distillery, the company has now replenished stocks of their range of award-winning gins. This means it is once again fulfilling trade orders, yorkgin.com is back open for business, and the two York Gin shops are open as normal.Thieves broke into the company’s distillery on the weekend of 25 to 26 June, making off with thousands of miniature an …