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By popular demand, York Gin has launched a rhubarb gin - as the brand celebrates its fifth birthday.Customers have been asking for this flavoured gin for years. And now it has appeared - just as the York Gin brand reaches its five-year milestone on 1 March.Buy a bottle hereThe gin has seven classic botanicals including juniper berries, grains of paradise and angelica along with the all-important fresh rhubarb. After distillation a natural sugar syrup is added to complement the natural tangi …

The new permanent member of our premium gin range has won its very first award.York Gin Mediterranean Lemon has just won a Silver at the World Gin Awards 2023.According to The Gin Guide to Lemon Gins, it is one of the best lemon gins around - and one of the best citrus gins.You can order a bottle from our online shop hereIt is a joyous celebration of a quintessential botanical of English gin from the 18th Century until today.We absolutely pack this gin with lemons from the sun-kissed Medite …

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 …