4 Interesting Gins for Festive Drinking

  1. Best for Smoothness

G’Vine Floraison

This gin is made from grapes which gives a smoother finish. It also contains vine flower to add floral notes, handpicked once a year in mid-June when the vine flower blossoms for just a few days to preserve its delicate fragrance.

  1. Best for a Spritz

June by G’Vine | Wild Peach & Summer Fruits 

An elegant and fruity gin liqueur made by infusing G’Vine Floraison (the French gin made from grapes) with natural aromas of wild peach and summer fruits. Ideal in fizz as an easy Bellini.

  1. Best for ‘Something Different’

June by G’Vine | Royal Pear & Cardamom 

Vibrant notes of fresh pear are enhanced by a base note of cardamom in this unique spirit. Great as a festive Mule by mixing with ginger beer.

  1. Best for Cocktails like the Negroni

Nouaison

Popular with bartenders Nouaison has a unique balance combining the elegance of French grapes with a spicy, rich and complex aromatic profile. Looks great on the shelf of your home bar.

Name: G’Vine Floraison

Origin: France

About: Created in 2006 by Jean-Sébastien Robicquet. this gin is made from grapes which results in a more fresh, smooth and rounded taste. The gin contains vine flower to add floral notes, handpicked once a year, in mid-June, when the vine flower blossoms for just a few days to preserve its delicate fragrance.

RRP: £35

Availability: Master of Malt and Amazon and Fenwick

Name: June by G’Vine | Wild Peach & Summer Fruits 

Origin: France

About: June is an elegant and fruity gin liqueur made by infusing G’Vine Floraison (the French gin made from grapes) with natural aromas of wild peach and summer fruits. June is the perfect summer drink to share with friends, on its own over ice, with tonic, in a spritz and in a cocktail.

RRP: £29

Availability: Fenwick, The Whisky Exchange, Booths (50cl)

Name: June by G’Vine | Royal Pear & Cardamom 

Origin: France

About: Vibrant notes of fresh pear are enhanced by a base note of cardamom in this unique spirit that gives way to the smooth spice bouquet (notes of juniper, ginger, cubeb berry, green cardamom, coriander, quassia amara, liquorice, lime and nutmeg) all elevated by the addition of the floral vine flower.

RRP: £25 (50 cl)

Availability: Booths

Name: Nouaison 

Origin: France

About: Nouaison is a taste of history, inspired from an original gin recipe from 1495, the oldest gin recipe known to exist, that used grape to create gin. Popular with bartenders Nouaison has a unique balance combining the elegance of French grapes with a spicy, rich and complex aromatic profile. Balanced and herbal on the nose with sweet exotic spices, oranges, floral, notes in taste with a full bodied smooth finish.

RRP: £38

Availability: Amazon, The Whisky Exchange, Master of Malt