These are the gins we’ll be serving at the Wine & Spirits Show 2019

Following on from the success of the first show in October, the drinks business and The Spirits Business will once again join forces to host the Wine & Spirits Show this April, featuring everything from Icewine and craft beer to an artisanal G&T bar.

The Wine & Spirits Show 2019 will take place on 12-13 April (from 2pm-9pm on 12 April and from 1pm-8pm on 13 April) at the same venue, One Whitehall Place, London.

A number of gin brands from around the world will be available to sample once again at our dedicated G&T bar.

Manned by our team at sister publication The Spirits Business, the bar will be housed in the Churchill’s Bar section of the Horseguard’s Hotel, featuring three gins from producers based all over the world, offering all ticket holders an ice-cold glass on the house on arrival.

Whether you’re a flavour-lover or botanical purist, we have a gin for you.

In addition to the G&T bar, visitors will also have the opportunity to taste award-winning expressions at the Global Spirits Masters Zone and taste new spirits in the New Products Zone, as well as hundreds of different medal-winning wines and beers from the drinks business/ Global Masters Series.

A full schedule of masterclasses will be announced in due course.

Get in touch with Chloé Beral – chloe.beral@thedrinksbusiness.com – for more details on exhibiting at The Wine & Spirits Show.

Members of the trade will be welcome from 2-5pm on Friday. To register for the trade session, follow this link. 

The event will open to consumers from 2pm until 9pm on Friday, and 1pm until 8pm on Saturday.

Knut Hansen Gin – Dry Gin

This German gin, made by Hamburg-based distillery Knut Hansen, takes its name from a legendary sailor of the same name.

Born in September 1916, Knut Lier-Hansen was a Norwegian resistance member during World War II.

The dry gin is made using no less than 14 botanicals including apple, basil and cucumber. We recommend pairing with a clean, crisp light tonic and a cucumber slice for a refreshing tipple.

Pocketful of Stones Distillers – Caspyn Gin

Pocketful of Stones – headquartered in Long Rock, near Penzance, is providing its original Caspyn gin for our G&T bar.

The copper pot-stilled expression contains ingredients including hibiscus flowers, lemon and orange peel, lemongrass, lemon verbena, Japanese tea, gorse and orris. It’s ideal paired with a crisp tonic and a twisted orange peel, according to the company’s website.

Orkney Gin Company – Orkney Rhubarb Old Tom Gin

(Photo: Orkney Gin)

Based in Kirkwall just off the north coast of Scotland Orkney Gin Company launched the Old Tom-style gin in 2017, and has since then picked up a string of silver medals from the likes of the IWSC and Great Taste Awards.

The 43% ABV gin is a ‘celebration of rhubarb’, a plant that thrives in the Orcadian climate and can be found growing across the archipelago.

The distiller calls this spirit “summer in a bottle“, and with April marking the start of sunnier days, what better way to celebrate than with a rhubarb G&T?