WINNER
The Gin To My Tonic Bursary Award
In an industry first, The Gin Guide Awards partnered with The Gin To My Tonic in 2022 to offer a unique prize with the aim of supporting and accelerating the growth of an up-and-coming distillery that has is a Winner in the blind tasting or Design & Branding categories of The Gin Guide Awards. We are delighted to continue this partnership in 2023, with the generous bursary package presenting the Winner with opportunities that typically may not be possible for a recently launched distillery, including an exhibition stand at one TGTMT's flagship shows and featuring in a TGTMT virtual tasting event.
The Winner is selected by the teams at The Gin To My Tonic and The Gin Guide from the distilleries that have produced the Winning gins in the blind tasting and Design & Branding categories of The Gin Guide Awards 2023. The selection criteria include the distillery size, growth stage, market potential, design and branding, compatibility with TGTMT's audiences, and other key qualities.
WINNER
Mallard Point Distillery - Rutland, England
Winner: Design & Branding category
Finalist: Traditional Gin (up to 42% ABV) - Mallard Point London Dry Gin
Winner: Design & Branding category
Finalist: Traditional Gin (up to 42% ABV) - Mallard Point London Dry Gin
After founders Andy and Fi Beamish had bought Church Farm in Rutland in 2012, they began to set up their winery and distillery in 2019. As the grape vines were tendered and nurtured, 3 years of development work followed in creating gin recipes and designing bottles and their innovative packaging that facilitates bottle returns. In 2022, a record-breaking year for English wine, Mallard Point Vineyard and Distillery was launched with their London Dry Gin, Pinot Noir Gin and two successful vintages.
Meet the Makers
"The dream of starting a distillery and vineyard has been a hot topic of conversation between us since touring Australian vineyards in our early 20’s. Then in 2012 we bought Church Farm which had the potential as a vineyard and things began to change. After multiple tests, soil samples and a daughter, the dream started to become a reality. In April 2019 Mallard Point was conceived. The first vines were planted and work began on creating the in-house distillery and winery." - Founders, Andy & Fi Beamish
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