Small batch artisan gin distillery at Kaikōura
Last week I attended the Enterprise North Canterbury business awards Gala. There were 7 businesses from Kaikōura who were finalists and attending the gala evening.. This was an award which I entered back in June… It was the first time I had made time to really get into the nuts and bolts of my business, …
Oh boy what a ride this has been over the last few days…. I spent the last week making sure I had every part of what I needed stocked up… just incase, because people tell you to be prepared, I hadn’t really expected what happened and was living in blissful ignorance of the potential that …
March 23, 2023 Isn’t it funny how one things leads to another, last November I had a lovely visit from Radio NZ to chat about all things gin and why I headed into the distilling business and what I do in my small nano distillery… that lead to a call from the research team at …
Over the last couple of years, Justine has been offering tastings and tours from Mt Fyffe Distillery on the family farm. These informative tours are free and offer visitors an insight into a grassroots distillery in action, allowing them to chat with the distiller herself. You’ll find the distillery on the farm 8km north of …
I know its not winter here in New Zealand, but I thought I’d post this as its a mulled gin recipe and I’ve always associated mulled drinks with Christmas…. so ’tis the season and all that. This recipe is so simple to make… the measurements are guides only… taste regularly and add more honey to …
Last weekend I had the absolute pleasure of attending the Garden Marlborough garden party at the beautiful Auntsfield estate in Blenheim. I offered to make one of my signature cocktails for the party the ‘woolshed southside’ and as it was such a hit thought I best add my recipe here so you can recreate this …
A few months back I decided to work on a little something special just for Christmas. My brother is my graphic designer and together we came up with a cracker design… he’s so clever, as soon as I saw his idea I knew it was a cracker of an idea and the wheels have been …
To the contrast of our quiet winter season, the award season results have been anything but quiet. As mentioned before I do like to enter competitions as it keeps things real, up to date and on my toes making sure that I stay in tune to good honest gin making… The season started off with …
Being a small distillery with limited funds I have to choose which competitions I enter annually very carefully. As I work solo and as such become very bias towards me beautiful gins and their flavours, sending them off to competitions to be blind tasted is not only terrifying but provides amazing unbiased feedback from prestigious …
Why make a liqueur?? well why not. We have a saturated gin market and if I am to create a new product then it has to be linked to what I do, have a good story and meaning behind it and be something that I love to bits, like my gins. When I moved to …
The Tiaki Promise As we develop in our lives and our businesses we broaden our knowledge and our responsibilities and commitment to looking after the great land that we live on. I feel a huge gratitude and responsibility to look after this land. I sustainably pick many botanicals throughout the year to use in my …
A few months ago Enterprise North Canterbury announced that for the first time these business awards were going to include Kaikōura businesses in it. I thought, why not I didn’t think I was particularly savy in this area and applying for these awards would serve to strengthen up my business objectives and plans. Over the …
As we develop in our lives and businesses, we broaden our knowledge, responsibilities, and commitment to looking after the great land we live on.
I feel a huge gratitude and responsibility to look after this land. I sustainably pick many botanicals throughout the year to use in my gins for you to enjoy.
I promise you that I utilise what I have within my backyard carefully, tread lightly, and take only what I need. By giving back to the community through donations, I try to balance out what I take with what I give.
Please also take this Tiaki promise on your journey and treat our beautiful country and planet carefully so it may be enjoyed for many generations to come.
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