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2024 USA Spirit Ratings From Waiheke to the World Thrilled to announce our distillery won 5 Medals at the prestigious 2024 USA Spirit Ratings! We entered 3 gins and 2 botanical vodkas and all 5 won medals. Silver medals were awarded to Horopito Spice Vodka, Spirit of Waiheke Gin, Kawakawa Summer Vodka and Unchartered Barrel-aged Gin, while Red Ruby Gin took out a Bronze medal. This fiercely competitive global competition is judged on 3 criteria; quality, value for money and packaging, where quality is measured on the beverage’s appearance, aroma, body, taste and aftertaste. Proudly showcasing New Zealand native botanicals...

2024 NZ Spirit Awards Unchartered Territory: Waiheke Distilling Co’s barrel-aged gin strikes double gold in the 2024 NZ Spirit Awards.The competition had 480 entries with 317 from New Zealand and 163 from overseas. We'd like to sincerely thank the judges behind these awards for giving their time and expertise. Equally important, we're grateful to our stockists, customers, team members, and suppliers who have supported us on our journey. There are only 20 bottles left of this Navy-strength release, to taste double gold secure your bottle now.

What’s better than a day of like-minded, ‘can-do’ women coming together to celebrate their industry and share inspirational stories?  Doing it with gin in hand! Waiheke Distilling Co. were privileged to be invited to Master Electricians annual Ladies Lunch at the Park Hyatt. We were treated to an incredible key-note presentation from Chelsea Lane, physio extraordinaire to the NBA, who has smashed records in high performance sport, including multiple championships with the Golden State Warriors. Sarah Corson, from Painga Project, the elected charity partner, gave a moving address on the vital work they are doing to help children in lower...

Guests enjoyed an evening of music and cocktails by Nick Bevin, who presented three sophisticated cocktails featuring our Island Spirit Botanical Vodka.