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The Ginaissance: How distilleries here work to stand out in the craft spirit crowd

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Weekend writer·Bay of Plenty Times·
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The rising star in the New Zealand craft spirit market is gin. The artisan boom has seen the number of commercial distilleries making gin go from 20 to 30 a decade ago, to 165 today, and sales are “through the roof”. Carly Gibbs spoke to four award-winning Bay of Plenty distillers, along with Kiwi spirits experts, about the burgeoning gin-dustry.

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