Awildian Gin

11/10/2026

Many songs and poems reference cinnamon for all good reasons! We love cinnamon so much that we actually use both varieties (Ceylon and Cassia) in our gins. Do you know which variety this is?

Come and see us in our Tasting Room to find out more or order online if you can’t wait 😋👌🏽🤩.

02/10/2026

It’s Seville Orange time on the Coromandel 🍊👍🏽. Sevilles are one of the most important botanicals in Awildian Gin and as we pick and zest 100s and 1000s of these cuties it certainly makes us smile when we come across the rather unusual specimen 🥰. Thank you Mother Nature!

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23/09/2026

Whitianga Ocean’s Festival 2026. Booyah! Thanks to the organisers for making it all happen and thanks to everyone who came to see us for a delicious drink. We tried our very best to serve everyone and to reduce the queue but if you missed out this year you can keep Awildian flowing by ordering online or by coming to see us at our Tasting Room in Thames. Here’s to you - cheers!

Thanks to Marlin Le Roux for the tireless help!

09/09/2026

The winners of our Rare Damson Gin draw are:
JAY
Aaron Terrence William Wells
Kelly Anne
Congratulations 🥳😀🙏. A bottle will be on its way to you asap.
Thanks to everyone who has participated! It was awesome to see so many keen to get their lips on this delicious drop!
Thanks also to Chaco Studio for this image taken somewhere near Queenstown.

05/09/2026

The gin that is sold out more often than it is available.

Our Awildian Rare Damson Gin is a labour of love, strictly limited by nature, and incredibly hard to get your hands on. It has also brought home some nice international and national awards over the years. This year’s awards are GOLD at the New Zealand Sprits Awards NZ Spirits Awards as well as GOLD - New Zealand’s Best Flavoured Gin at the World Gin Awards .

Currently, the absolute only way to own this rare drop is by investing in our Artisan Gin Discovery Box (also containing our Coromandel Dry and Mānuka Gins). You cannot buy a standalone bottle.

However, we’ve raided our distillery reserves and pulled out 3 x 200ml bottles of our Rare Damson Gin to give away to you.

TO ENTER TO WIN 1 OF 3 BOTTLES:

1. Like this post

2. Make sure you are following us Awildian Gin

3. Tag a friend in the comments who you’d share a glass with (every comment with a new tag counts as an additional entry).

BONUS ENTRY: Share this post to your STORIES and tag us so we can see it!

Winners will be drawn strictly at random in 72 hours and will be made public in our next post. Good luck!

(Fine Print: Entrants must be 18+ and based in New Zealand. This giveaway is in no way sponsored, endorsed, or administered by Instagram/Facebook. Be aware of scammers - we will never ask for your credit card information or ask you to click a link to claim your prize.)

Thanks to Chaco Studio for this photo which was taken in the mountains near Queenstown.

16/08/2026

10 years ago, we started in a small shed on the Coromandel’s west coast with a simple goal: to see how far we could push the craft of distilling. Since then, we have reached heights we never thought possible: from ‘World’s Best’ to our recent ‘Gold Outstanding’ at IWSC. A big ‘Thank You’ to the ones who have supported us over the years! To reflect this quality we have now moved our Coromandel Mānuka Gin into a sleek black label. We hope you like it!

Thanks to Josefina Chaco Studio for this beautiful photo.

07/08/2026

05/07/2026

One of the places on New Zealand’s North Island that are ‘Worth A Detour’ is the Home of Awildian Gin in Thames. Thanks to Peter Janssen for including us in this awesome book. If you don’t own a copy yet we can certainly recommend getting one! Happy discovery of unusual destinations and see you in Thames when you come to see us 😀. Cheers!

24/06/2026

12/06/2026

What a way to celebrate World Gin Day! Thank you to the International W**e & Spirits Competition IWSC - International W**e & Spirit Competition for awarding our Mānuka Gin with Gold Outstanding and for Forbes Magazine Forbes for an awesome article about the World’s Best Gins 2026!
https://www.forbes.com/sites/hudsonlindenberger/2026/06/12/the-worlds-best-gins-according-to-the-2026-international-wine—spirit-competition/