GIN-UARY INDUSTRY FEATURE
Tasmanian gin festival Gin-uary is returning for a sixth year in 2023 and will be back bigger and better than ever. The past events have gradually grown over the years to put the dedicated festival firmly as Tasmania’s premier spirit event, and the state’s only dedicated gin festival. Highlighting the growth of the event, the 2023 edition will unfold on Saturday January 14 and Sunday January 15 at new venue, Princes Wharf 1 on Hobart’s waterfront, to ensure it can cater for the expected large crowds. “Gin-uary was created to celebrate Tasmania’s booming gin industry. We are celebrated across Australia and the world for our high-quality, locally- made product and we have the awards to prove it,” Festival Director, Nicole Fisher says. “Gin-uary is a crucial event for the Tasmanian spirits industry. Gin-uary gives Tasmanian distillers national exposure and offers local and interstate consumers the opportunity to sample a huge variety of well-known, as well as brand new and exclusive, Tasmanian gins. Even the keenest gin-thusiasts can
expect to discover a tipple they have never seen before with new gins and entire brands launching at the 2023 festival.” Festival attendees will engage with and learn from distillers, creating social and emotional connections to the product and with the faces behind them. Gin-uary is designed to provide an enlightening experience which showcases the passion and the spirit of the distilleries. Each year, the festival has grown despite a very tough climate for events, with the move to a larger venue a sign of the growing demand for quality Tasmanian gins, and of course, a great day out on Hobart’s waterfront.
Major sponsors since Gin-uary’s inception, 9-11 Bottleshop, proudly supports the event.
“Our partnership with Gin-uary has always felt like a great alignment. It is a celebration of many of the state’s best local distillers and their products and we love to see the new gins that have been created, as well as be reminded how amazing some of the more well-known gins truly are,” says Sharni Wise, Retail Operations Manager for the Vantage Group.
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