LIGHTHOUSE

The Lighthouse brand was inspired by the spectacular Cape Palliser Lighthouse at the southernmost tip of the Wairarapa and the southernmost tip of the North Island of New Zealand. Greytown Fine Distillates is the brainchild of Neil Catherall, the company’s distiller and master craftsman, and Andrew Wright, a local businessman. Their vision and drive combine with the energy and enthusiasm of distiller James Graham to form the core team responsible for bringing Lighthouse Gin to you.

For Lighthouse Gin, Neil took pleasure in researching and experimenting with many botanicals, and, among those finally selected, after several years of trial, are the dried leaves from the unique New Zealand botanicals kawa kawa, together with the fresh zest of New Zealand-grown navel oranges and Yen Ben lemons, the intense-flavoured descendant of the famous Lisbon lemon. These components lend herbal and citrus notes to the gin, distinguishing it from its English and American counterparts.

RACHEL HALL

From gathering botanicals, twice distilling, tasting every batch for consistency, labelling and bottling, Rachel Hall is custodian of the Lighthouse tradition - our Lighthouse Keeper if you will. The first female Head Distiller in New Zealand, Rachel has been crafting Lighthouse by hand since 2014. The Lighthouse story is powered by passion, our distillery by solar energy.