MELBOURNE GIN COMPANY

Established in 2012 by Andrew Marks, The Melbourne Gin Company specialises in hand crafting, batch distilled and non-chill filtered dry gin. Andrew began experimenting with gin in 2009, when he was a winemaker by trade. After chatting with friends over a few martinis, he brought a miniature pot still about the size of an espresso machine. A few years later, and with a much larger pot, he moved his gin operations out of his flat and into his family vineyard in Gembrook.

Melbourne Gin Company Dry Gin provides an excellent example of new-world gin, where more adventurous flavours are explored but still acknowledges London Dry Gin.

Andrew Marks

The Melbourne Gin Company, the latest project from winemaker Andrew Marks, began with this question.

Starting with a love of gin and stovetop experiments, Andrew set out to create a gin that would live up to its name. This led to a journey into the world of alchemy and craft distilling, with a good deal of sampling along the way.

The final product retains this artisan approach. Andrew distills each botanical individually in an alembic copper-pot still, balancing seasonal differences in the ingredients with a winemaker’s sensibility.

The result is a unique take on the essence of Melbourne.

The Melbourne Gin Company is based at Gembrook overlooking the Gembrook Hill vineyard in the Yarra Valley, Victoria.