Tumbledown Gin, the Falkland Islands based luxury brand is gaining a worldwide reputation and has won a prestigious international drinks industry award.

The Gin Guide selected Tumbledown as a finalist in the Traditional Gin (over 42% ABV) category alongside spirits from the UK, Europe, USA and New Zealand. Following blind tasting by an expert judging panel, Tumbledown won a Silver Award.

The high-quality spirit is distilled on the Falkland Islands using fresh local water and native botanicals.

“Tumbledown Gin is available locally on the Falkland Islands through The Chandlery Store, The West Store and Capstan Gift Shop.”

At the heart of the gin is one ingredient in particular: scurvy grass.

Tumbledown is also exported in strictly limited quantities, it’s shipped 8,000 miles by the Royal Navy Fleet Auxiliary to the UK, and is available online at www.falklandislandsspirits.com

The Gin Guide is the industry’s global membership organisation and a ‘go to’ hub for expert reviews and latest news. Taff Davies a Director of Falkland Islands Whisky, the company behind the Tumbledown Gin brand. He commented:

“The Gin Guide annual awards are widely regarded as our industry’s equivalent of The Oscars, so it’s a great honour for Tumbledown to be a finalist and to receive a Silver Award. It’s a first for our brand, and a fantastic achievement for the business bearing in mind that we’re still a relative newcomer to the market and competing against more established brands.”

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