It’s amazing how much gin is distilled near Charlbury. And there are some terrific liqueurs too.

On our shelves this Christmas, we’ve got:

• Cotswold Dry gin. Distilled in Shipston on Stour. Packed with so many botanical, it goes cloudy when tonic’s added
• Old Tom Gin. Also distilled in Shipston, with a fascinating history of its own.  
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  English Pink gin. Traditionally crafted gin together with the subtle flavours of pomegranate and chinchona bark

• Wood Bros single estate gin. Distilled in Bampton, using homegrown herbs
• Pollination Gin. Distilled in Dyfedd, using botanicals from a UNESCO-recognised World Biosphere Reserve
• Toad gin. Distilled in Oxford’s artisan distillery
• Oxford Inspired Gin. Botanicals dominated by lemon verbena for a characteristically zippy aroma and taste