Those seven farms are represented in on the label of the bottle with seven striped blocks to symbolise the farmland. Known for its colourfully painted buildings along the main street to the pier, these quaint icons of the town no longer solely travel the globe on postcards, and are now found on gin shelves across world. The brand proudly wears its British heritage on its sleeve, ensuring that every aspect, from distillation to bottling, embodies the authenticity and quality that the region is renowned for. Adopted by the distillery as their logo, the symbol is beautifully used on the bottle design, with a chain of embossed quatrefoils across the light blue glass.

As a result, packaging is now often at the forefront of product launches and we’ve seen incredible concepts in recent years. These tamper-proof tins became a common way of producers ensuring consumer confidence in their products.

While many bottles on the market have a nostalic feel, KURO is definitely a more contemporary-style design. This lot of Gordon’s gin was sold in its original branded wooden crate as it would have been delivered to the US Navy Mess in the 1950s. Over the years I’ve tried my hand at many creative things, from woodwork to fashion, and nothing really caught my attention for long enough.

With transparent glass, the designs on the front and back of the bottle work in tandem, showing the location of where it’s distilled (England) and the journey it makes to add the pure waters of Iceland that are synonymous with the brand. We regularly see beautiful vintage bottles at auction but every now and again we are lucky enough to come across not just a single bottle but a wonderfully preserved case.The 10 botanicals in this expression include lime, hibiscus, ginger and meadowsweet, for a sweet and balanced gin, in a somewhat dramatic bottle. As well as the brewery itself, there's a tap room, where guests can enjoy a freshly-brewed beer - including the award-winning Gunmetal Black Lager, which has just been named as one of the best beers in the world! Using bamboo activated charcoal as a botanical, it’s where KURO takes its name, translating directly as ‘black’ in Japanese. It’s no surprise that the bottle has received such high praise given founder and distiller, James Porteous’s, background (he has a degree from the prestigious Glasgow School of Art).

We’re four ambitious food and drink businesses who aim to make world class products with firm roots in the centuries-old artisanal food culture of our home Melton Mowbray. But to create that perfect bottle comes at a huge cost which is often not within the reach of brands as they start out.I’ve always enjoyed drinking gin, and it’s impossible not to have noticed the explosion of gin recently.

It’s a huge favourite with gin fanatics since its launch in 2018, both for this beauty, as well as its somewhat flavoursome gin. eeNoo is distilled by Lost Loch Spirits and it takes its name from the old Scots word for “just now”. We started the initial concept with the bottle design - Mirroring the 10-plate copper still in the design of the Brentingby flag ship London Dry gin bottle. Each is a unique combination of flecked copper and sugar kelp (the key botanical in the gin), making every individual bottle that bit more special. This aged gin was distilled in 1917 and bottled shortly before the repeal of the Prohibition Act in 1933.In terms of my current home in Brentingby, it’s the home of some of the best local food, from the Melton Mowbray pork pies to Stilton cheese. The distillery has been operational for three months, and having completed connection to a wind turbine in the neighbouring farm just yesterday, is now 100 per cent powered by wind.