When gin distiller Angus Lugsdin was visiting Château Climens in Barsac for the first time, the fog was so thick he couldn’t find it. Suddenly it emerged out of the fog like a phantom. Later, when he was naming his new gin, the sixth and latest in Salcombe Distilling Company’s limited-edition Voyager Series, each named after a nineteenth-century Salcombe fruiter (fruit schooner), Phantom seemed the obvious fruiter to choose. Obvious because Phantom was created in collaboratio

If you happen to be hanging around outside Harrods or Fortnum & Mason and spot a Leakbusters yellow and orange van, no need to fear the worst. It could be a plumber on call, but it’s more likely to be a plumber delivering gin to the famous Knightsbridge or Piccadilly stores. That’s right, gin: a new small-batch London Dry called Old Bakery Gin, and Harrods and Fortnums aren’t the only top retailers to have been drawn to it. The quality alone would be enough, but the story beh