Gin Magazine’s Icons of Gin 2019 awards were presented in London with Diageo awarded Producer of the Year.
Jon Hillgren, founder and distiller Herno Gin, and Christopher Hayman, Haymans Gin were inducted into the Gin Magazine Hall of Fame. Here is the full list of the Icons of Gin 2019 winners.
Icons of Gin 2019 Winners
Supermarket of the Year
Winner: Waitrose
Highly Commended: Aldi
Own Brand Gin Supermarket of the Year
Winner: LIDL
Highly Commended: Sainsbury’s
Travel Retailer of the Year
Winner: World Duty Free, Heathrow
Highly Commended: Heinemann Group
Online Retailer of the Year
Winner: Master of Malt
Highly Commended: 31 Dover
Multiple Outlets Retailer of the Year
Winner: Majestic Wine
Highly Commended: Bargain Booze
Single Outlet Retailer of the Year
Winner: Hedonism
Highly Commended: The Whisky Exchange
Bartender of the Year
Winner: Marcis Dzelzainis, Sager + Wilde, London
Highly Commended: Natasha Bahrami, The Gin Room, St. Louis
Hotel Bar of the Year
Winner: Dukes Hotel, London
Highly Commended: American Bar, The Savoy, London
Bar Group of the Year
Winner: Inception Group
Highly Commended: London Cocktail Club
Bar of the Year
Winner: 40 St. Paul’s, Birmingham
Highly Commended: ABV, San Francisco
Genever Brand Ambassador of the Year
Winner: Crystal Chasse, Bols USA
Highly Commended: Philip Duff, Old Duff Genever
Gin Brand Ambassador of the Year
Winner: Steph Di Camillo, That Boutique-y Gin Company
Highly Commended: Keli Rivers, Sipsmith Distillery
Distillery Attraction Manager of the Year
Winner: Charlotte Brown, Bombay Sapphire Laverstoke Mill
Highly Commended: Xavier Baker, Isle of Wight Distillery
Distiller of the Year
Winner: Dave Wilkinson, Edinburgh Gin
Highly Commended: Abhi Banik, Copper Rivet Distillery
Distillery Attraction of the Year
Winner: Edinburgh Gin
Highly Commended: Bombay Sapphire, Laverstoke Mill
Craft Producer of the Year
Winner: The Kyoto Distillery
Highly Commended: The Cotswolds Distillery
Brand Innovator of the Year
Winner: That Boutique-y Gin Company
Highly Commended: Edinburgh Gin
Producer of the Year
Winner: Diageo
Highly Commended: Ian Macleod Distillers
Gin Magazine Hall of Fame
Jon Hillgren, founder and distiller Herno Gin
Christopher Hayman, Haymans Gin
The Icons of Gin 2019 awards were were announced on 22 February 2019 alongside the World Gin Awards 2019. The full list of the winners of the World Gin Awards 2019 can be viewed here.
