This Italian dry gin is a great addition to anyone’s drinks cabinet

Bring the Ligurian Riviera home with this delicious spirit, containing 21 ingredients locally-sourced in Portofino

It’s been a good few years for gin lovers. To say the spirit has gone through a renaissance of sorts is an understatement – while its reputation was once associated with an older audience and proffered urban myths aplenty, over the last decade it has become a staple drink across generations, with a whole range of types and flavours readily available.

With more availability and range comes more sophisticated and specific tastes: gin drinkers know what they like. That’s why 31DOVER, the UK’s fastest-growing drinks retailer offering a carefully-curated selection of alcoholic beverages, chose to launch Portofino Gin (£36.95 for 50cl, buy now) – the first retailer to do so on British soil.

Created in and named after the beautiful coastal Italian town located on the iconic Ligurian Riviera, the dry gin contains 21 ingredients – from aromatic juniper, rosemary and sage, to lemon, lavender, marjoram, iris and rose – locally sourced in Portofino.

The result is a refreshing, flavoursome drink that evokes the calming Italian setting in which it was produced.

A combination of traditional and contemporary methods is used to create each batch of Portofino Gin.

There's everything from an old Italian copper still, historically used to distil local liqueur and grappa, to an innovative Rotavapor which helps to preserve the delicate aromas of the gin’s fresh botanicals through vacuum distillation.

Though delicious served on its own, a P&T (a Portofino and tonic, naturally) garnished with fresh lemon peel and a sprig of lavender is sure to conjure up a balmy evening on the Mediterranean.

It’s also great in cocktails: The Portofino Sunset – one part Portofino Gin (buy now); one part Green Chartreuse; one part red vermouth; and two dashes of orange bitters stirred over ice in a mixing glass – is a great drink to enjoy on a special occasion.

To find out more about Portofino Gin and to buy your first bottle, visit 31dover.com/portofino-gin

Until 30 September 2020, when you buy one bottle of Portofino Gin (50cl) you can claim two free cans of Double Dutch Skinny Tonic (15cl) when you enter promo code INDYGIFT at checkout.*

Terms & Conditions: Strictly 18+. Promotion closes at 23.59 on 30 September 2020. Offer is subject to availability. This offer cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer and applies to purchases of 50cl bottles of Portofino Gin only, while stocks last. Delivery not included. Promoter: 31 Dover