French G’Vine Gin Launch at Optimist Studios in Los Angeles.

 At G’Vine Gin Launch at Optimist Studios, LA        

(Los Angeles, CA October 25, 2021)  #Ginsideout #GVineGin

This October 2021, G'Vine Gin made of grapes instead of grain launched the U.S market with tasting at G’Vine Garden Optimist Studios in Los Angeles.

By Karen Ostlund

Rick Arline is mixing signature drinks: D-Vine's Gin & Tonic and Tangerine Dream, made of G-Vine Gin, Dry Vermouth, Orange Bitters and Fino Sherry.

The G’Vine gin was created in 2006 from the master distiller Jean-Sébastien Robicquet and the team at Maison Villevert, using French grapes and vine blossoms, which gives gin a much smoother and silkier taste, compare to gin made of grain.

Once a year, in mid-June, the vine flower blossoms, for just a few days before maturing into a grape berry, which get handpicked to preserve its fragrance and flavor. "Not only do grapes produce a sweeter liquor than grain, but grapes also create a more well-balanced gin, for who want to move away from grain spirits and gluten in general," said Alexandre Robicquet, North America Market Manager.
                                                                                   

"The vine flower is a summer bloom that actually tastes like the season, that’s why G'Vine gin lends well to the concept of 'making summer last longer'," added Alexandre Robicquet.

Each vine flower is harvested by hand before being macerated in grape brandy for a few days, then distilled into a fragrant alcohol. "The flower essence alcohol" is then combined with other plants and spices, distilled to form a spirit. This spirit then undergoes a second and final distillation in an alembic dubbed “Lily-Fleur,” in the step of Gin de France, before becoming G’Vine.
                                                                               

The G'Vine gin family is divided in four groups; G'Vine Floraison which is a fresh, smooth and rounded spirit with a distinct floral note from fragrant vine flowers; G'Vine Nouaison which is a bold, spicy, crisp and aromatic spirit inspired from a 1495 recipe and suited for cocktails like the Negroni; June By G'Vine flavored collection (Royal Pear and Cardamom and Summer Peach and Wild Fruits); and Nouaison Gin Reserve, aged in Cognac barrels. https://g-vine.com/en/

                                                                                   

G’Vine Garden at Optimist Studios, LA