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distillers all over
Europe, Africa and
beyond are the
driving force to
releasing minis at a
pace that even the
wealthiest
collectors would
have trouble

keeping up with. It almost seems
that now the small boutique gin
companies feel the need to make
nice minis to keep up with their
competition. In comparison, few
other categories of spirits are
committing to making great
looking minis like gin has been
doing recently.

So what motivated me to write
this article other than David
Smith saying please write an
article for miNiZ? I want
collectors, who haven’t yet pulled

the trigger to start think of gin as a
viable and exciting option. Selfishly
I need more gin collectors out
there. I want trading partners for
gin which, as I write this article, are
hard to find. I also want to tap into
countries that currently seem really
difficult to tap into. Prime example,
the continent of Africa. It’s not just
European countries putting out

fantastic gin minis. South African
distilleries in particular love their
gin and pay careful attention to
the minis they put out. But try
getting minis out of Africa and you
will see it’s very difficult.

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