Sky Wave Gin has just won the most important wine and spirits competition in the world judged by women buyers – the Women’s Wine and Spirits Awards.  With women now buying 80% of wine and spirits, winning a Gold WWSA medal, is highly impressive. 

‘We are delighted that our Sky Wave Gin scooped a Gold Medal at the Women’s Wine and Spirits 2020’, said Rachel Hicks, Distiller and Co Founder, who’s from Great Bourton and went to school in Banbury, ‘We are very excited to be appreciated by female buyers and consumers, whom we hold in the highest esteem. There are very few female distillers in the gin industry so I am thrilled to have also made the gin that has won.”

She added, “We launched Sky Wave Gin in Oxfordshire only a year ago. It took 7 months of tastings and more than 40 recipes to get our signature London Dry Gin just right so we are thrilled to be recognised by this global competition. We are very much an artisan gin, we bottle and label by hand so I hope this award can inspire other women in business to think big.” 

The Women’s Wine and Spirits Judges were dazzled by the caliber of wines and spirits presented. Judge Sara Rossi, Head Sommelier and Wine Buyer at Trinity London commented “I believe WWSA Results are a guarantee to the customer of a quality product.”

Held in London, England at the Royal Yacht Club, 100 of the world’s most influential female buyers assembled for the historic occasion. Wine and Spirit buyers at top retailers, importers, and hospitality entities including Waitrose & Partners, Bibendum, Enotria & Co, 67 Pall Mall, and The Arts Club were ready for the blind tasting.

WWSA 2020 rated more than 1,000 samples from 45 countries around the world.