The first bottles of York Gin London Dry appeared in 2018 after a group of friends (including one of York’s most well-known pub landlords) decided it was time for the city to have its own gin. The guiding principles of the York Gin Company have always been:

• only to create gins of the highest quality
• to treat the planet, our people, our business partners and our customers with the utmost care and respect
• to be inspired by our city’s and gin’s long and incredible histories - hence our motto ‘History in the Tasting’
• to make York proud of us
• to have as much fun as possible

In the intervening years, the company has:           

• won numerous silver and gold medals at the world’s biggest spirits competitions for our range of five gins
• been described by experts as making some of the world’s best gin
• become 100% powered by Green Energy, become plastic free, become a Living Wage employer
• opened a beautiful award-winning shop that is now a fixture of York’s ancient town centre
• appeared in the world’s media including BBC World Service, most of the UK’s national newspapers as well as the Australian, American and even African press
• launched a popular range of gifts, personalised bottles and accessories
• raised and donated thousands of pounds to local charities
• enjoyed (almost) every minute