There's no denying gin's time in the sun isn't going anywhere.

No longer destined for your grandma’s top shelf, this humble spirit's popularity continues to soar and local Kiwi distillers are leading the charge.

From flavoured numbers to classic craft bottles and colour-changing concoctions, here are 20 Aotearoa New Zealand-made gins that will turn your typical G&T on its head. You can thank us later.  

Strange Nature Gin

Price: $84.99 (700mL)

Image credit: Strange Nature Gin | @miladkstudio

The prize for the strangest—and most sustainable—gin on our list goes to Strange Nature Gin. What's so strangely sustainable about it you ask? Well, friends, this is a true grape-based gin that is completely traceable from grape to glass.

Made from the byproduct of Sauvignon Blanc thus reducing waste, it's then distilled with a single botanical, juniper, to deliver a supremely smooth gin bearing all the quintessential notes New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc is famous for—part tropical and zesty with hints of fresh pineapple, candied grapefruit and a touch of kaffir lime and blood orange; and part savoury and herbaceous—piney juniper, blackcurrant leaf and fresh green pepper.

As if that's not enough, Strange Nature Gin is launching a nationwide hospitality recycling programme that enables its exquisite bottles to be reused and refilled time and again. Ka pai.

Source: https://www.theurbanlist.com/new-zealand/a-list/best-gins-nz