It’s Official, Women Love Chemist Gin
The Award Winning Chemist American Gin
Chemist Spirits has just won the most important wine and spirits competition in the world judged by women buyers – the Women’s Wine and Spirits Awards.
ASHEVILLE, NC
With the explosive growth in the gin market over the last year, winning a Double Gold WWSA medal for its Chemist American Gin as a new woman-owned distillery is highly impressive.
The Women's Wine and Spirits Judges were dazzled by the caliber of spirits presented. One of those judges, Sara Rossi, has a career that spans Fera at Claridges, Gordon Ramsay’s Royal Hospital Road, and the Dorchester Collection, where she was mentored by Vanessa Cinti. Now Head Sommelier and Wine Buyer at Trinity London, Rossi commented, "I feel proud that I have been considered as one of the WWSA judges for this year. I am delighted to give my thoughts about spirits. 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. High-profile entrants included Amazon UK, Concha y Toro, Dewars, Wakefield Taylors, Allegiance Wine and DFJ Vinhos.
"We are honored to be appreciated by female buyers and consumers, whom we hold in the highest esteem, and will be proudly displaying our WWSA Medals to showcase that Chemist Gin is a Double Gold WWSA Medal Winner.”
Debbie Word - FOUNDER, CHEMIST SPIRITS
About Chemist Spirits
Chemist® Spirits made its grand entrance onto Asheville’s hospitality scene in the summer of 2018, offering North Carolina a fully operational distillery and on-site bar, Antidote. At its very core, Chemist Spirits was created to honor the real-life chemists and pharmacists who kept distilling alive during America’s ignoble experiment in prohibition.
Located in the heart of brewing in North Carolina, Chemist produces Gin, Whiskey and a variety of small-batch spirits utilizing local botanicals and working with pioneering tastemakers in the food and beverage scene.
The Chemist® Spirits team consists of: Debbie Word (Founder and Owner); James Donaldson (Head of Marketing); Anthony Mundy (Distiller); Rhea Lidowski (Product Manager); Hunter Sims (Sales & Marketing Manager); Tony Reeman-Clark (Production Manager); Jack Casey (Bar Manager); and Jonny Burritt (Bartender & Archie Rose Ambassador).