A SCOTTISH gin made from hand-picked tea has landed a breakthrough export deal in the US. Aberdeenshire-based Teasmith Gin is poised to go on sale in more than 200 Total Wine & More stores across 26 states from next month. Some 6,000 bottles have been shipped across the Atlantic under the first phase of the £80,000 deal with America’s largest independent wine retailer. The deal is the first in the export arena for Teasmith, which had been focused on the domestic market since being established by Nick and Emma Smalley in 2016. The husband and wife took their inspiration for the gin from Aberdeenshire’s historic links to the tea trade. Mr Smalley said: “Our clientele is mostly small independent shops and high-end hospitality venues, both of which have had their operations significantly disrupted over the last year and will take some time to return to the productivity levels we were used to pre-Covid.
A SCOTTISH gin made from hand-picked tea has landed a breakthrough export deal in the US. Aberdeenshire-based Teasmith Gin is poised to go on sale in more than 200 Total Wine & More stores across 26 states from next month. Some 6,000 bottles have been shipped across the Atlantic under the first phase of the £80,000 deal with America’s largest independent wine retailer. The deal is the first in the export arena for Teasmith, which had been focused on the domestic market since being established by Nick and Emma Smalley in 2016. The husband and wife took their inspiration for the gin from Aberdeenshire’s historic links to the tea trade. Mr Smalley said: “Our clientele is mostly small independent shops and high-end hospitality venues, both of which have had their operations significantly disrupted over the last year and will take some time to return to the productivity levels we were used to pre-Covid.
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