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Known for charming the most ordinary occasion into something magical. A hand-selected, harmonious blend of pure New Zealand mountain water and the finest botanicals and spices.
"Well-balanced initial tastes of refreshing juniper with lingering citrus and peppery notes, all built on a generous base of local and exotic botanicals."
Our corporate gift packages allow you to purchase bulk quantities of Juno for the people in your life who deserve the best.
We even have options for adding your own branding and distillery tours (ideal for work functions).
Please contact us for more information.
Or call Dave James 027 837 1155
BeGin Distilling Ltd is the husband and wife partnership of Taranaki locals Jo and Dave James—engineering meets the love of gin!
Why did we choose Juno as the goddess to reflect our gin?
Juno, wife of Jupiter and known as the goddess of marriage and domestic harmony. She is linked to the idea of vital force, fullness of vital energy and eternal youthfulness.
Juno is the perfect goddess to oversee the marriage of flavours that happens within the copper pot still during distillation. Ensuring that the carefully selected botanicals and the beautiful water of Mt Taranaki come to fruition as an extra fine gin of distinction.
Juno Extra Fine Gin has juniper at its heart with coriander bringing warmth and a hint of lemon.
Other key botanicals in Extra Fine gin include orris root, kaffir lime leaves, green cardamom, Angelica root, manuka and cassia bark.
For our seasonal variants, we use what is fresh and plentiful, the fruits and leaves that have flourished through the season.
We are working with New Zealand horticulturalists to eventually grow and harvest all our botanical ingredients sustainably, establishing new crops for future growth.
Find your batch number
on the bottom of your Juno bottle
Our Distillery: During the still design phase, we worked with our Taranaki engineering team, Rivet, to create a copper still that minimised waste production and where waste generation was unavoidable, included handling systems to allow recycling of by-products into other industries (our liquid by-products have been used to make beer and solids to make chocolate truffles).
We have a built-in system to harvest and store rainwater for the cooling condenser and we’ve incorporated design aspects to prevent (and recover) any heat loss during the distillation.
Botanicals: We source many of our botanicals locally and, for those only available overseas, we are working with local horticulturists and research bodies in order to switch from importing to growing in New Zealand instead.
The Great New Zealand Juniper Hunt: In 2018, we partnered with Massey University to seek juniperus communis plants in New Zealand so that commercial juniper crops can be established. You can read more about The Great New Zealand Juniper Hunt here.
Bottles: Our bottle labels are printed with organic inks and are recyclable.
Of special interest to us is Archey’s Frog, Leiopelma archeyi, which is critically endangered. Archey’s frogs are the smallest of New Zealand’s four endemic frogs at around 37mm. One of New Zealand’s native frogs, it has several distinctive features, which make them very different from frogs elsewhere in the world. They have no external eardrum. They have round (not slit) eyes.
They don’t croak regularly like most frogs. They don’t have a tadpole stage (instead the embryo develops inside an egg, and then hatches as an almost fully-formed frog). The young are cared for by their parents – the male Archey’s frog carries his young offspring around on his back.
They live in misty, moist areas above 400m in altitude. They have been found at the Coromandel and one site west of Te Kuiti.
Along with a breeding programme for Archey’s frogs, Auckland Zoo also assists the Department of Conservation (DOC) with annual surveys and census of Archey’s frogs in Whareorino Forest.
On the list of the top 100 EDGE (Evolutionarily Distinct & Globally Endangered) amphibians, Archey’s frog is number one. www.edgeofexistence.org
Juno Gin is the number one supporter of the Archey’s frog conservation programme at Auckland Zoo.
This is where you’ll find us over the next few months:
The First Pour: Spring 2020 Release
Wednesday 23rd (sold out) & Friday 25th September, 5:30-7pm
Juno Gin Distillery, New Plymouth.
Tickets for 25 Sep
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On top of all the great bars and restaurants that serve Juno, here are the stores where you can purchase Juno:
(Your local not on the list? Email us to see about stocking Juno.)
Smith & Caughey, 253-261 Queen Street, Auckland
Liquorland Newmarket, 480 Broadway, Newmarket, Auckland
Prenzel of Whitford Shop, 7 Whitford Wharf Rd, Whitford
Hamilton Beer & Wine Company, 856 Victoria Street
Liquorland Dinsdale, 140 Whatawhata Road, Dinsdale
Liquorland Cambridge, 26 Victoria Street, Cambridge
Liquorland Taupo, 74 Tuwharetoa Street, Taupo
The Merchant of Taupo, 114 Spa Road, Taupo
Mount Wine Barrel, 423 Maunganui Rd, Mount Maunganui, Tauranga
Liquorland Whakatane, 13 Peace Street, Whakatane
Liquor King Greerton, 1235 Cameron Road, Tauranga
Liquorland Gisborne, 191 Customhouse Street, Gisborne
Liquorland Fitzroy, 594 Devon Street East, New Plymouth
Liquor King New Plymouth, Cnr Devon & Mt Edgcumbe Streets, New Plymouth
Super Liquor New Plymouth, 40 Leach St, New Plymouth
Liquorland Courtney St, 222 Courtenay St, New Plymouth
Butler’s Reef, Liquor Store, 1133 Main South Road, Oakura
Waitara Super Liquor, 15 W Quay, Waitara
Liquorland Wanganui, 291-293 Victoria Ave, Wanganui
Liquorland Palmerston North, 105 Albert St, Palmerston North
Liquorland 5 Star, 23 Bowen St, Feilding
Liquorland Levin, 6 Exeter Street, Levin
Liquorland Kapiti, 3/140 Kapiti Road, Paraparaumu
Martinborough Wine Merchants, 6 Kitchener Street, Martinborough
Liquorland Porirua, 18 Parumoana Street, Porirua
Moore Wilson, Corner of Tory Street & College Street, Te Aro, Wellington
Liquorland Wellington Central, 233 Victoria Street, Te Aro, Wellington
Cult Wine, 13 Murphy Street, Thorndon, Wellington
Craft Beer Depot, 70 Achilles Ave, Nelson
Liquorland New Street, 32 New Street, Nelson
Liquorland Riccarton Road, 43 Riccarton Road, Christchurch
Liquorland Church Corner, 334 Riccarton Road, Christchurch
Ballantynes, Cashel St, Christchurch Central
Punky Brewster, 22B Tyne St, Addington, Christchurch
Henry’s Centre City, 95 Hanover St, Dunedin
Henry’s Cromwell, 9 Elspeth Street, Cromwell
Juno gets people talking. Here’s a little collection of Juno-in-the-media for your reading pleasure:
For all media enquires, please email us.
