Musque's new bar features a wall of gin - and a ladder to reach it. Photo: What Pete Shot

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Barossa restaurant sets the bar high for gin lovers

The Barossa Valley has a unique new gin bar stocking around 300 gins from all over the world following the expansion and refit of chef Stuart Oldfield’s Tanunda restaurant Musque Food & Wine.

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Adelaide Hills Distillery launches Native Grain Whiskey

Sacha La Forgia hopes Adelaide Hills Distillery’s Native Grain Whiskey will help push the Australian whisky industry away from its roots mimicking the Scottish style and towards the creation of an identifiable national identity.

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Platform 10 café opens, SA spirit stars, history in the baking

New pop-up coffee bar Platform 10 is just the ticket for city commuters; a global distillery guide shines a light on SA spirit makers; Balfours tells the story of 165 years in the baking, and Adelaide’s latest gin proves a winner.

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Home-grown juniper the star of new KI gin

Kangaroo Island Spirits has launched a gin boasting 48 botanicals from its distillery garden – including home-grown juniper berries, which it says is an Australian first.

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A happenstance meeting of two gin lovers

After a chance meeting at a dinner party, gin enthusiasts Mei Lin Ford and Tim Gilchrist have launched a bourgeoning distillery from an old mechanics workshop at Thebarton.