CREDIT
DECEMBER-JANUARY 2012/13
WIZZ MAGAZINE
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FOR DISCERNING DRINKERS
SIPSMITH LONDON DRY GIN
Gin made by hand? Yes, please!
Artisanal London-based Sipsmith distils
its English barley spirit with a host of
carefully selected botanicals (Macedonian
juniper berries, Spanish liquorice root and
Madagascan cinnamon) in a pot they name
Prudence – London’s first copper still for
189
years. Pure water from Lyd Well spring,
the source of the River Thames, helps to
create this smooth, delightfully dry gin,
bursting with flavour.
sipsmith.com, £15.95
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FOR TRENDSETTERS
MELROSE SCARF
by BARBOUR
The Brits make no bones about their cold,
dismal winters – as soon as the leaves
begin to fall from the trees, on go the thick
woolly layers. And if you’ve got to wrap up
warm you might as well do it in style with
one of Barbour’s cosy, colourful, chunky
knitted scarves. This born-again British
brand traditionally favoured by farmers is
now worn by celebs, and Daniel Craig in
the Bond film
Skyfall
!
barbour.com, £49.95
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FOR LITERARY BUFFS
WRITING LONDON by
HERB LESTER ASSOCIATES
London has given birth to, nurtured and
inspired some of the world’s greatest
writers, and this little map documents the
stories behind, well, their stories. Visit
the pub where George Orwell toasted
Animal Farm
’
s success with absinthe, the
house where Daniel Defoe penned
Robinson
Crusoe
and the British Museum where
John Keats found inspiration for
Ode on a
Grecian Urn
.
vandashop.com, £4
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