Fordington Gin: A great gin for great people Gill Donnell chats with Ros Nelmes of the successful Dorset-based gin brand and one of our incredible sponsors Gill: Ros, tell us about Fordington Gin and its success. Ros: Fordington Gin is a fast-growing business and it all began at home on the kitchen table. We have won Gold at Taste of the West, Gold at the International Women’s Wine & Spirits Awards, Silver at the World Gin Awards and been shortlisted by Great British Foods. Now a premium Dorset gin, Fordington is sold in over 70 artisan and independent retailers in Dorset.
Gill: You’re sponsoring the Independent Food and/or Drink Award. What are you looking for?
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Ros: What I’m looking for in the Independent Food and/or Drink Award winner will be first and foremost excellent customer service, selling good local produce, promoting local, being as eco as they can and with a very well-presented shop.
Gill: Tell us about your plans for the next five years. Ros: The next five years? Stay in business! Continue to do well, support local, become a well-known, respected and established Dorset brand, expanding all the time, and still in love with what I do.
“Respected and established”
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