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Laverstoke Mill is a former paper mill located on the River Test in Laverstoke near Overton, Hampshire, England. The mill complex contains three Grade II listed buildings: the Mill House, Mill Cottages, and the Glazing House. After a major refurbishment between 2011 and 2013, the mill is now the distillery and visitor centre for Bombay Sapphire ...
Bombay Sapphire is a brand of gin that is distilled by the Bombay Spirits Company, a subsidiary company of Bacardi, at Laverstoke Mill in the village of Laverstoke in the English county of Hampshire. The brand was first launched in 1986 by English wine-merchant International Distillers & Vintners .
In 1796 the Portals had the old Laverstoke House demolished and a new house erected in neo-classical style by John Bonomi. It is this house that still stands today (although no longer owned by the Portals and not open to the public). The Bombay Sapphire gin distillery has been located in the old paper mill since late 2014. [2] [3]
At that time the distillery produced more than 50 per cent of the UK's own label gin and vodka, including products for Tesco, Sainsbury's and Asda, as well as Bombay Sapphire for Bacardi. [2] [4] [5] In 2013 Bacardi transferred production of Bombay Sapphire to their own newly created distillery at Laverstoke in Hampshire. As part of this ...
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Bombay Sapphire distillery glasshouses. Working with English Heritage and English Nature, Heatherwick Studio led the masterplan and design for the transformation of the former Laverstoke Mill bank note printing plant in Laverstoke, Hampshire into a gin distillery for Bombay Sapphire.
The Star of Bombay is a 182-carat (36.4-g) cabochon-cut star sapphire originating in Sri Lanka. The violet-blue gem was given to silent film actress Mary Pickford by her husband, Douglas Fairbanks. She bequeathed it to the Smithsonian Institution. It is the namesake of the popular alcoholic beverage Bombay Sapphire, a British-manufactured gin. [1]