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KIS celebrates major wins at two international spirit competitions

KIS received the highest accolades for their gins at both the 2020 International Wine & Spirit Competition and the International Spirits Competition.

Tucked away from the rest of the world, Kangaroo Island Spirits (KIS) has been cleaning up the biggest awards on both sides of the Atlantic.

KIS received the highest accolades for their gins at both the 2020 International Wine & Spirit Competition (IWSC) and the International Spirits Competition (SIP Awards), and a number of other honours. 

Last week in London, at The International Wine and Spirits Competition, the world’s largest and most influential spirit awards, KIS had not one, but two gins receive 96 points.

Both their Wild and O Gins were rated higher than any other Australian gin in the ‘Oscars’ of world spirit competitions.

This week, at the SIP Awards in California, KIS took out the Consumers’ Choice Award 2020 and a Platinum Award for their Whisky Barrel Aged Gin.

It was the only Australian gin to receive a Platinum at this years’ event and with Wild Gin collecting Double Gold, Old Tom Gin scoring a Gold and O Gin picking up a Silver, KI Spirits were the highest awarded Australian distillery yet again.

KIS Founders and Brand Ambassadors, Jon & Sarah Lark, are thrilled about their achievements and are proud to represent Australia on an international scale.

“Both the competitions represent great recognition for the winners,” Sarah said.

“The IWSC has been operating for over 50 years and is really the ‘Oscars’ of spirit competitions and we really respect the results coming from the SIP Awards who unlike most competitions, have a strong consumer judging focus.” 

The IWSC sets the benchmark for international wine and spirit quality and along with the Wild Gin and O’Gin their Old Tom Gin was presented a Silver award, with the Koala 48 Gin and Whisky Barrel Aged Gin being awarded Bronze medals.

“I think the success of Australian Gins now showing is a lot to do with the maturing consumers,” said Jon Lark.

“When we started in 2006, we had to explain what Craft Premium Gin was. Now, consumers are armed with a lot of knowledge about styles, brands and processes.

“These are the punters who buy the stuff based solely on what tastes great. So, to get the Consumers’ highest honour is pretty bloody good.”

Find out more about KIS here.

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