Our rooftop solar array plays a major role in how we operate. It generates 188% of our annual electricity use, making better use of the energy we create.
We still draw from the grid at night and during heat-up, but once the still is running, we run on solar. Any surplus goes back into the network, putting the extra power to good use.
The result is the same care in the glass — explore our gins.
We capture the hot cooling water from each distillation run and reuse it to clean the still the following day, reducing both water use and energy demand. Through careful process design, we’ve reduced our on-site water use to less than 2.5 litres for every litre of gin bottled at our distillery — well below commonly reported distillery facility water-use ranges of around 20–30 litres per litre of spirit.
Our water is locally sourced and filtered on site rather than transported in, a simple and practical way to keep both our process and our footprint efficient.
It's the same pristine water we proof every gin down with.
We’ve refined our process and recipes to get more flavour from every botanical. Careful storage, precise batching, and consistent preparation mean we can achieve the profile we want while keeping waste low.
It’s a practical approach that delivers quality while using ingredients responsibly.
The one crop we grow ourselves is the sloe, at New Zealand's only sloe orchard.
Bring your empty Humdinger bottle back to our cellar door for a refill and save $5. It’s a simple way to reuse a good bottle and cut down on waste.
A small change, but one that helps us all make better use of what we already have.
Refills are at our Geraldine cellar door — book a tour while you're here.
