28 Jan 2019
Rare juniper trees sought by gin distiller
A start-up gin distilling business in Taranaki is appealing to the public to join the 'great New Zealand juniper hunt' to find the liquor's elusive key ingredient - juniper berries. Juno Gin wants to end its reliance on imported berries and establish the world's first commercial plantations of Juniperus communis here. RNZ Taranaki Whanganui reporter Robin Martin has more.