SEEING RED

Yarra Valley distillery Four Pillars has developed a cracker Aussie version of the English sloe gin (berries soaked in gin). With notes of spice and pepper from shiraz grapes combined with the citrus and juniper flavours of the gin, it is pure alcoholic alchemy. The Bloody Shiraz Gin makes a stunning crimson-hued gin and tonic finished with a wedge of orange rather than the traditional lemon. $85, available at fourpillarsgin.com.au.