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Cyprus as a Spirits Origin

Cyprus is often described as small, niche, or emerging in the spirits world. That framing is wrong. In spirits, credibility is not created by scale.It is created by coherence. Across established spirits regions, the same elements consistently define credibility: raw materials, climate, production discipline, and a clear narrative of origin. Cyprus has all four. What […]

Kythrea Cyprus Whisky – From Field to Bottle

One of the founding goals of our distillery was to create an authentic Cypriot whisky—a whisky whose production begins and ends in Cyprus. From the cultivation of local cereals to distillation, maturation, and bottling, every stage of the process takes place on the island. Our research began more than six years ago, with the systematic […]

Aoratos Dry Gin & Angelica Blue Gin win Gold and Bronze!!

It is not easy to share happiness when the world is suffering due to the pandemic, but if our message is that we don’t give up and we keep trying, then we believe that we can all be proud of this award! Our first international recognition is not something that fills us with just joy […]

Aristides Distilling launches AORATOS dry gin!

It's with great honor and pleasure that we present AORATOS dry gin, the first of a series of Gin recipes released by Aristides Distilling. Smooth, complex, and very aromatic, AORATOS dry gin is distilled using wild juniper berries (known as AORATOS in Cyprus) and 10 other local botanicals that are grown organically on the island of Cyprus.