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Industry Blueprint

Industry-Blueprint-Tasmanian-Distilled-Spirits    Kym Goodes from 3P Advisory, who facilitated guiding the development of this blueprint, presented to TWSA members at the State whisky and spirits conference.     Kym especially noted how wonderfully collegent this industry is. Can download here from the...
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Gin Queen

Caroline Ashford launched 'The Gin Queen' in December 2013 to share her enthusiasm for gin and the people who make it.

   It will be a dream come true, if Caroline, The Gin Queen, one day considers happy Heidi's handcrafted King Island Distillery Native Gin.

  Or, perhaps Heidi's one of a kind barrel aged gin, cask aged on a cray fishing boat she works on out in the rough seas around King Island and Tasmania may be more the interesting style of the first King Island Distillery Gin.

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Lark Bar

An invitation, in response to my letter, to fly down to Hobart and discuss the Whisky industry with Bill Lark, at the Lark Bar, is where it all began for me.

Meeting the Godfather Bill Lark was the biggest influence of my King Island Distillery journey.  

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Women in Tourism

Women in Tourism and Hospitality Tasmania - WITH Tas was founded in 2009 to provide support, mentoring and networking opportunities for women in our industries. It's about connecting, sharing and friendship.

We celebrate 13 years in 2022 which is a wonderful achievement and we encourage you to visit our website www.withtas.com for a comprehensive overview of WITH Tas.

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