Tasmanian distillery, Nant Distilling Company has taken home two awards from Europe’s prestigious World Spirits Awards.
Nant claimed a gold medal win for its American Oak Sherry Wood and silver for its French Oak Pinot Noir Wood expression.
The recent wins add to Nant’s growing list of accolades including having won “Liquid Gold’ status in Jim Murray's annual whisky bible (Murray being renowned as one of the world’s leading authorities on whisky).
Owner and CEO of Nant, Keith Batt said that he was thrilled with the distillery's latest wins, adding that the prestige of the award brings significant attention to the Tasmanian single malt industry, which is now recognised as world class.
“Once again we have had a fantastic result. The international attention Nant has received in its short history has earned us a reputation for being one of the best traditional distilleries of single malt whisky in the world,” he said.
“Our Sherry Wood 43 percent in particular continues to attract global attention, taking Gold in the China Wine and Spirits Awards in 2014”.
An increased interest from Australians for quality whisky over recent years saw Nant open its own branded bars in Melbourne, Brisbane and Hobart.
In the year ahead, Nant will open a flagship bar in Sydney and a second venue in Melbourne, while internationally expansion plans are underway in both Singapore and London.
In March, 2014 fellow Tasmanian distiller, Sullivan’s Cove gained international attention for taking out the title of world’s best single malt at the World Whisky Award in London.
Sullivan’s Cove’s French Oak Cask single malt whisky beat high profile entrants The Glenlivet, Bunnahabain, and Japanese Yamazaki for the award, which is considered to be the most prestigious in the world for whisky producers.
IBISWorld has predicted sales of Tasmanian-produced whisky are forecast to grow strongly as the state's reputation as a producer of premium single malts strengthens.
