Press & Media
Blomendahl in the news, and everything a journalist needs.
In the press
A selection of the magazine features and articles written about us. Click any article to read it right here.
📰Michelangelo Magazine, May 2025"Youngest Master Distiller in the World"
✈️SkyWays Magazine, March 2019Michelangelo Awards feature
🎓CIBD Master Distiller BlogBenedikt Blomendahl profile · February 2025
- KFM Best of the Cape 2025, Silver, Best Local Craft Spirit
- German trade press, Remarque Weinbrand & store-opening features (Franz Blomendahl archive, 1999–)
- Dramit Whisky Club, vodka tasting review
For journalists
High-resolution packshots, distillery photography founder portraits, fact sheet and award certificates available on request.
Guides, news and stories from the distillery
Practical guides to starting a spirit brand, contract distilling and cask ownership, alongside awards news and stories from behind the still, on two continents.
How to Set Up a Craft Distillery: The Ghana Case Study
We designed a 200 litre still, had it built to spec, shipped it to Accra, installed it, developed the recipes and trained the team. Here is what setting up a distillery from scratch actually involves.
Why Grape Based Spirits Taste Different
Almost every gin and vodka starts life as bought-in neutral spirit. We make ours from our own wine. Here is what that does to the liquid, and why it won a Best Vodka Trophy.
Liquor Licensing Basics for a New Spirit Brand
Which licence do you actually need to sell your own gin? A plain language map of making versus selling, national versus provincial, excise registration, and the shortcut most new brands take.