Established in 2023 by siblings Alex and Emma Watson, Renais is carving a brand new path on the planet of craft gin, a mix of household, star-power and business acumen. Its provenance born from two generations of Watson household wine making on the household’s Domaine Watson winery in Chablis, the identify Renais means ‘Rebirth’ in French, and is a nod to its distinct winemaking heritage and manufacturing strategy of distilling grapes.
Alex Watson, commented: “The Journey Retail market is strategically vastly necessary for Renais. We’re excited to be partnering with Sean McNaughten and the FreeWorld group, who convey the required experience to take us into this most difficult of marketplaces. We sit up for accelerating the worldwide progress we’ve achieved up to now with our new companions”.
FreeWorld Manufacturers was established in 2022 by Sean McNaughten who has been main within the drinks and duty-free journey retail industries for over 20 years. FreeWorld was set as much as accomplice with internationally centered manufacturers that may journey past borders and be a part of the Responsibility Free & Journey Retail business.
Sean McNaughten mentioned: “We’re very excited by Renais Gin and the position it could play internationally and particularly in Responsibility Free Journey Retail. The truth that Renais is distilled from grapes and has such an fascinating provenance makes the model and the story good for Responsibility Free channels globally. In fact, having such fascinating and dedicated founders as Alex and Emma Watson can be good for the storytelling that’s so necessary for worldwide manufacturers right now.”
Cultivated in France and distilled within the UK, Renais co-founder & CEO Alex was impressed to create a spirit distilled from the grapes salvaged from the winemaking course of; with the addition of pressed grapes from the winemaking manufacturing, native terroir and a number of pure botanicals. The result’s a vibrant, complicated and easy honey hued gin; its bottle a nod to the artisanal nature of its craft and group and the one gin to be derived from a terroir, capturing the spirit and heritage of French winemaking, thrilling each sommeliers and bartenders alike.
