Tag: tuscany

  • All About Orris: Harvest in Tuscany

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    In Tuscany on a botanical trip with Bombay Sapphire, we learned how the orris root is grown and processed to use in the gin.  Orris root is the rhizome of the Iris flower. Here in Tuscany they are grown on sloping hills between rows of olive trees. Nice space. These iris flowers are not grown…

  • Picking Juniper Berries in Tuscany: A Photo Album

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    In May I visited Italy to learn more about the botanicals used in Bombay Sapphire. From Tuscany they get both the juniper berries and orris used in the gin.  In the rolling hills of Tuscany at high elevations where there are few trees and many wildflowers are found the juniper bushes.  They're kind of ugly,…