Bombay Sapphire Gin Unveils Plans for "Home of Imagination" in Hampshire, UK

Bombay Sapphire Gin Unveils Plans for "Home of Imagination" in Hampshire, UK PR Newswire LONDON, July 24, 2012 LONDON, July 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Visionary designer Thomas Heatherwick to restore historic site into distillery and visitor center for iconic gin brand [1]BOMBAY SAPPHIRE® gin, the world's number one premium gin by value , unveils plans for its distillery in Laverstoke Mill, Hampshire. The project is a multi-million pound restoration of the historic buildings which housed one of England's most significant bank note paper making facilities. The design imagined for the site is headed by acclaimed London designer Thomas Heatherwick and the Heatherwick Studio. The site will be completely renovated from a derelict mill into a state of the art premium gin distillery and visitor centre encompassing the highest standards in design, functionality and sustainability. To view the Multimedia News Release, please click: https://www.multivu.com/mnr/56574-bombay-sapphire The distillery will be built on a two hectare brown-field site, near the grounds of Laverstoke Park, just 60 miles from London. For 200 years, the site produced high quality paper for the bank notes for India and the British Empire. The site is steeped in natural beauty, astride the crystal clear River Test - and historically associated with producing the finest quality product through the care and skill of those who owned it and worked there.