How two gin masters are bottling the essential flavor of America

Less than a year after it launched, Four Corners gin has already garnered kudos as one of the best spirits in the world.

Every year when the sun shifts and the air changes, I move away from moodier winter cocktails in search of a more refreshing drink: fizzy but not sweet, summery but not fruity. It has to be simple, without a lot of extra ingredients. After collaborating with craft distillers for the last twenty years, I don’t believe in masking the spirit at the heart of their hard work, especially when that work reflects terroir, infusing their distillations with character and a sense of place. That might sound like a tall order but mix it together and you get a sparkling gin and tonic made with Cobblestone Brand’s Four Corners Gin, the only American gin distilled with an indigenous botanical mix reflecting the coast-to-coast diversity of the contiguous United States.