Winchester Distillery auctions assets

England’s Winchester Distillery is selling its production assets via online auction as part of a strategic transition to a ‘more flexible and asset-light operating model’. Founded in 2014 by Paul Bowler in central Winchester, Hampshire, the distillery is said to have grown into one of the county’s best-known independent spirits producers. The brand’s portfolio includes Twisted Nose Gin – made with locally sourced watercress – white and golden rum, a British agave spirit called Verdevida, an