A Sandbach based gin business has launched a special edition tipple in a miniature bottle for Christmas.

And the gin – whose name and label plays on the history of the area it's named after – is being launched tomorrow (Saturday) at Sandbach Makers Market.

Wheelock gin is being sold in 5cl bottles and features a label with the River Wheelock on the label.

The gin is made by the Wheelock-based Winding River Distillery founded by Matthew and Suzanne Fox (pictured above).

Sandbach Nub News told here https://sandbach.nub.news/news/local-news/up-close-we-meet-the-sandbach-couple-whose-italian-holiday-was-the-turning-point-to-launch-their-own-gin-business-the-winding-river-distillery-147979 how the Sandbach couple launched the business after a holiday to Italy 

Wheelock is named after the River Wheelock which runs through it. The name is derived from an old Welsh source meaning "winding river".

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It was first recorded in the Domesday Book as Hoileck/Holloch, later changing to Quelock and then Whelock before becoming Wheelock.

Matthew said: "The label is a bit of a history lesson on the name Wheelock with the river in the background as an effect.

"It's a London Dry Gin and containing - juniper berries, lemon peel, orange peel, coriander seeds, angelica root, liquorice root and orris root."

The 5cl miniature will sell for £6 and is a special edition only available in the run up to Christmas