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D MAGAZINE — August 2025

D Magazine profiles how founder Molly Cummings hand-forages native West Texas juniper berries from the Davis Mountains to create the world's only gin distilled from these unique Texas trees.

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FOOD & WINE — May 2025

Food & Wine features the Wild Gin & Tonic cocktail from Austin's El Raval, made with WildGins infused with Szechuan peppercorn and yuzu.

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FORBES — December 2024

Forbes names WildGins as the first featured gin in their holiday gift guide, highlighting the single-origin concept and Molly Cummings' biology expertise.

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TEXAS COUNTRY REPORTER — 2024

The Emmy award-winning Texas Country Reporter follows Molly Cummings through her foraging process and gin production in a multi-segment video feature.

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CRAFT SPIRITS MAGAZINE — Jul/Aug 2024

Craft Spirits Magazine devotes a 4-page feature to WildGins among distilleries using foraged ingredients.

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GOOD BEER HUNTING — March 2024

A beautifully illustrated long-form feature documenting a foraging trip with Molly Cummings into the Davis Mountains.

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EDIBLE DFW — Summer 2023

Edible DFW highlights how Cummings hand-forages two native Texas juniper species to create WildBark and WildJune.

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AXIOS AUSTIN — April 2022

Axios profiles Cummings' unique dual career as a UT biology professor and gin entrepreneur.

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AUSTIN CHRONICLE — December 2022

The Austin Chronicle features WildGins among women-owned Austin businesses for holiday gifting.

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AUSTIN CHRONICLE — October 2022

WildGins is recognized as a distinctive local spirit in the Austin Chronicle's roundup of noteworthy area beverages.

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FOX 7 AUSTIN — February 2022

Fox 7 reports on Cummings' experience of not suffering cedar fever after years of drinking her own juniper-based gin.

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KXAN NEWS — 2022

KXAN explores the connection between WildGins' native juniper botanicals and potential cedar fever relief.

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AUSTIN CHRONICLE — October 2021

An in-depth profile of Cummings' background as a marine biologist and how she applied scientific expertise to WildGins.

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TEXAS HIGHWAYS — 2020

Texas Highways showcases how Cummings hand-forages alligator juniper berries, with each bottle labeled with the tree's nickname.

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UT BIODIVERSITY CENTER — 2020

UT Austin's Biodiversity Center features WildGins in an educational piece about the eight native Texas juniper species.

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