Our Story

WildGins is a story about adventure, the love of nature, the quest for a uniquely Texas spirit, and shining a light on the unique (and little known) terroir of West Texas. When UT Biology Professor, Molly Cummings, became aware that Texas was home to 8 species of junipers (that’s several times more than Western Europe can claim), she decided to go on a hunt for the best ones for gin.  She found them in West Texas where the Alligator Juniper and the Redberry juniper roam wild.

WildGins is devoted to highlighting unusual, wild foraged species of junipers in exceptionally crafted gins. While 98% of the world’s gins feature only the traditional common juniper, we are excited to offer you gins that complement the common with the uncommon.

We hand-forage the Alligator juniper above 5000 feet in the West Texas mountains to make our WildBark West Texas Dry Gin. The Alligator juniper is the biggest, boldest of all junipers in Texas and our WildBark West Texas Dry Gin is a bolder Texas take on a London Dry.

We hand-forage the rare Redberry juniper—not found in any other US state— in the high plains of west Texas (above 3000 feet) to make our WildJune Western Style Gin. WildJune boasts 11 botanicals—all complementing the unusual sweetness of this rare juniper. WildJune is our sassy, sweet and sophisticated mate to the smooth and classy WildBark West Texas Dry.

At WildGins, not only are our Texas junipers unique, but our trees are special too. Our trees are family, and family members have names. Each small batch of WildBark or WildJune Gin is made with berries from an individual tree. To honor our trees and their individuality, we put that batch-specific tree name on our label making WildGins a single-origin gin.

We also give back to the land that gave us these precious and unique Texas junipers every November through February by giving $1 for every WildGins bottle purchased to The Nature Conservancy, the West Texas chapter. We call this our ‘Give a Wild Buck’ campaign and we hope you partake.

You can find your favorite tree (and also preserve lands in West Texas) while taking a sip on the Wild Side when you enjoy WildBark and WildJune Gins. Enjoy!