#jon lark

A new gin craze, powered by Australian indigenous botanicals, is bubbling up on Kangaroo Island

Jon Lark with two signature Kis gin labels

“We came from England to make gin,” says Jon Lark, cradling a bottle of Kis Wild Gin at his unpretentious backyard still in South Australia’s Kangaroo Island. When gin-drinking saw a renaissance in the 2000s, Jon travelled to Europe with his wife Sarah to understand the intricacies of gin-making. They apprenticed at distilleries and returned to set up…