A one-off bottle of Warwickshire-inspired gin was awarded to the stage four winner of the OVO Energy Women’s Tour as thousands lined the streets to watch top cyclists race across the county.

Peter Monks, Director at Shakespeare Distillery, joined stage winner Kasia Niewiadoma of Canyon-SRAM Racing on the podium at Burton Dassett Country Park to hand-deliver the exclusive bottle – dubbed the Warwickshire Winner.

The artisan gin, infused with locally-grown herbs carefully selected by herbalists at the National Herb Centre in Warmington, was distilled and bottled at the Shakespeare Distillery, with Advent Communications helping to establish the partnership and achieving coverage of the gin’s creation across local media and on the official Women’s Tour website.

Pictured: Leader of Warwickshire County Council, Cllr Izzi Seccombe, Peter Monks, Director, and Simon Picken, Distiller, at Shakespeare Distillery, and Sam Turner from the National Herb Centre.