A toast to romance this Valentine’s Day with MR. WHITE’S GIN
Make these Valentine cocktails, guaranteed to impress – or design your own for an exclusive competition.
Valentine’s Day 2026 falls on a Saturday so it’s an invitation to linger and celebrate with your loved one in a relaxed setting. At home, romance is found in the details: flickering candlelight, chilled glassware and cocktails crafted with intention.
MR WHITE’S GIN by Marco Pierre White is ideal for the occasion. This is a modern London Dry, confident, elegant and refined, and perfect for contemporary and classic cocktails. The brand’s distinctive white and red bottle also ties in with the Valentine colour palette, making it a romantic gift, too.
There are two cocktails below to share with your readers, and details of a competition they can enter – with MR. WHITE’S choosing the winning cocktail!
Rose Petal Martini
Serves 1
50ml MR. WHITE’S GIN
25ml dry vermouth
1 tsp rose syrup
Ice cubes
Edible rose petals, to garnish
Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Add in the gin, vermouth and syrup. Shake well and strain into a martini glass. Garnish with edible rose petals, fresh or dried.
Raspberry French Kiss
Serves 2
30ml MR. WHITE’S GIN
30ml raspberry liqueur
Around 250ml chilled Champagne or prosecco
Ice cubes
Fresh or frozen raspberries
Add the gin and raspberry liqueur to a shaker with ice and shake well.
Pop 2 to 3 raspberries into two Champagne flutes.
Strain the mixture from the shaker into the glasses.
Slowly top with Champagne or prosecco.
Cocktail competition
The competition invites you to either try one of our Valentine cocktail serves or craft their own, using gin as the main spirit. To enter, they simply post a photo or video of their cocktail on Instagram and tag @mrwhitesgin
The prize will be:
- One bottle of MR. WHITE’S GIN
- One signed Marco Pierre White book
The winner will be announced on 13 February.
About MR WHITE’S GIN
Mr White’s London Dry Gin is a bold yet beautifully balanced spirit created by two masters of their craft, the world-renowned chef Marco Pierre White and respected Master Distiller Chris Sadler. At the heart of the gin is a discipline Marco honed in the kitchen: strip everything back until only what matters remains. The result is a modern London Dry with a Mediterranean influence – confident, elegant and refined – distilled using nine carefully chosen botanicals such as Tuscan juniper, fresh Greek lemon, Spanish orange and Provence lavender. The gin is patiently steeped, distilled in traditional copper pot stills and produced in small batches to guarantee character and clarity of flavour.
This exceptional gin is available in over 100 top Sainsbury’s stores and at www.sainsburys.co.uk priced at £32.99 RRP for a 70cl bottle. Look out for the distinctive white bottle.