18 Feb 2015 --- For BOMBAY SAPPHIRE, life is like a river as the brand has deepened its appeal and widened its reach to become the No. 1 premium gin brand worldwide. It seems as no surprise, yet perhaps unusually providential, that the global brand’s home for its distillery was found on the banks of the River Test, a chalk stream, whose waters are known for their clarity, as they are commonly referred to as “gin-clear.”