Our name, Sông Cái, comes from the Vietnamese term for “Mother River.” In the Vietnamese tradition, rivers are metaphorically representative of the notion of totality and origin: all forces of nature, life, and spirituality stem and flow from a holistic “Mother River” .

We’ve partnered with multi-generational foragers and farmers in Vietnam to source botanicals for what would become the first gin ever distilled in the country. Now, working with over 70 families, Sông Cái Distillery offers rural communities an incentive to preserve and plants botanicals, heirloom grains native to the region. Through our products we endeavor to protect centuries-old traditions for future generations.

We started Sông Cái Distillery to add value to agricultural products and to use this brand platform to tell a story of Vietnam – the place, people, cultures, and highlighting its heirloom and native ingredients.