Natasha Bahrami, aka “The Gin Girl” (Instagram) fell in love with the spirit of gin after an eye-opening experience with a dirty gin martini in her early years as a restaurateur. Since then, she has worked to expand the knowledge, experience, access, and appreciation of the gin spectrum with her guests and the world. Elevation of the spirit of gin is her priority.
Natasha is the proprietor of Natasha’s Gin Room and Salve Osteria (Instagram, website) in St. Louis, MO, boasting hundreds of fine gins and an ever-changing creative cocktail list. She is also the owner of the bottle shop, Grand Spirits. Before Salve Osteria, the location housed Cafe Natasha, which her parents operated for decades. Its 40th anniversary is coming soon.
In 2015, she expanded her focus nationally, launching a robust education platform Ginworld (website), a company created to help elevate the category of gin in cities domestically and abroad.
For the last 6 years, Natasha and the Ginworld Ambassadors have hosted the largest gin festivals in the United States bringing distillers, educators, and brands together to expand knowledge and experience with the spectrum of gin.
Finally, if you’re reading this around the time of publication, it’s Negroni Week, the perfect excuse to enjoy some gin.
Podcast ep. 67: Natasha Bahrami, The Gin Girl