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A connoisseur’s gin tour of Cape Town

Taste your way around Cape Town’s boutique distilleries and discover a world of artisanal South African gin flavoured by unique fynbos and botanicals.

A connoisseur’s gin tour of Cape Town

What you'll do

Join the South African ‘ginvolution’ and learn about the incredible heritage of the tipple and how it became a part of Cape Town daily life. You’ll learn about the production process on a guided, micro-distillery tour, led by the distiller himself, before tasting a fynbos-infused gin with a side of traditional biltong (cured meats). The day ends with a guided tasting of a variety of infused gins all paired with locally made tonics.

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