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From October until December 2023, Gin School at Indaba Hotel has had the award-winning Dragon's Keeper Handcrafted Gin in the sensorium for interesting tastings and fun pairings. We love the story behind this gin as well as its elegant notes and smooth finish. Additionally, we had some burning questions for the Dragon's Keeper Team. We sat down wit...

We're thrilled to welcome another distinguished collaboration at the Gin School. Since its inception in 2018, the Gin School has partnered with skilled local distillers to bring the best craft gins to the connoisseurs of Joburg. From October to December 2023, we'll have the majestic, Dragon's Keeper Handcrafted Gin in our sensorium for tantalising ...

With our Tasting Room having reopened in June 2023, we thought it would be great to sit down with our Head Storyteller and find out who he is and what makes him tick. Tristan Lackay is our Head Storyteller or Wine Educator at the Indaba Tasting Room. We prefer the term Storyteller rather than Wine Educator as we believe that your wine tasting is ab...

From July until September 2023, Gin School at Indaba Hotel have the beautiful Cape Saint Blaize Artisanal Distillery in the sensorium for tantalising tastings and fun foodie pairings. We love the story behind this gin as well as the full-bodied, rich and refreshing notes of their range of gins, so we had some burning questions for Jason from Cape S...

We would like to introduce our Complex Executive Chef, Romarlin Govender, who joined the Indaba Team in May 2023 with loads of experience under his chef's belt. Romarlin grew up in KZN and straight out of college, joined CHC Catering in his hometown of Pietermaritzburg under the guidance of Chef-Owner, Wade Coetzer.This busy commercial kitchen prov...

We're thrilled to welcome another distinguished collaboration at the Gin School. Since its inception in 2018, the Gin School has partnered with skilled local distillers to bring the best craft gins to the connoisseurs of Johannesburg. From July to September 2023, we'll have the amazing Cape Saint Blaize Artisanal Distillery in the sensorium for tan...

From April until June 2023, Gin School at Indaba Hotel have the amazing Old Packhouse Distillery in the sensorium for tantalising tastings and fun foodie pairings. We love the story behind this gin as well as the smoothness, purity and refreshing nature of their range of gins, so we had some burning questions for Old Packhouse Distillery's founder,...

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We're thrilled to welcome another distinguished collaboration at the Gin School. Since its inception in 2018, the Gin School has partnered with skilled local distillers to bring the best craft gins to the connoisseurs of Johannesburg. From April until June 2023, we'll have the amazing Old Packhouse Distillery Gin in the sensorium for tantalising ta...