The spectacular Cape Floral Kingdom sits at the southwestern tip of Africa. It is by far the smallest, yet easily the richest of the six floral kingdoms in the world.  This unique region, encompassing Cape Town itself, offers an unusual but intricate landscape of flora and fauna.  This floral kingdom is predominantly ‘fynbos’ (meaning very fine bush), and it comprises thousands of different species, which attract multiple insects and birds. 

The Cape Sugarbird, synonymous with the Protea, is one of six bird species that occurs only in ‘fynbos’.  Sugarbird Cape Fynbos Gin takes its name from this iconic bird, and an important distinguishing element of its taste profile, from ‘fynbos’.  This symbolic gin has won for its creators the prodigious status of Winner of Luxury Lifestyle Awards  in the category of The Best Premium Gin in South Africa. 

Sugarbird Cape Fynbos Gin

The craft spirits’revolution has been led by gin – after all, it is the perfect candidate, based on its manufacturing history, ingredient complexity, and subtleties of flavor.  By the time that Sugarbird gin was founded, at the end of 2017, the craft gin explosion was, in fact, well on its way to becomingaZAR billion a year industry, and South African gin producers, specifically those in the Western Cape,had begun to make waves in theglobal renaissance.  Perhaps not surprising, given the vast array of fynbos species, 70% of whichare found nowhere else in the world. 

Sugarbird Cape Fynbos Gin

Sugarbird’s goal was to augment the traditional gin ingredients (Juniper, Grains of Paradise, Coriander, Angelica, Cardamon, etc.) with these unique, flavorful, and diverse “fynbos” plant species, bringing something special to the gin.  Crafted over many months, the focus of the first varietal (Sugarbird Original Fynbos) was on creating a gin with a perfect balance between floral and citrus notes.  As a result, juniper took rather a back seat.  The most distinctive fynbos hero is Agathosma Betulina (from the Buchu group of ‘fynbos’), the leaves of which are carefully harvested at a particular time of year, to ensure the minty camphor freshness that juniper normally brings.
Sugarbird Cape Fynbos Gin

One of Sugarbird’s founders, who has aDoctoratein Science, takesa tirelessinterest inthe fynbos species,and quaintlyusesonly the Latin names to describe the varietals. His continualexperimentationresults ina constant supply ofnew combinationsandflavors,andnot only for gin. The company has, in fact,just launched a rare 14-year-old pure pot still Brandythat is trickle-filtered throughhoneybush and other Cape botanicals.  Sugarbird’s XO Brandy gives a new dimension to traditional South African brandy.  

In the process of researching and determining industry leaders, the Luxury Lifestyle Awards experts took into account not only the impeccable quality of Sugarbird Cape Fynbos Gin products but also an unconventional approach to business organization. The Sugarbird team is characterized by bold, innovative solutions and unexpected collaborations to showcase the quality of its products.  The company developed 40ml and 50ml mini bottles for gin from recycled PET, which resulted in a cost reduction and a favorable impact on the environment.
Sugarbird Cape Fynbos Gin

In an effort to provide consumers with not only value but also as much choice and variety as possible, Sugarbird began collaborating with its competitors – South Africa’s most creative craft gin producers.  Thus “Sugarbird & Friends” was born by creating unique multi-brand packages of 5, 9, 12, and 24x gin minis.  Sugarbird undertook selling, design of packaging, label re-design, procurement, bottling, packaging, logistics, finance, and merchandising.  In one year, the company sold more than a quarter of a million minis in this way, giving customers a new experience and allowing South African brands to expand their audiences and gain recognition.
Sugarbird Cape Fynbos Gin

“We are delighted that our handcrafted gin, on which we have been working for quite some time, has gained recognition, among both customers and industry experts.  Winning the Luxury Lifestyle Awards is a reason to be particularly proud of our local distilling tradition, which has now been recognized at such a high level”, says Matt Bresler, MD of Sugarbird Cape Fynbos Gin. 

 

About Luxury Lifestyle Awards | Luxury Lifestyle Awards is a global award selecting, recognizing, celebrating, and promoting the best luxury goods and services all over the world. The goal of the company is to connect people with the best of luxury. LLA has evaluated more than 10 000 various goods and services in 400 categories from 60 countries and analyzed the results to give you a TOP list of the best of the best in the world. Such world-renowned brands as Chanel, Dom Perignon, and Ferrari were proudly named winners. The victory brings companies status and recognition, global promotion, and exposure to an entirely new market of customers. 

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