Navigator 2022

To some it is regenerative agriculture, to others it is a controversial philosophy. As part of their pioneering quest to unearth whisky’s most natural flavours, this terroir driven distillery has introduced the radical biodynamic farming philosophy, as lauded by many of the world’s legendary winemakers, to the conservative whisky industry. Three Irish growers – Trevor Harris, Alan Mooney and John McDonnell – stepped up to the challenge of applying unusual agricultural practices to growing barley. They run their farms according to esoteric principles derived from a 1924 series of lectures by the Austrian polymath Rudolf Steiner. Steiner created a codified agricultural system for post-WW1 farmers, who were worried about the industrialisation of agriculture, the degradation of the land and the loss of millennia of farming know-how – bios meaning life, and dynamos energy. Having been adopted by many of the world’s greatest wine producers seeking the ultimate of pure and intense flavours, biodynamics today stands at the cutting edge of regenerative agriculture. Some say biodynamics is an advanced form of “über-organic” farming, in which each farm is its own self-sustaining organism where elements including soil, crops, animals, people and the ‘spirit of place’ are all interconnected. For Waterford distillery, it is the ultimate expression of their terroir discoveries. Online store: https://spiritssouthafrica.co.za Website: https://navigateworldwhisky.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NavigateWorldWhisky Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/navigateworldwhisky
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Biodynamic Barley – Ultimate Natural Flavour

Agronomist Grace hits the road again, this time heading to Co. Laois to visit two of the distillery's longest-standing organic growers, Pat & Dennis Booth, where she gets to grips with life on an organic farm. A significant proportion of their barley is grown organically, making Waterford Distillery perhaps the largest producer of organic single malt whisky anywhere. Online store: https://spiritssouthafrica.co.za Website: https://navigateworldwhisky.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NavigateWorldWhisky Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/navigateworldwhisky
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Organic Growers, Pat & Dennis Booth

From Chicago, USA, FEW Bourbon, Rye and American Whisky has finally arrived in South Africa! Inspired by pre-prohibition times, the golden age of spirits. FEW is made up of equal parts, craft and courage and always 100% grain to glass! Online store: https://spiritssouthafrica.co.za Website: https://navigateworldwhisky.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NavigateWorldWhisky Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/navigateworldwhisky
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FEW Spirits, Chicago

A new rum arrival from Mauritius and one with a unique style, sugarcane juice rum distilled solely in a large column still. This new entity combines unique know-how and specific fermentation methods, to produce a rum that is tastefully authentic. Labourdonnais 2017, Ruby Port Cask, a single cask limited to 310 bottles and bottled for The Navigator 2022. Online store: https://spiritssouthafrica.co.za Website: https://navigateworldwhisky.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NavigateWorldWhisky Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/navigateworldwhisky
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Distilerie de Labourdonnais, Mauritius

Mhoba’s combination of unique terroir, site-specific cane and inventive distillation and ageing has seen this craft distillery grow an enormous following abroad, something not yet matched in South Africa. Bottled for The Navigator 2022, this Mhoba 2017, single Bourbon cask bottled at 64.8% ABV should go a long way into showcasing just how exceptional this local and very special single estate rum is! Online store: https://spiritssouthafrica.co.za Website: https://navigateworldwhisky.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NavigateWorldWhisky Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/navigateworldwhisky
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Mhoba Rum Distillery, Mpumulanga

Deep in the mountains of southern Oaxaca, Mexico, generations of mezcaleros have been perfecting the craft of making mezcal. Based on authenticity, transparency and sustainability, these are single small batches made on traditional small family farms, by multi-generational producers who have never exported before, that now supply this incredible traditional high-proof alcohol content to the Vago brand alone. For the first time, Mezcal Vago is finally available in South Africa! Online store: https://spiritssouthafrica.co.za Website: https://navigateworldwhisky.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NavigateWorldWhisky Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/navigateworldwhisky
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Mezcal Vago introduction

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