Africa and the Middle East bring a fascinating mix of ancient botanical traditions, local ingredients and modern craft distilling. Across the region, distillers are using everything from fynbos, rooibos and baobab to frankincense, desert botanicals, citrus, spices and indigenous juniper to create gins with a strong sense of place.
It’s a region where tradition and innovation meet — drawing on centuries of spice trading, herbal knowledge and local culture, while a new generation of distillers is putting these ingredients into the spotlight and creating some of the most distinctive gins in the world.
You can either explore the region via the map or link to the gin brand on the list below.