WORLD-CLASS CRAFT DISTILLERY
EXPERIENCE EXCEPTIONAL CRAFTSMANSHIP
Visit Virunga Mountain Spirits at the foothills of the Virunga Mountains.
Schedule a tour & tasting to experience our process firsthand through sight, taste, and touch.
You will tour the property and learn about the region’s rich history, walk through our demonstration farm and distillery and discover how Kinigi potatoes are transformed into our premium craft vodka.
How We Make It
Potatoes sourced from unloved Kinigi potato harvest. Mashing and fermentation. Triple distillation through copper pot still and 20-plate column. Blended with gravity-fed water from the Virunga volcanic terrain. Filtered through locally sourced lava rock before bottling. Copy as per April implementation brief — ‘volcanic terrain’ replaces all instances of ‘highland.’
Architecture
Lava stone building, hand-carved by local craftspeople. 80% Musanze construction labor. 30% women. Imigongo panel design.
Architect – Bruce Engel.
Kari Gin — Now Distilled Here
The second spirit from Virunga Mountain Spirits — and Rwanda’s most ambitious botanical expression to date. Ten carefully selected botanicals, including Kinigi potato flower, lemongrass, and gooseberry sourced from the volcanic terrain around the Virunga Mountains, are vapour-infused through a modified still.
ARTISAN GIFT SHOP
Our artisan gift shop features keepsakes made by outstanding makers in the region: K’Tsobe, Mwinda, Inzuki, Tugirimana Woodworks, just to name a few.
Support local artists! Bring home jewelry, baskets, wood bowls, bespoke pieces, art, and more.
Follow Producers on Social Media:
@inzukidesigns /@ktsobe_jewel / @mwinda_rw / @tugirimanawoodworks / Plus More!
WASTE
Our team sources small potatoes and potato by-products, fermenting and then distilling it to extract the alcohol. Most waste will be potato slurry and water that can be reused for compost or animal feed.
NOISE
Distilling is almost silent, generating as much sound as a boiling pot of water. Other sounds may result from bottling or moving product, but these would be no louder than the clinking of glass.
FUMES/POLLUTION
Distilleries do not generate fumes or pollution. All processes are driven by water and steam only.
ECO-FRIENDLY DISTILLERY
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KINIGI TABLE
Field-to-Fork
We cultivate vegetables and other ingredients on our on-site demonstration farm. sourcing chicken, beef and vegetables from local sources.