SMWS TASTINGS CALENDAR

UPCOMING EVENTS

NEW OUTTURN

4 NOVEMBER 8PM, 2025

The last full Outturn for this year, packed with 10 new releases covering several flavour profiles and regions, including a grain whisky.
 

PAST EVENTS

Homecoming Online Tasting

18 SEPTEMBER 8PM, 2025

Join us for a special online tasting featuring the Homecoming series in The Creators Collection. Due to limited stock these whiskies will not be available for retail, this will be the only opportunity to try them.

ONLINE GATHERING

24 JULY 8PM, 2025

Save the date for our next member's Online Gathering, and our first event for the year. Join Marc to have a look at the SMWS year ahead, share some drams and take a deeper dive into the latest Outturn. Zoom link will be available in our members newsletter and WhatsApp group closer to the event.

MEMBERS GATHERING, JOBURG

Sandton, 24 June

Join us for our next in-person SMWS Gathering: good company, great whisky, and the unmistakable Society spirit. Your ticket includes entry, light snacks, and two drams from our upcoming Outturn. We're hosting simultaneous evenings in both Cape Town and Joburg, with smoking areas available for those who fancy a cigar with their dram.

Online Peated Tasting, Joburg

5 June 8PM, 2025

Join us for a special online tasting for the peat-fans, featuring the Peat Plants series in The Creators Collection - the first time this series has been available in SA, and due to limited stock will not be available for retail. For a palate cleanser we'll be starting with a Taiwanese whisky, before moving onto the main course of four peated, single cask whiskies ranging in age from 25 to 33 years old from across Scotland.

Obscura Tasting, Joburg

14 May 7PM, 2025

Join us for our next SMWS South Africa members in-person tasting in Joburg! We'll be sampling five exceptional whiskies from our upcoming Outturn. In an unusual change the tasting line-up will remain a secret until the night, and the whiskies will be tasted blind!

Queens Tasting, Cape Town

14 MAY 7PM, 2025

Join us for our next SMWS South Africa members in-person tasting in Cape Town! We'll be sampling five exceptional whiskies from our upcoming Outturn. In an unusual change the tasting line-up will remain a secret until the night, and the whiskies will be tasted blind!

Online Members Tasting

27 FEBRUARY 7PM, 2025

Join us for our first online tasting for 2025, where we will sample a selection of three sherry cask matured whiskies in an official tasting set. The event will be co-hosted by Olaf Meier, the SMWS Tasting Panel Chairman, who will be joining us from Scotland.

ONLINE GATHERING

30 JANUARY 8PM, 2025

Save the date for our next member's Online Gathering, and our first event for the year. Join Marc to have a look at the SMWS year ahead, share some drams and take a deeper dive into the latest Outturn. Zoom link will be available in our members newsletter and WhatsApp group closer to the event.