Wines

Teusner The Dog Strangler Mataro 2014
$42.00

“In the wide and wonderful world of wine you’ll find around 60 or more synonyms for one of our favourite varieties – Mataro. There’s the well-known ones such as Mourvedre and Monastrell and...

The Sadie Family Pofadder Cinsault 2015
$74.00

Vineyard: Western side of the Kasteelberg Mountain in the Swartland. Yield of 28 hl/ha Soils: Slate and decomposed shale formations Aging Potential: 5–15 years In the late 19th century, and much of the 20th,...

AA Badenhorst Raaigras Grenache 2015
$70.00

Vineyard: This vineyard was planted in 1952 on decomposed granite soils. The vineyard has South East exposition and is 0.86 ha in extent. Vinification and elevage: the grapes are sorted meticulously in the vineyard and...

Viña Tondonia Tinto Reserva 2009
$95.00

Gorgeous aromas soar out of the glass of this wine. It is not reticent at all – quite the opposite being very open and generous at this stage. Aromas of sweet strawberries and raspberries mingle with that classic fresh...

Mullineux Swartland Straw Wine 2023 375ml
$92.00

Variety: 100% Chenin Blanc Bottling Date: 15 January 2023 Production: 3 050 bottles / 508 cases of 375ml bottles Wine of Origin: Swartland Vineyard details: During each harvest our freshest two old-vine Chenin Blanc...

Belasco Antracita Malbec Ice Wine 2015 375ml
$74.00

Region : Alto Agrello Luján de Cuyo Argentina.  Picked by hand in late June 2015. Composition : 100% Malbec Age of the Vineyards : 105 years. Time in barrel : 24 months in French oak...

Godelia Viernes Godello 2023
$30.00

Godelia is a young project, at least in its present form. Its wines come from a combination of very old schist-soiled mountain vines and maturing vines from the clay hill-slopes in the centre of the valley. About 30 of the...

San Leonardo Vette Sauvignon Blanc 2018
$36.00

Pheasant's Tears Chinuri 2018
$49.00

Leeu Passant Chardonnay 2017
$130.00

Grapes for the Leeu Passant Stellenbosch Chardonnay are sourced from a parcel of vines planted on the deep, loam-rich soils of Helderberg Mountain. With the addition of sulphur reduced to a minimum the wine was matured for...

Ernie Els Signature 2014
$148.00

Bisci Verdicchio Senex 2015
$105.00

Winemaker Notes Produced only in best vintages. A wine obtained from a further selection of the grapes from the Vigneto Fogliano. The exposure together with the particularly suitable soil allow the vineyard to produce...

AA Badenhorst Dassiekop Steen 2019
$86.00

Vineyards and vines: . Dassiekop is found high on the Paardeberg mountain and was planted on steep terraces in the early 1970’s by the father of my neighbour, Pierre Rossouw on the farm Uitkyk.  Steep...

Testalonga Cahn's Pinotage 2021
$43.00

Martin's note:  This is a very special wine which was uniquely made for me and my wine store store in Auckland:  www.cahns.co.nz   The label image was taken from a photograph I took while waiting for...

Unison Selection 2016
$65.00

Unison Vineyard is a small Family Estate in the heart of the Gimblett Gravels Winegrowing District in Hawkes Bay. Established in 1993, with densely planted vines that are carefully managed for low yield, ripeness...

Mas Candi Corpinnat (ex-Cava) 2022
$46.00

Mas Candi is one of 9 wineries that has chosen to rename its methode sparkling wine as 'Corpinnat'.  The signatories to this name have agreed to uphold very high standards of viti- and viniculture, use only indigenous...

Twomey Anderson Valley Pinot Noir 2018
$150.00

As our Pinot Noir offerings expanded, we sought out the cool, foggy and then-emerging Anderson Valley region for its ability to produce wines of restraint and finesse. As this AVA gained notoriety for its...

Patatsfontein Patatsblanc 2021
$38.00

About Patatsfontein Wines Patatsfontein is a South African winemaking partnership between Reneen Borman of Boschkloof and college friends Henke Kotze and Fritz Schoon. The story goes that Schoon’s father-in-law...

Teusner The Gentleman Cabernet Sauvignon 2019
$35.00

Barossa Shiraz holds uber celebrity status, meaning Cabernet Sauvignon is often overlooked. It’s hugely underrated and there’s a stack I’d be happy to put on the tasting bench to challenge that...

Naude Oupa Willem Cinsault Cabernet Sauvignon 2018
$85.00

I never had the opportunity to meet Oupa Willem, but I’ve been told so many wonderful stories about him. One of my fondest was hearing that his horse and dog always came first, and the rest of the world, second. No...