Wines included in case discounts
Wines included in case discounts
Grangehurst Cabernet Sauvignon 2012
Regular price £29.95Full-bodied with intense cassis, red berry and fynbos notes. Cedar and spice from the oak maturation. Beautifully rounded, well integrated, tannins as a result of the extended ageing before release.
Country: South Africa
Region: Stellenbosch
Grapes: Cabernet Sauvignon
ABV: 14.5%
Handcrafted. Traditional. Unhurried. These three words epitomise Jeremy Walker’s
winemaking, with one notable omission - Delicious. By ‘Unhurried’, Jeremy is alluding to
the fact that he doesn’t release a wine until he believes it is ready to be enjoyed, which is
evident in the current vintages being 2008, 2009 and 2011!
Jeremy Walker founded Grangehurst in 1992, when he converted his fathers’ squash
court into a makeshift wine production cellar. He used the ‘squash court cellar’ to make
his first 6 vintages, only moving out after the 1998 vintage.
Jeremy was invited to join the prestigious Cape Winemakers Guild in 1996 and was one
of the longest standing members when, in order to let a young winemaker take his
place in the sun, he elected to step down in 2021.
Blackwater The Underdog Chenin Blanc 2023
Regular price £19.95Light easy-drinking white from South Africa. Unoaked clean Chenin with notes of yellow apple and apricot going into the mineral finish. It`s crisp on the palate and the acidity is balanced with the fruity notes.
Grape: Chenin Blanc
Country: South Africa
Region: Stellenbosch
ABV: 13%
Vegan
Blackwater Cultelus Syrah 2019
Regular price £37.95Grape: Syrah
Country: South Africa
Region: Swartland
ABV: 15%
Food pairing:
Vegan
Blackwater ‘Zeitgeist’ Cinsault 2019
Regular price £29.95Medium in body, easy-drinking red wine. Full of red fruit character (pomegranate, cranberry) with a hint of spice.
Grape: Cinsault
Country: South Africa
Region: Western Cape
ABV: 13.30%
Blackwater ‘Terra Lux’ Pinot Noir 2022
Regular price £23.95Oaked red wine, quite fruity. A mix of red and dark fruit on the nose. The palate is smooth and structured with a lingering finish.
Grape: Pinot Noir
Country: South Africa
Region: Elgin
ABV: 14,5%
Vegan
Blank Bottle Kortpad Kaaptoe 2021
Regular price £26.00One of two releases of Kortpad Kaaptoe in 2021! One of Pieter's most unusual cuvees, so-named for the Kortpad Kaaptoe, or cut through road close to the vineyard that Pieter took when having to rush back to Cape Town one day. With its bling ACDC style label, this wine is as stand out as its label. Ripe pineapple, tangerine, stem ginger and spice with a pithy, lightly grippy palate and slivers of bitter sweet orange peel, apricot and long stoney finish. Great acidity keeps it all in check. Great example of skin contact wine!
Country: South Africa
Region: Swartland
Grapes: Fernao-Pires
ABV: 13.5%
Food Match: Drink with coronation chicken (trust us), tandoori dishes or a Persian feast of spiced lamb, stuffed aubergine and jewelled tahdig.
Winemakers don't come much more creatively brilliant than the genius that is Pieter Walser. He's the sort of man that's had more fantastic ideas before breakfast than we manage in a whole week and that talent shines through in his wines. Each comes with a story often as captivating as they are mystifying so we've asked him to record a few to give you an insight into the magic behind the vino!
Springfield Estate Albariño 2023 Limited Parcel
Regular price £18.95Redolent and full bodied with apricot, nectarine and floral aromas, but with a saline
minerality and bright acidity, an exciting and captivating new wine from SA.
Country: South Africa
Region: Robertson
Grapes: Albariño
ABV: 12.5%
Blackwater ‘Pleasure Garden’ Palomino 2021
Regular price £23.95One could eaily confuse this with Riesling because of its petrol aromas on the nose. Wonderful tropical notes with a subtle creamy finish. Wow, we love this wine!
Grape: Palomino
Country: South Africa
Region: Robertson
ABV: 12.5%
Vegan
Torero The Suit of Lights Carignan 2022
Regular price £29.95A very lovely expression of Carignan showing hints of spice and smokiness. Notes of saline water, cassis and bitter cherry with layers of complex minerality. The palate is fresh, and elegant but intense with characters of black plum, dried cranberry notes and a long structured finish.
Country: South Africa
Region: Wellington
ABV: 14.5%
Grape: Carignan
Food Match: Rack of roast lamb with all the trimmings
Warwick White Lady Chardonnay 2022
Regular price £24.95Limited edition Chardonnay from Warwick’s Estate vineyard Block 18 and the Helderberg Vineyards. Aromas of flowers, minerals and stones, white nectarine and poached pear on the nose. Silky yet austere with a round yet clean and long lemon flavoured finish.
Country: South Africa
Region: Stellenbosch
Grapes: Chardonnay
ABV: 14.5%
Waterkloof BOREAS 2020
Regular price £36.00Offering great enjoyment in its youth, especially once decanted for a couple of hours, but BOREAS has a long future ahead and will develop in complexity over the next 10-15+ years.
Complex aromas of redcurrant, plum and red cherry with cedar and spice notes with a hint of pencil shaving. The predominance of Cabernet Franc gives a wine an elegance with lifted berry fruit and a supple, finely structured mid palate. Firm yet fine tannins frame the spicy, long finish.
Country : South Africa
Region: Stellenbosch
Grape: Cabernet Franc 51%, Merlot 25%, Petit Verdot 14%
ABV: 14%
Food Match: Beef short rib, roast lamb or t-bone steak
'A serious, refined and age worthy Cabernet Franc-based South African red that is excellent value' - Jancis Robinson Feb 2024
KWV Mentors Limited Edition Tempranillo 2021
Regular price £43.95Special Limited parcel wine from talented young South African winemaker Izele Van Blerk. Drinking window 2024- 2035. Only 1000 bottles made!
Full-bodied, masculine and explosive with aromas of strawberries, red cherries and raspberries with hints of tobacco. The palate is focussed and precise with undertones of cloves, dried fig and leather. The grippy tannin structure and zippy acidity is well integrated and delivers an intense, bold, concentrated and long finish.
Country: South Africa
Region: Wellington
Grapes: Tempranillo
ABV: 14.5%
Food Match: Enjoy on its own or with rack of lamb, barbecue grilled-meats.
Porseleinberg 2022
Regular price £69.95Porseleinberg is the result of Marc Kent’s search for the best Syrah grapes, a journey that inevitably took him to the Swartland. It was here that Kent found an isolated and windswept wine farm perched atop the Porseleinberg mountain. The site is now recognised as one of the greatest Syrah vineyards in the world.
Country: South Africa
Region: Swartland
ABV: 13.9%
Grape: Syrah
Organic
Tim Atkin MW
Porseleinberg Syrah 2022
99 points
Produced in the teeth of what Callie Louw calls a "crazy year", with lots of winter rain and one of the hottest Januarys ever, this is the latest in a series of world-class Syrahs from the brilliant Callie Louw. Fermented and aged in foudres and 15% concrete, using the submerged cap technique that has transformed the style here, this has 95% whole bunches, fynbos and Mediterranean herb aromas, sculpted, detailed tannins and layers of plum, blackberry and raspberry and impressive freshness for a wine with a pH of 4.1. A refined wine from a brutal site.
Drinking 2025-40
Vuurberg White 2018
Regular price £22.95Packed with rich, fresh stone fruit, white spice, green pepper/capsicum and minerality and keeps on giving with a core of stony acidity and a relentless finish.
Country: South Africa
Region: Helshoogte Pass, Stellenbosch
Grapes: Viognier, Chardonnay
ABV: 13.5%
Hermanuspietersfontein Swartskaap 2019
Regular price £31.95Swartskaap (‘black sheep’).
Country: South Africa
Region: Hemel en Aarde
Grapes: Cabernet Franc
ABV: 13.5
You’ve probably heard of the quaint beach town of Hermanus, situated on South Africa’s
famous Whale Coast. Between 1855 and 1902, it was called Hermanuspietersfontein. In
1902, the local postmaster decided to shorten the name of the town to make addressing
letters to the locals easier.
150 years later, the wine farm Hermanuspietersfontein, or HPF for short, craft outstanding
wines with a serious sense of place. Their grapes come from Sondagskloof (they produce
90% of WO Sondagskloof wine), which competes with Elgin and the Ceres Plateau for
South Africa’s coolest wine growing region. This area is perfectly suited to Bordeaux
varietals and, with the exception of Shiraz, is exclusively planted with them.
The Afrikaans wine names might look like a bit of a mouthful, but they are good fun;
Bloos (‘blush’), Kaalvoet Meisie (‘barefoot girl’), Kat Met Die Houtbeen (‘cat with the
wooden leg’), Posmeester (‘postmaster’), Kleinboet (‘little brother’) and Swartskaap
(‘black sheep’).
Sijnn Low Profile Red 2020
Regular price £29.95Concentrated aromas of red berries, sweet liquorice, red berries, tobacco, forest floor and minerality. Rich and textured palate full of almond and smoky flavours. Complex, layered with mulberry and savoury, meaty notes with a long, dry finish.
Country: South Africa
Region: Malgas, Swellendam, Western Cape
Grapes: Syrah , Touriga Nacional, Mourvédre, Trincadeira and Cabernet Sauvignon
ABV: 14,5%
Food match: Grilled lamb chops, ratatouille
Sijnn is prounounced 'sen', or 'seine'
Certified IPW sustainable
David and Rita Trafford discovered the Sijnn land in Malgas in 2000. The soil and landscape reminded them of Portugal and they were immediately intrigued. A purchase agreement and 200 soil profiles later, 10 hectares were planted and the name Sijnn Wines was appropriated fittingly so as the word Sijnn; is derived from the Khoisan word meaning riverbank. Sijnn is on a plateau of slate and pebbles, about 15km from the southern oceans of Africa. A new winery was built at Malgas in time for the 2015 harvest. Most vineyards are on alluvial deposits on the Bokkeveld shale base – balancing intensity, structure and aromatic complexity and finesse. These very poor, complex soils encourage a deep root system, and low growth/ low yield giving intense, complex wines of character. “Low Profile” refers to 200+ profile holes dug to
determine the best sites to plant vines, and is a blend of earlier drinking vats.
Plaisir Estate Cabernet Sauvignon 2019
Regular price £33.95A bold and full-bodied red with notes of red and black berries - plum, blackcurrant. The secondary notes - vanilla, oak, chocolate. The tertiary notes - leather, earth, pencil.
Grape: Cabernet Sauvignon
Country: South Africa
Region: Simonsberg
ABV: 14,5%
Food pairing: beef, lamb, poultry
De Trafford Elevation 393 2014
Regular price £69.95Deep red colour. Lifted aromas of fruitcake and tomato paste, cinnamon, cloves and smoky blackberry emerging too. Syrah spice complimenting the Bordeaux varietals and new oak component nicely integrated. Elegant dry tannin running with the complex spicy fruit from beginning to end of a long fine finish. Best 2023 to 2030.
Country: South Africa
Region: Stellenbosch, Helderberg
Grapes: Cabernet Sauvignon 31%, Merlot 19%, Shiraz 32%, Cabernet Franc 18%
ABV: 14.5%
Inzuzo Wine Company Red 2024
Regular price £14.95Aromas of raspberries and sweet spice on the nose. Crunchy red fruit and juicy on the palate with supple tannins. Super easy drinking braai wine!
Country: South Africa
Region: Swartland
Grapes: Syrah, Grenache, Mourvedre
ABV: 13%
Food Match: Goes perfectly with picnics or BBQ (braai) food like potato salad and Boerewors rolls.
Inzuzo means benefit in two of the main South African languages Zulu and Xhosa. The Inzuzo Wine Company is a BEE project spearheaded by Journey's End wines in Stellenbosch and run by one of their talented winemakers, Kaylin Willscott. Kaylin grew up in the poverty stricken Sir Lowry's Pass area. Kaylin's story is integral to the heart of the Inzuzo brand. As a Cape Wine Guild protégée and one of the few women of colour winemakers in South Africa, her journey is a powerful narrative of talent, determination, and community upliftment in South Africa.
McFarlane Wines Monday`s Child Chenin Blanc 2023
Regular price £26.95On the nose there are notes of apricot with florals and clove spice. Yellow fruit on the palate and a savoury spice. The wine has an aging potential thanks to its fruity freshness and acidity.
Country: South Africa
Region: Stellenbosch
Grapes: 100% Chenin Blanc
ABV: 13%
Food pairing: gently spiced chickpeas stew with coconut milk, ginger and garlic.
Iona Fynbos Chardonnay 2020
Regular price £47.50
93 points, Tim Atkin
The Fynbos Vineyard has well drained soils with north facing slopes that result in a rich, fleshy, generous wine. This wine was 100% wild fermented in a selection of 228L and 300L French oak barrels (25% new, the rest in 2nd, 3rd and 4th fill barrels). It remained on the lees for a total of 12 months with no battonage. Nuanced and multi-layered – this vineyard produces wines with depth and weight, and great structure that allows for significant ageing potential. Sandstone is the dominant soil type in this north-facing vineyard on Iona's spectacular farm. More open and aromatic than its stablemate Kloof, it has top notes of fynbos and aniseed, flavours of honey and stone fruit and attractive patisserie spices from 25% new oak. TA
Country: South Africa
Region: Elgin
ABV: 13%
Grapes: Chardonnay
In early 1997, Andrew Gunn, an engineer by training was contemplating his next career move. Having always loved the outdoors, the prospect of farming appealed to him and feeling young and energetic enough to start a new career, left the hustle and bustle of Johannesburg to begin the search for the ‘perfect’ farm.
After months of searching and 40 farm visits later, Andrew and a very tired estate agent stumbled upon a solitary run down apple farm on a mountain top overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. The prospect of a suitable farm in Elgin intrigued Andrew and on driving through the valley, he became excited by the beauty of the area. Surrounded by the Kogelberg Biosphere and Forestry the property had no agricultural neighbours. The rolling hills and the drive up the mountain to where the farm was situated, 420 meters above sea level, overlooking the Atlantic Ocean, was unlike anything he had ever seen. It was love at first sight.
As he drove in and stopped in front of a rather run down Herbert Baker homestead, he felt, “this is where I would like to live”, and the view from the front of the house overlooking the Elgin Valley below, made up his mind.
Kosher Backsberg Sparkling Brut NV
Regular price £22.50Notes of plums, dark chocolate and raspberries. Yum!
Country: South Africa
Region: Paarl
Grapes: Merlot
ABV: 14.5%
Drift Estate Penelope Méthode Cap Classique Brut Rosé 2017
Regular price £38.00 Sale price £33.00Fresh, creamy, with soft red fruit flavours on the palate and aromas of mangosteen and strawberry.
Country: South Africa
Region: Overberg Highlands
ABV: 12.5%
Grapes: Malbec
Food Match: Oysters, fresh from the sea or antipasti.
Boekenhoutskloof Semillon 2021
Regular price £49.95The nose is delicate, restrained and elegant with its grapefruit, greengage, chamomile and apple blossom aromas and whiffs of exotic spice. The floral character of the nose follows through onto a richly textured mid-palate, showing yellow peach, poached pear and nectarine against a backdrop of fresh mandarin and green fig flavours with integrated acidity and a full body. The ripe stone fruit character adds to the complexity on the palate and the spicy finish with hints of fenugreek, black cardamom and Cape fynbos complements a very balanced wine.
Country: South Africa
Region: Franschhoek Valley
Grapes: Semillon (97%), Muscat d'Alexandrie (3%)
ABV: 13.5%
Great with Cape Malay dishes such as beef baboti - a well-known South African dish consisting of spiced minced meat baked with an egg-based topping.
Tim Atkin MW
96 points. Boekenhoutskloof's world-class Semillon uses grapes from three distinct blocks in Franschhoek, planted in 1902, 1936 and 1942, combining these with 3% Muscat d'Alexandrie. Showing more acidity and restraint than the stunning 2020, and less of the struck match character, it has notes of lemongrass, custard and beeswax and a core of chiselled acidity. Drinking 2024-32
Sijnn Malgas Chenin Blanc 2021
Regular price £37.95Rich, complex and voluptuous Chenin stony soils, with a warm, dry climate and sea breeze unique to the Malgas region of South Africa. Fresh fruit and complex mineral flavours, this wine carries on for a long time on the finish.
Country: South Africa
Region: Malgas, Swellendam, Western Cape
Grapes: Chenin Blanc
ABV: 14%
Sijnn is prounounced 'sen', or 'seine'
Certified IPW sustainable