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Stettyn Wine Cellar | The Launch of The Deed and SWAC
2 months ago Leave a Comment by Sharese Hunt Stettyn Family Vineyards

Stettyn Wine Cellar | The Launch of The Deed and SWAC

Each wine cellar has a charm of its own with their own unique ‘je ne sais quoi’ offering warm hospitality […]

Journey’s End Vineyards Launches a Brut Reserve Cap Classique
3 months ago Leave a Comment by Sharese Hunt Journey’s End Vineyards

Journey’s End Vineyards Launches a Brut Reserve Cap Classique

Journey’s End Vineyards, the boutique winery and vineyard situated on the mountain slopes above Sir Lowry’s Pass Village in the […]

Anthonij Rupert Wyne launches maiden vintage L’Ormarins Private Cuvée Cap Classique
February 24, 2022 Leave a Comment by Sharese Hunt Anthonij Rupert Estate

Anthonij Rupert Wyne launches maiden vintage L’Ormarins Private Cuvée Cap Classique

The discovery of the late Anthonij Rupert’s packaging notes and mock-ups was the departure point for realising his dream and […]

Romance Your Loved One this Valentine’s Day with the Magic of Krone Vintage Rosé Cuvée Brut 2019
February 8, 2022 Leave a Comment by Sharese Hunt Krone MCC

Romance Your Loved One this Valentine’s Day with the Magic of Krone Vintage Rosé Cuvée Brut 2019

Nothing says romance like a glass of chilled pink bubblies, so say ‘I love you’ in sparkling style with the […]

Kanu Angelina Gold | A unique Cap Classique with a ‘touch of gold’
December 9, 2021 Leave a Comment by Sharese Hunt Kanu Wines

Kanu Angelina Gold | A unique Cap Classique with a ‘touch of gold’

There may not be a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, but Kanu Wines on the outskirts […]

Celebrate In Style With Krone Vintage Borealis Cuvée Brut 2019
December 7, 2021 Leave a Comment by Sharese Hunt Krone MCC

Celebrate In Style With Krone Vintage Borealis Cuvée Brut 2019

Summer Is Here! It’s Holiday Time! The Festive Season Is Around The Corner! The long-awaited summer season is here, it […]

Quoin Rock Black Series Méthode Cap Classique – elegance in a bottle
October 4, 2021 Leave a Comment by Sharese Hunt Methode Cap Classique

Quoin Rock Black Series Méthode Cap Classique – elegance in a bottle

A sleek exterior best describes Quoin Rock’s Black Series Méthode Cap Classique (MCC) 2014, which is guaranteed to take pride […]

Trio of Gold awards for L’Ormarins in recent Amorim competition
September 22, 2021 Leave a Comment by Sharese Hunt L'Ormarins

Trio of Gold awards for L’Ormarins in recent Amorim competition

It’s a Double Gold and two Golds for Anthonij Rupert Wyne’s L’Ormarins range at the 2021 Amorim Cap Classique Challenge. […]

Double Gold For Krone Kaaimansgat Blanc De Blancs 2016!
September 3, 2021 Leave a Comment by Sharese Hunt Krone MCC

Double Gold For Krone Kaaimansgat Blanc De Blancs 2016!

The Krone Kaaimansgat Blanc de Blancs 2016, a single-vineyard terroir-specific vintage cuvée, has been awarded a DOUBLE GOLD with a […]

Celebrate Cap Classique Day And The Arrival Of Spring
September 1, 2021 Leave a Comment by Sharese Hunt Krone MCC

Celebrate Cap Classique Day And The Arrival Of Spring

With Krone Vintage – Only Cap Classiques The 1st of September is #CapClassiqueDay and the first day of Spring. A […]

Charles Fox Cap Classique Wine Estate | CoolWineLtd
April 27, 2021 Leave a Comment by Sharese Hunt Charles Fox Cap Classique Wine Estate

Charles Fox Cap Classique Wine Estate | CoolWineLtd

Charles Fox is situated in the cool-climate Elgin Valley and was originally a fruit farm planted with apples, pears and […]

Krone MCC | Celebrate the Vintage
December 13, 2020 Leave a Comment by Sharese Hunt Krone MCC

Krone MCC | Celebrate the Vintage

Just released Krone’s collection of 2019 Vintage-Only Cap Classiques Rooted. In time, in history, in the very soils we call […]

Raise A Toast To Groote Post’s New Brut Cap Classique
December 7, 2020 Leave a Comment by Sharese Hunt Groote Post Vineyards

Raise A Toast To Groote Post’s New Brut Cap Classique

Groote Post, the historic wine farm in the Darling Hills owned by the Pentz family has released a new Brut […]

Taste The Stars With Quoin Rock’s New Release Blanc de Blanc 2009
December 7, 2020 Leave a Comment by Sharese Hunt Chardonnay

Taste The Stars With Quoin Rock’s New Release Blanc de Blanc 2009

The Stellenbosch based wine estate, Quoin Rock has just released their maiden vintage, limited edition Blanc de Blanc 2009 Méthode […]

Be The Sparkle With Sparklehorse
November 11, 2019 Leave a Comment by Sharese Hunt Chenin Blanc

Be The Sparkle With Sparklehorse

There is nothing better than hearing the cork pop out of your favourite bottle of bubbly, especially when the weather […]

Wade Bales Cap Classique & Gin Affair 2019
November 10, 2019 Leave a Comment by Sharese Hunt Event

Wade Bales Cap Classique & Gin Affair 2019

Bubbly and Gin… Two of my favourite words that makes me smile! What better way to celebrate the start of […]

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