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The 2017 Family White is a blend of 32% Chenin Blanc, 19% Roussanne, 12% each of Grenache Blanc and Verdelho, 8% Viognier, 7% G...
Chenin Blanc led, with Grenache Blanc, Viognier, Roussanne and some Palomino, all handpicked from mostly old vineyards planted ...
Textured, spicy, herbal - this is an orange wine in more than just colour - it delivers buckets full of flavour too! Quince, sa...
From a single vineyard on the Moutonshoek Farm in Swartland. This wine is named after the 'Geelkapel' snake the venomous Cape C...
Here's a Chardonnay that is completely comfortable in its shoes. The nose is all lemon butter, with hints of fresh croissant a...
In 2014 I received a phone call from a fellow winemaker. “Do you need some Verdelho?” he asked. I am always on the lookout for ...
A straight 100% Semillon from Elgin, made after Pieter had his second epileptic fit. The label is a scan of his brain, the resu...
'Manon des Sources is a 1966 two-volume novel by Marcel Pagnol ... I would never have known about the book if it wasn't for my ...
Like a Hunter S Thompson of South African winemaking – Pieter has scoured the Cape Winelands – from Paarl to Stellenbosch to Ro...
Revamped Sauvignon Blanc at it's absolute best. It reminds me of a bit of Semillon on the nose, but it’s quite plump on the pal...
'This is the third release of Smaug the Magnificent. Like with most great things in life - this wine originated with a really ...
We’ll let Pieter tell the story: 'I met this farmer 6 years ago. He farms in the Swartland, on the border of Darling and comes...
This would be gorgeous with roast chicken. I can imagine it being superb with rillettes. But a super all-rounder with fish as w...
It is at once super fine and super concentrated with swathes of lime, preserved lemon, citrus peel and grapefruit penetrating t...
Everything is a bit more tolerable with a cool glass of Chablis in hand, isn’t it? Coronavirus, Trump, the ever growing dread o...
'Don't judge a book by it's cover' - it might be a cliche, but it's more than apt here. All of the great, tasty, delicious jui...
Gobsmackingly good Semillon is almost an endangered species, but here at Swig we have braved the safari to find you this rare g...
From the moment this mysterious (then unlabelled) bottle landed on our desks we were hooked. A blend of Bical, Arinto and Chard...
This is a really exciting new take on the Florpower, their delicious unfortified wine. Normally they age this under flor (flor ...
Elegant, dusty petrichor minerality on the nose. On the palate, peach and citrus zest, vanilla and spiciness and wood tannin, v...
Tantalizing aromas of wet stone after the rain and apricot kernel on the nose, with hints of wild honey and lanolin that give i...
Full of personality. Lychee and ginger, rose petal and pink grapefruit. This is the antithesis of the flabby, alcoholic wines g...
This is a breathtakingly self-assured range and almost in the blink of an eye places Franco into the very top bracket of top-en...
Both spicy (perhaps from 20% Muscat Blanc à Petits Grains that has long been grown in quantity in Roussillon) and racy (presuma...
