New vintage 2021 wines from Craig and Carla Hawkins Our last big release for the year: the new 2021 TESTALONGA wines from Craig and Carla Hawkins are ready to hit glasses... The Hawkins Craig and Carla seek purity, precision and brightness in their wines and only work with vineyards that can produce high-quality grapes (with [...]
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TESTALONGA Vintage 2021
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Best Sellers of February 2021 | 6-Pack
A mixed 6-pack of our best selling wines from February 2021 The wines included are the best sellers from last month. This 6 pack includes 2 whites, and 4 reds (with a bit of a discount thrown in). All 6 of these wines are proven winners. In first place we have the Grenache Blanc from South Africa [...] More -
Winemakers’ favourite wines (that aren’t their own)
In the spirit of camaraderie with the greater South African wine scene, we asked each of our winemakers their favourite South African wine (that isn't their own). Some of them chose perennial favourites, while others chose recent wines they had enjoyed or been surprised by. It has resulted in a list of wines that should [...] More -
Updates from the Winelands before harvest 2021
Please find below a few updates from some of our producers regarding the upcoming harvest... Follow us on Instagram and like us on Facebook to keep up to date with all that we do. Jeanine Craven, of CRAVEN View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ex Animo Wine Co. (@exanimowineco) Jocelyn Wilson, of [...] More -
TESTALONGA 2020s
We are hugely excited to offer the TESTALONGA 2020s from Craig and Carla Hawkins. They make many wines, but none in large quantities. This is the seventh vintage of TESTALONGA we have worked with, and the wines seem to get more nuanced and balanced every year. Gone are the days that technique spoke louder than [...] More -
TESTALONGA Tasting with Craig Hawkins
Please join Craig Hawkins of TESTALONGA Wines, and Ex Animo Wine Co. at the newest vinous destination in Cape Town – Culture Wine Bar – for a tasting of TESTALONGA wines, including some from the recently released 2020 vintage. This is a seated tasting, with limited availability. Craig will lead us through a range of the wines, sharing [...] More -
TESTALONGA: a tranche released
We are lucky to have sourced an additional tranche of the TESTALONGA wines directly from Carla and Craig Hawkins. This year has been unpredictable at best. One of the very few upsides to the COVID19 crisis has been the increased availability of some wines locally. This is mainly due to export markets taking strain due [...] More -
TESTALONGA
TESTALONGA "Without skin contact, none of us would be here" ― Craig Hawkins Summary The wines of TESTALONGA defy convention in a lot of ways. Craig and Carla Hawkins have never been accused of being “followers” and their wines represent the avant-garde of South African wine. The TESTALONGA wines in some ways have come a [...] More